First, I live in North Alabama..yes I know....don't laugh...but I am probably the only person within 100 miles of my house that could name 2 NBA teams and/or 1 NBA (current player-besides Jordan) player.
Let me begin. Let's say it is Tuesday night. The Knicks/Kings are playing...I have $550 on the over. Game is on at 6:30, girlfriend gets off work at 6..stops by, wants to go out to eat..I explain that I have action on a game..so I say to her sit down, shut up and pop a lean cuisine into the microwave (you need to lose the weight). Well, I didn't really say that , but I wanted to . I explain that it is not a good time to leave the house. I kind of want to see what I am getting instead of going out to dinner and listen to her whine about her mother and her hair and her nails and all that "stuff." In reality when that happens, all I can see are her lips moving and thinking to myself...Hmm..."should be the end of the first quarter and i need about 50.5 points per quarter..let's see if this restraunt has a t.v in the bar so I can catch a scroll. I have explaied to her and many other ladies that I make more money on a given night on gambling that they make at their jobs at Big Lots in 2 weeks. They always reply "you're always watching 'dem ol' ball games! " (Southern term) I should reply: "And you're always on your feet listening to Mrs. Johnson and her husband complain because they were shorted 3 cents in change on a transaction they made 6 months ago."
So who is the fool here?
I read a post here where people were complaining to never talk Gambling with family. I couldn't agree more. This is what you get with talking gambling with family. 1. are ya winnin'? 2. How much you gonna win? 3. How much you down? 4. I bet you down big. 5. How much did you bet? (my reply: $550.00) their reply. "So how much you gonna win off that? (my reply: $500)..their reply "So you're gonna lose $50 just by betting cause you bet $550 and get back $500, that ain't right I'm telling ya!" (my reply, "NO Jethro!..It is a total return of $1050.) Their return reply:"Well, I just don't understand all that. You wanna bet $5 on the Alabama-Auburn game..I'll take 'Bama!" My reply: No Jethro..Rivalry games are not a good bet for me. Their reply: You're scared aren't ya!..My reply: "Here Jethro, take this $50 and go "freak " yourself.)
All of this from the family and girlfriend side must be read using a Hillbilly sounding accent..) I am sure everyone has been in these situations, maybe not as "Deliverance" themed as I have, but everyone can relate. And don't you just hate it when you let someone in on a wager you made and they go against you . I had Hawaii to cover on Christmas night and the while time my family was asking "Why do you care about a bunch of Japanese people playing football, they need to go back to their own country." ..Upon which point at Halftime..I excused myself to go home and on the way out the driveway I slashed 3 tires on 3 different cars with the Swiss Army knife I received from an online sportsbook. BOOOOOOOO YA!!!!!!
(p.s. I dumped the girlfriend)
Let me begin. Let's say it is Tuesday night. The Knicks/Kings are playing...I have $550 on the over. Game is on at 6:30, girlfriend gets off work at 6..stops by, wants to go out to eat..I explain that I have action on a game..so I say to her sit down, shut up and pop a lean cuisine into the microwave (you need to lose the weight). Well, I didn't really say that , but I wanted to . I explain that it is not a good time to leave the house. I kind of want to see what I am getting instead of going out to dinner and listen to her whine about her mother and her hair and her nails and all that "stuff." In reality when that happens, all I can see are her lips moving and thinking to myself...Hmm..."should be the end of the first quarter and i need about 50.5 points per quarter..let's see if this restraunt has a t.v in the bar so I can catch a scroll. I have explaied to her and many other ladies that I make more money on a given night on gambling that they make at their jobs at Big Lots in 2 weeks. They always reply "you're always watching 'dem ol' ball games! " (Southern term) I should reply: "And you're always on your feet listening to Mrs. Johnson and her husband complain because they were shorted 3 cents in change on a transaction they made 6 months ago."
So who is the fool here?
I read a post here where people were complaining to never talk Gambling with family. I couldn't agree more. This is what you get with talking gambling with family. 1. are ya winnin'? 2. How much you gonna win? 3. How much you down? 4. I bet you down big. 5. How much did you bet? (my reply: $550.00) their reply. "So how much you gonna win off that? (my reply: $500)..their reply "So you're gonna lose $50 just by betting cause you bet $550 and get back $500, that ain't right I'm telling ya!" (my reply, "NO Jethro!..It is a total return of $1050.) Their return reply:"Well, I just don't understand all that. You wanna bet $5 on the Alabama-Auburn game..I'll take 'Bama!" My reply: No Jethro..Rivalry games are not a good bet for me. Their reply: You're scared aren't ya!..My reply: "Here Jethro, take this $50 and go "freak " yourself.)
All of this from the family and girlfriend side must be read using a Hillbilly sounding accent..) I am sure everyone has been in these situations, maybe not as "Deliverance" themed as I have, but everyone can relate. And don't you just hate it when you let someone in on a wager you made and they go against you . I had Hawaii to cover on Christmas night and the while time my family was asking "Why do you care about a bunch of Japanese people playing football, they need to go back to their own country." ..Upon which point at Halftime..I excused myself to go home and on the way out the driveway I slashed 3 tires on 3 different cars with the Swiss Army knife I received from an online sportsbook. BOOOOOOOO YA!!!!!!
(p.s. I dumped the girlfriend)