only if you have no interest in the outcome of the race

and by choosing a horse you want to win (and investing a little money in it) gives you that interest

that something you have no need to do with football

Posted By: blindasabat on November 5th 2007 at 12:52:15

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i'd never, ever, ever bet against Norwich! (NCFC) - CB41, Nov 5, 12:35:47
- If I could say I was level with the bookies (NCFC) - Cannydc, Nov 5, 12:42:18
  - "limit the losses to manageable proportions" (NCFC) - blindasabat, Nov 5, 12:45:04
    - Make a small profit these days (NCFC) - Cannydc, Nov 5, 12:47:26
    - Indeed. (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Nov 5, 12:45:36
- i placed a £10 bet on us to win yest at half time, odds at 30/1 (NCFC) - ingi, Nov 5, 12:42:18
  - 30/1 to be winning at HT ? (NCFC) - Cannydc, Nov 5, 12:44:51
    - Yes but we were losing 0-2 at halftime so he would have lost. (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Nov 5, 12:46:19
    - Work it out - he means when we were 2-0 down he got 30/1 (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Nov 5, 12:45:36
      - ahhh - got it (NCFC) - Cannydc, Nov 5, 12:48:30
- YOU JUST DON'T DO IT , ITS WRONG, ITS PERVERTED (n/m) (NCFC) - Dido, Nov 5, 12:37:39
  - Couldn't agree more. Why just hand (NCFC) - CB41, Nov 5, 12:39:03
    - I did it yest (NCFC) - pants, Nov 5, 12:45:24
      - So, you bet on the shite to collect, at best, £16? (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Nov 5, 12:58:08
        
        I've already said it wouldn't make me feel better about it at all (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Nov 5, 13:20:55
      - I once won £75 on a horse and used it to pay for insurance against having twins (NCFC) - Old Git, Nov 5, 12:48:37
      - I'd have assumed that I would lose the £3 in the (NCFC) - CB41, Nov 5, 12:48:17
        
        Well yeah your right (NCFC) - pants, Nov 5, 12:51:09
    - Because the bookie might hand you over real money in return for nothing tangible (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Nov 5, 12:42:22
      - Yes but he might not. (NCFC) - CB41, Nov 5, 12:44:31
        
        you've never been to Newmarket then? (n/m) (NCFC) - blindasabat, Nov 5, 12:46:44
        
        Yes - I walk my dogs on the Heath. (NCFC) - CB41, Nov 5, 12:49:43
        
        only if you have no interest in the outcome of the race (NCFC) - blindasabat, Nov 5, 12:52:15

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