Hot tip for the gamblers here...

[Archie_tect]

That would be an Ecumenical Matter.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

You don't want to think about it too much anyway, otherwise you'll end up like the Bishop who, after talking to Father Dougall was last seen leaving in a VW Camper Van and smoking a spiff....

 

[martint235]

So User, what are you going to do with your £25 winnings?

So User, what are you going to do with your £25 winnings?

Are you going to keep asking every few minutes until he responds??

 

[accountantpete]

So User, what are you going to do with your £25 winnings?

I'm not a betting man but isn't a winning ticket for a Ton on the Wrist worth £125 plus the stake back?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I'm not a betting man...

5 will get you 10 you are!

 

[martint235]

I'm not a betting man but isn't a winning ticket for a Ton on the Wrist worth £125 plus the stake back?

This is a very valid point and it may be that Adrian is just quoting the wrong figure repeatedly in the vain hope that this will make User respond quicker.

If I were a nice person I could put Adrian out of his misery (in this respect at least) because the answer is obvious. User is going to put his winnings into a pot behind the bar at the CC Xmas do to buy us all a drink. It would be fitting after all to link Xmas to a bet on the church.

 

[Archie_tect]

What's the betting on the date for Easter in 2013?

 

[Beebo]

What's the betting on the date for Easter in 2013?

I think it will be on a Sunday this year.

More worryingly, there is talk of suspicious betting patterns and insider trading with people in the know placing bets of the Bish. Can CofG expect a visit from the Met?
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/i...us-archbishop-of-canterbury-bets-8297583.html

 

[martint235]

Nice person? Chance would be a fine thing.
So anyway is User committing to putting just the winnings or the winnings and stake behind the bar?

I think we have to be fair about this and let him keep his stake.

And I'm very nice.

 

[Archie_tect]

I think we have to be fair about this and let him keep his stake.

,,,and the silver bullet?

 

[Archie_tect]

Ah Johnny Walker Red Label... how many years is it since that was made in the UK? [by the people licensed to make and sell it, not copies!]

 

[ianrauk]

COG owes me £25.
Can't remember why... but he does.

 

[Over The Hill]

I think I will put my money on Archbishop Cocksworth just for the comedy value and the hope that a news reporter may do a bit of a Dickie Davies on it one day.

 

[martint235]

Too nice I see. He must have written the £100 off as he staked it, so I reckon its fair game.

When you put it like that I am strongly inclined to agree

 

[martint235]

[QUOTE 2142428, member: 1314"]£125 will not go far. 25 people, £5 each, is nothing. And if Dellzeqq and Agent Hilda turn up, that's barely 5 bottles of Prosecco.[/quote]
That's ok. It'll go quite a long way if you put it behind the bar at 2pm before the hoi polloi arrive.