My Grandpa Jack was a bookie. Before you start romanticizing Soprano style hooked noses and broken fingers, let me explain that his was and is a legal profession in Ireland and the tools of the trade are a sharp mathematical intellect a clipboard and a crumpled tweed hat. Save the cannolis and Adidas track suits for the movies.
Following in his footsteps I ran bets for bit for a man that raced dogs out of Donegal. Some of his dogs were champions and I made a lot of money (for a 20 year old kid) while working for him. Thing of it was though, besides for my first and as it turned out losing bet I put on one of his dogs, I bet against him for the next year and smashed it like chikezie.
See the funny thing is I'm what most people would consider lucky. For example, I had a stretch there when I won my office NCAA pool four years running and generally do very well in Vegas and other gambling endeavors. For fooks sake I (with some help from Rhino and friends) shut down The San Juan Ritz crap table a few year back. We didn't break the bank but we hurt them real good and you know that hurted.
Funnier even, although I am superstitious I don't believe in luck. To do so in my opinion would be to short change your efforts in achieving good fortune while making excuses and using a crutch for the tough times you encounter.
I win the NCAA pool a lot because I do a crap-ton of research and have friends that are insiders (coaches) in the basketball world that know more than I do.
Has nothing to do with kissing the Blarney Stone or the four leafed clover I have tattooed on my ass cheek.
I win in Vegas because I don’t overextend myself, I quit when Im ahead and I don't make sucker bets. Well except for the Yo eleven which is just flat-out fun to yell out and it rocks the table when it hits.
What's my point?
Well truth be told, I haven't been feeling all that good about McCain's chances but I'm gonna call it right now. McCain wins.
What's changed my mind?
The debates? The negative ads associating Obama to Ayers/Wright/Rezko? McCains standup routine at the Waldorf?
Nope.
This is what has changed my tune....
Irish bookie calls US race over, pays off on Obama
They aren't doing this because they think Obama is going to win, quite the opposite. They are doing this to stop the influx of McCain bets which will pay out at much greater odds. They are doing this because they do not want to lose money. They are doing to this because they want to make money. Right now Obama is the biggest sucker bet in town.
The bookies are telling you that McCain is going to win and for the first time I agree.
Bet on it.
4 comments:
Other than the fact that you're taking credit for my run on that craps table in puerto rico i'm going to have to say this was a very good post.
Makes sense to me.
If youre going to try and claim the credit for the craps run (when I specifically pointed out that it was a team effort)
Then you must take responsibility for the fat chicks.
Ok, lets clear this up.
1. I had the dice for about 30 minutes. A run that i never saw or experienced before or since.
2. Just so that everyone understands. The very nice heavy set young ladies gave us a ride to Old San Juan.
We called a taxi or a limo or something and were waiting in the lobby when the donkey comes in and says "guys i got us a ride with some local girls that are heading to Old San Juan"
I'm pretty sure they dropped us off at the El San Juan, and if i remember correctly i lost quite a bit of $ there before we left to get a turkey sandwich.
1. First time shooters and chicks always roll hot dice so you had that going for you.
2. They dug me.
3. Best turkey sandwich ever.
Even funnier story is when the table came to a grinding halt when you called the stickman "papi" and he asked if you were from the West Village and to please never call him that again.
Good time good times.
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