I'm steaming....
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Xiuhcoatl,Jan 28 2006, 01:15 AM Wrote:What draws most people to gamble? The chance to win is the popular answer.
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Gambling is like voting for politicians. If you believe that you are dealing with honest people, then :blink: .
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whyBish,Jan 27 2006, 11:40 PM Wrote:Gambling is like voting for politicians.  If you believe that you are dealing with honest people, then  :blink: .
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! **GASP!** HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! :lol:

**Falls out of chair with a stroke**

**Chuckles some more**

That is the funniest thing I have read all night, doubly so because it is true. Thanks! :w00t:
All alone, or in twos,
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.

And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.

"Isn't this where...."
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Doc,Jan 28 2006, 05:43 PM Wrote:HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! **GASP!** HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!  :lol:

**Falls out of chair with a stroke**

**Chuckles some more**

That is the funniest thing I have read all night, doubly so because it is true. Thanks! :w00t:
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It all comes down to perception.

There has been a show running here at 5:30 pm (UK) about house selling. Typical (Paraphrased) statements below:
"pale shades make a room appear larger"
"the challenge here is for her (the owner) to get the buyer to the far side (of the room, where you can see out to trees, rather than the opposite side that looks out onto rooftops)"
"If you live by a motorway, make sure the windows are closed before a showing"
"(Explaining to a seller after a practice run) You aren't moving away 'to find a larger place', you are moving for a job opportunity"

There are much larger stakes for the average person in selling a house than in a game of poker, but the same thing applies:

Everyone is playing by 'the rules', but they may not be playing by *your* rules.

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whyBish,Jan 27 2006, 08:40 PM Wrote:Gambling is like voting for politicians.  If you believe that you are dealing with honest people, then  :blink: .
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Thoreau said it first, though from a different tack. To him, voting was a form of gambling. The rest of the stuff he was writing within the work that cites this belief is not exactly an archaic document beyond our times, too.
Political Correctness is the idea that you can foster tolerance in a diverse world through the intolerance of anything that strays from a clinical standard.
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