Wylin Dreams
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To put some money on the Hawks, to ease the pain slightly if the unthinkable happens. Or could this potentially ruin our winning mojo?
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Opinion Is it wrong?
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- Feb 5, 2011
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People are allowed to bet if they want.
They definitely aren't paying enough to make me feel better if we lose.
They definitely aren't paying enough to make me feel better if we lose.
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Love hurts, it's a part of life.
FWIIW I don't even think if I won $1,000 on Sat it would ease the pain.
FWIIW I don't even think if I won $1,000 on Sat it would ease the pain.
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I knew of a fellow who was a mad keen Inter supporter, he would often bet against his team to create a consolation prize. He said he hardly ever bet with them. Any close game, he'd bet against them. I think he did the same with the World Cup too. It was his thing. I think it's a bit odd and I rarely gamble myself, but I don't see the big issue with it if people go down that path - Hawks are not too bad value too if you look at it with neutral eyes.
Not my cup of tea at all, but whatever - it's not going to change the outcome is it?
I was actually thinking of putting a Pineapple on Freo - but have absolutely no idea how to do it! Had a quick look at the gambling sites...and it was all just too hard 
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I was actually thinking of putting a Pineapple on Freo - but have absolutely no idea how to do it! Had a quick look at the gambling sites...and it was all just too hard
That's probably because they take money, not fruit. Badum-tish!
I've been contemplating this myself with a slick pineapple.. I'd consider it as buying a premiership if I lost the bet.
Not betting, but i put my tip at work on the hawks for a small collect tuesday, for much the same idea.. i have done it all year too, in a 50/50 game always tip against us as my sacrifice to the gods for a win.. has worked more often that not so i went with it again
Putting money on them is something you'd do because some part of you believes they'll win, I refuse to acknowledge that possibility. Honestly a couple hundred bucks in winnings won't ease my despair one iota if we lose tomorrow.
It's wrong to put good money on Hawthorne when you know we'll win the premiership
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Yeah that's the thing isn't it. I can, and have, done it for a regular season game, maybe even a 'lesser' final - but the Grand final ....
I hate to say it, but any time I talk serious analysis with anybody (just had a convo a few moments ago), I have to admit that Hawks are and should remain favourites. Given that the Freo hype is pulling the Hawks odds in all the time, and leaving emotion completely out of it which is hard to do at the moment, putting money on the Hawks is a smart move from an analytical neutral POV ... but still, I just couldn't do it. It's just too hard to get my head to leave my heart behind.
Yeah, I think I read that in the latest IPCC report
So... Did anyone end up throwing the pineapple on the table? I almost feel like if i'd remembered to - that we might've pulled out the W. Just to torment myself a little more.
