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Why is playing golf badly like some toast?

By nebbish (Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 01:25:49 AM EST) Footy, football, telly, TV (all tags)

Because there's lots of slices (golfing term for missing the ball) in a round (golfing term for a game of golf).

Boom boom!

Football

It's betting time! After much study I have put a tenner on the USA to win. This might seem daft but it's definitely the team with best odds - 80-1. As a non-footballing nation the US is often underestimated, they are actually pretty good, although they have a tough group this tournament. It's highly unlikely they'll win, but they are the only team with such good odds that have a remote chance of doing so. If you want to have a risky flutter that's a bit of a laugh, they're the best bet I reckon.

Let's do the Crouch! On second thoughts, let's not. It looks stupid.

Clubbing

Went to see Surgeon and Jeff Mills but only stayed a couple of hours, leaving after Surgeon's set. I find I get really bored when I go clubbing nowadays, even with pills thrown into the mix. I really don't know why. Give me a house party with a couple of decent DJs and a few cans of Stella and I'll be dancing until 7 in the morning, but put me in a club and I'm bored shitless. It's most peculiar.

So that's that, I'm not going to bother again, unless it's a grime night or something where I'm really, really into the music.

Apparently Jeff Mills was shit anyway. Also - FOUR QUID FOR A CAN OF STELLA.

TV

Fuck Big Brother - I saw the best programme ever last night, the Toughest Pubs in Britain on Sky 3. My favourite was a pub in Birmingham where they all drink strong cider ("you have to be careful because it makes you shit yourself"). One bloke takes his glass eye out and puts it in his glass so no-one nicks his pint when he goes for a piss. The rest of the time he sits there in a corner eating lightbulbs. There was a bloke sat next to him who was a sort of grey-green corpse colour; and another one who's fallen onto a nearby railway line twice when pissed, one time losing a leg under a passing train. He now fills his false leg with cider and drinks from it.

Informative and entertaining, it's what telly was made for.

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(Comment Deleted) by yicky yacky (4.00 / 1) #1 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 01:52:34 AM EST

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It's a good point by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #2 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 02:01:43 AM EST

Maybe I found it boring because it was actually, empirically boring. Definitely wasn't like the messy raves of back in the day. Everyone was pretty old as well (by which I mean my age) which isn't a good sign.

Killed off for good though? I hope not. The kids will always find a way. It could be going on right under our noses - we'd never know about it.

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Lost by jump the ladder (4.00 / 1) #3 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 02:19:16 AM EST

Is tres dull. Been a couple of times. Not very sociable people, arrogant djs and overpriced drinks.

Still a thriving squat party scene in London if you can be arsed with dodginess of the people and the places.

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I'd never been before by nebbish (2.00 / 0) #4 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 02:21:39 AM EST

And you're right. The sound system was lacking as well.

Got a few more contacts recently with people who go to squat parties, it's just a case of being arsed, as you so rightly point out.

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Yeah by jump the ladder (4.00 / 1) #5 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 02:27:57 AM EST

The thing is I'd like the spontaniety and cheapness of a squat party combined with the facilities and security of a club. Unfortunately that's never going to happen...

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Oh god by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #6 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 02:31:27 AM EST

I forgot about squat party toilets... The time I found a little room full of poo... The other time I just thought "Fuck it, when in Rome..." and pissed against the wall...

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K heads and shit music by Priscilla Kwateng (4.00 / 1) #43 Mon Jun 05, 2006 at 02:47:37 AM EST

...are enough to put me off going to another squat party. Never again.
I frequented a few squat parties in the late 90s (there was bit of a dearth
of good techno clubs and a few of my friends were into it) - most of the
music was just SUF crap with roaring 303s but occasionally you would hear a
good techno or drum 'n bass set from the likes of Pat Hurley.
The people though really were the scum of the earth. One look at them was
enough to turn a well-meaning liberal into a dyed-in-the-wool bigot who
wants to string up the lazy dissipated wasters. There were people lying
everywhere snorting Tony Montana-sized lines of K off the filthy floor -
vacant zombies stumbling around falling downstairs, walking into walls and
shitting themselves. I remember one party (on Sugar House Lane) which had a
room full of 12 year olds tagging everything in site (you certainly wouldn't
have dared going in there and giving them thick ears for being up past their
bedtimes). One room I wandered into could only be described as a room full
of shit. There was one woman in a corridor with a bawling 6 month old baby
for chrissakes. I remember being the only person there with a 2 litre
bottle of water and because there was no running water in the warehouse,
everyone was coming up to me for a swig, and they all wanted to have a
little chat . I ended up shouting at one of them, "Look just take the water
and F** Off, will you? I don't want to talk to you!" And I was on Acid. An
edifying experience to say the least. I still think about that night as an
example of what not to do with your life. As someone said earlier, where do
these people come from? Do they they just hide in their squats in daylight
hours? I think a lot of them are Italian and French crusties who have an
easier life here on the dole and a hell of a lot of them are trustafarians
who have changed their names from Rupert and Tristan to dynamic names like
Rat and Gimpy to appear more authentic. C**S THE LOT OF THEM. I don't want
them anywhere near my dancefloor. See what they do to you - turn you into a
fascist.

Scone rhymes with John

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: I know what you mean by jump the ladder (2.00 / 0) #44 Mon Jun 05, 2006 at 02:52:57 AM EST

Went to the dodgiest squat party evar in a King's Cross warehouse a few years ago. Full of 11 year old crack heads and blinged up wanna be yardie crack dealers, shitty grafitti all over the walls and with a real shit sound system. Stayed for about 10 minutes, nasty place full of nasty people...

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Funny that. I went to a club the other week by idiot boy (2.00 / 0) #21 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 04:07:21 AM EST

Generally - bored although the people I was with were a good laugh - all pilled bar myself obviously.

Managed to stagger on with the stella (got lots of funny looks) until 07:00.

I really couldn't see the attraction of dancing around in an overpriced bar all night though. Drugs or no drugs.

Of course, I never could though could I :).

Bring on the rawk.

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If you took the drugs by nebbish (2.00 / 0) #26 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 04:43:19 AM EST

You might see the attraction, it does make a bit of a difference.

Well done for going the distance though, I'm impressed.

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I have absolutely no doubt on that by idiot boy (2.00 / 0) #28 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 04:56:17 AM EST

Was offered. Was seriously tempted (more so around 04:00 when only the prospect of not sleeping 'till Monday put me off.

Still don't want to muck about with psychoactives if you know what I mean. Stick to pickling myself I reckon.

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: Yeah by nebbish (2.00 / 0) #30 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 05:00:49 AM EST

Although half a pill isn't going to give you any bother, it's only when you get more than one down you you risk missing a night's sleep.
Still, if you're not that bothered, don't bother...
When are you down in London again anyway? Fancy the Hope for the Paruguay match (next Saturday afternoon)?
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alternate answer by DesiredUsername (4.00 / 1) #7 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 02:48:07 AM EST

Because there's lots of slices (toasting term for a piece of toast) in a round (crazy UKian word for "loaf").

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Ah by nebbish (4.00 / 2) #10 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 03:03:00 AM EST

A round of toast is (bit hard to explain this) some toast you've made for more than one person, not a loaf.

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Well by riceowlguy (4.00 / 1) #39 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 06:46:29 AM EST

In much that same that a "round of drinks" is you buying drinks for more than one person, sure, I guess, but do people really say "round of toast"? Are Britons sitting around the bloody IHOP saying "Well, lads, I guess I'll have to get the next round of toast"?

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: Pretty much by nebbish (4.00 / 2) #40 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 06:50:02 AM EST

Though more along the lines of someone saying "I'll make another round of toast" at the communal breakfast table.
It's funny seeing yourself through others' eyes. We're a strange lot.
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non-footballing nation by MillMan

(4.00 / 1) #8 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 02:51:32 AM EST

primarily in the sense that there isn't much of a fan base for pro-level soccer. The development system is now well in place. It is actually a popular sport to play from childhood through college. What they have added in the last decade or so is the pro league (MLS) and a development track for young elite players. What the US needs more of to be a top contender every year is for young elite athletes to decide while in high school to pursue soccer instead of baseball, US football, or basketball, which is what DaMarcus Beasley did (picked it over basketball IIRC).

Everybody still hates me in this city and I hate everybody.

: Lack of spectator interest by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #9 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 03:01:35 AM EST

Seems to be the only real problem, everything else is in place now, and you've definitely got a world-class national side now. I think a good result in the World Cup will do a lot to popularise the sport, which would be great.
Do you think immigration from Latin America has changed things at all?
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where did you get 80-1? by soccerrules (3.00 / 1) #11 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 03:14:02 AM EST

i thought you were from the UK, but since the UK is ranked 10th it seems like you wouldn't be able to understand soccer play at the level of the USA (5th), so setting odds would be hard.

sorry if i've misunderstood and you are actually from one of the only 4 countries that are actually better than the USA (5th)

Please be telling all the betting sites then by Breaker (4.00 / 1) #12 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 03:34:20 AM EST

Engerlandland are joint 2nd to win, behind Brazil.

USia comes about 15th by the look of it. You could make a killing in the betting market with your great understanding of the international game.

Also, your link is a well known site for trolls. Better content than adequacy, anyway.

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: He does have a point by nebbish (2.00 / 0) #15 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 03:39:56 AM EST

It's a flawed system but it shows how unfancied teams could surprise everyone.
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Oh dear. by Alice Pulley (4.00 / 2) #13 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 03:35:58 AM EST

What a tit.

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Well exactly by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #14 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 03:36:40 AM EST

Why do you think I put the bet on? USA is seriously underestimated.

Though for a bit of perspective you might want to consider that a lot of the teams in that top 20 haven't even made it to the World Cup.

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a slice isn't when you miss the ball by tps12 (4.00 / 3) #16 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 03:51:59 AM EST

It's when you hit it with the leading edge of the club, causing it to curve away from you (i.e., to the right for a right-handed golfer). Missing the ball is called a strike.

Thanks by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #18 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 03:54:00 AM EST

I know nothing about golf

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For the avoidance of doubt though by idiot boy (4.00 / 1) #23 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 04:33:06 AM EST

Playing golf at all is generally referred to as "boring".

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Unless by ad hoc (4.00 / 1) #27 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 04:45:36 AM EST

it's Frisbee golf.
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The closest I ever came by idiot boy (4.00 / 2) #29 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 04:58:44 AM EST

Was riding my mountain bike through bunkers as a kid churning them up like a good 'un. haha!

So do you hit the frisbee with the stick things?

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: Other way around by ad hoc (2.00 / 0) #33 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 05:22:45 AM EST

you toss a frisbee into a net on a stick. [also]
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Slice is to the right by johnny (2.00 / 0) #38 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 06:36:22 AM EST

Hook is to the left.

I don't play golf, but between 1966 and 1976 I caddied hundreds of rounds.

She has effectively checked out. She's an un-person of her own making. So it falls to me.--ad hoc (in the hole)

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Playing the odds by gazbo (4.00 / 1) #17 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 03:53:18 AM EST

It was a good bet indeed - unlikely to come through, but the odds seem very high.

Oh, you did make it each way at half-odds, of course. Didn't you?

I recommend always assuming 7th normal form where items in a text column are not allowed to rhyme.

I'm afraid I don't even know what that means by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #19 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 03:54:59 AM EST

But do explain, please!

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It means by gazbo (2.00 / 0) #20 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 04:00:48 AM EST

That if the USA were to make the final but lose, you'd still win at odds of 40/1. It's what I've just done on WillHill.

£10 each-way on USA at 80/1 means my total stake is £20, with £10 being on the USA to win (80/1) and £10 on USA to get to the final (40/1).

So, if USA make the final but lose, I get £400 returns. If USA make the final and win, I get £1200 returns.

You'll find the same thing on say the grand national, except there your second bet will be at loer odds (quarter odds) but you'll win if the horse comes 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th.

It's a good thing to do if you're backing an outsider (and a shit thing to do if you're backing a favourite - you can win back less than you staked).

I recommend always assuming 7th normal form where items in a text column are not allowed to rhyme.

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Luckily, I lied by nebbish (4.00 / 2) #22 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 04:11:46 AM EST

I haven't actually physically put the bet on yet (off to Ladbrokes after work), so I think I'll follow your advice. Still not risking more than a tenner though.

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Fiver each way it is then by idiot boy (4.00 / 1) #24 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 04:35:35 AM EST

The cost of 2.4 Stella. Bargain.

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Still don't understand what I'm doing by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #25 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 04:41:32 AM EST

So, fiver on USA mnakes the final wins me 400 quid, fiver on USA to win makes me 400 quid? Is that it?

I'm going to look a right muppet at the bookies in Brixton later.

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If you want to bet each way by gazbo (4.00 / 1) #36 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 06:09:19 AM EST

And you only want to bet £10 total, then as he said you should bet £5 each way. That's £5 to win and £5 to "place" (to use the jargon) at half-odds.

So if USA reach the final and lose, your returns are £5 * 40 = £200.

If they reach the final and win, your returns are (£5 * 40) + (£5 * 80) = £600

I recommend always assuming 7th normal form where items in a text column are not allowed to rhyme.

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Yeah, got it now by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #37 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 06:35:09 AM EST

Maths was never my strong point. All clear now though.

Wading through all the terminology on WillHill.com - Jesus it's complicated! I bet the wasters who hang around in betting shops all day could do a decent job of running the economy (if they didn't go and spunk it all on a horse that is).

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: OLD SKOOK! by idiot boy (4.00 / 1) #42 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 01:07:43 PM EST

Where's that 5 dammit.

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Is that an online only one? by nebbish (2.00 / 0) #32 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 05:20:53 AM EST

Because this is complicated enough, I've just had a look at the WillHill site and it was like trying to read Martian.

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I wonder why I don't use betfair by gazbo (2.00 / 0) #35 Thu Jun 01, 2006 at 06:06:06 AM EST

I've looked at it many times, but never signed up. I think every time I've looked at "strange" betting markets (i.e. not sports) which I like to bet on, there've either been no offers available, or there've only been offers of £10 or so to take up at odds that are better than the regular bookies.

I really ought to sign up. Ten again, maybe not. I can see myself playing the bookie on there too much for my own good. And my wallet's good.

I recommend always assuming 7th normal form where items in a text column are not allowed to rhyme.

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