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Post by dicklaxt on May 25, 2010 10:28:37 GMT -6
Sitting by the window of her convent, Sister Barbara opened a letter from home one evening. Inside the letter was a $100 bill her parents had sent.
Sister Barbara smiled at the gesture... As she read the letter by the window, she noticed a shabbily dressed stranger leaning against the lamp post below.
Quickly, she wrote, "Don't despair. Sister Barbara," on a piece of paper, wrapped the $100 bill in it, got the man's attention and tossed it out the window to him.. The stranger picked it up, and with a puzzled expression and a tip of his hat, went off down the street.
The next day, Sister Barbara was told that a man was at her door, insisting on seeing her. She went down, and found the stranger waiting. Without a word, he handed her a huge wad of $100 bills.
"What's this?" she asked.
"That's the $8,000 you have coming Sister," he replied. "Don't Despair paid 80-to-1."
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rrich
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Post by rrich on May 25, 2010 11:53:58 GMT -6
;D
The best advice I ever got about horse racing was from a bookie, "Kid, the only way to beat the ponys is with a whip."
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Post by sdb777 on May 25, 2010 14:38:24 GMT -6
Horse racing for me means cornbeef hash for a dollar!
Scott (80 to 1....dream bet) B
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Post by boodrow on May 29, 2010 15:14:37 GMT -6
Friend of mine used to go to the horse races , he would go and look at the horses prior to the race , the last one that took a dump he would bet on it. I ask him what that had to do with it , he said the horse is lighter now? ;D Boodrow Bu the way this is a true story
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Post by sawduster on May 30, 2010 8:55:22 GMT -6
That method is supposed to work for dog races, too. ;D Best tip I ever got was "Don't bet on horses."
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