Reply to: Who's next..ask paddy power

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Congratulations Mr Peoplesoft Bloke.

You have been successfully enrolled in our 'remedial humour' class.

yeah hilarious.

[bogeyman]

I wonder what odds I could get on that bloke not winning? It might be good odds but a fictional character out of a defunct tv sitcom being made Pope is added to my list of things that just aren't going to happen.

Congratulations Mr Peoplesoft Bloke.

You have been successfully enrolled in our 'remedial humour' class.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Well? I thought it was pretty good odds!

When I first saw the name 'Paddy Power' (on some snooker players waistcoat) I thought it was some kind of energy supplier offering cheap electricity made by Irish urchins made to walk on treadmills all day.

I wonder what odds I could get on that bloke not winning? It might be good odds but a fictional character out of a defunct tv sitcom being made Pope is added to my list of things that just aren't going to happen.

[bogeyman]

My favourite was the bloke who has placed a bet on Father Dougal out of Father Ted being the next Pope!

Well? I thought it was pretty good odds!

When I first saw the name 'Paddy Power' (on some snooker players waistcoat) I thought it was some kind of energy supplier offering cheap electricity made by Irish urchins made to walk on treadmills all day.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

My favourite was the bloke who has placed a bet on Father Dougal out of Father Ted being the next Pope!

[Moose423956]

If you know what Air force one is then you may appreciate the cheek/irony in offering odds on it going bust

http://www.paddypower.com/bet?action...ining&crea=hdr

Ah. Didn't know what Chapter 11 meant.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

...
........I still think he will do something evil using the Civil Contingencies Act.

What a load of bollocks - it's no wonder you can't get odds on that - there will be an election, although I wish Paddy Power would take your daft conspiracy theory cash - maybe it's worth ringing them up to ask.

I'd give you 100000000000000000-1 against him using the civil contingecies act to cancel an election - but I'm not a bookie.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

As an aside to this - why didn't all of these "stranded" holiday makers have Travel Insurance? Or doesn't it pay out in the event of Airline collapse?

Apparently not:

http://www.travelinsuranceguide.org....goes-bust.html

"The majority of providers don't protect against airlines going bust,"

[Burdock]

Am working at Manchester Airport at moment....saw a few lonely looking XL planes parked over by staff car park this morning.

Might make an offer...will reduce commute time substantially.

[Andy2]

As for me I am taking a £1 million bet that some tinpot recruitment agency based in a backwater of West london will go t*ts up.

come on give us a clue

[sasguru]

No need to ask Paddy.

AIG will be the next big failure.

In terms of banks UBS is looking the dodgiest at the mo

[DodgyAgent]

What does that mean?

If you know what Air force one is then you may appreciate the cheek/irony in offering odds on it going bust

http://www.paddypower.com/bet?action...ining&crea=hdr

[Moose423956]

Or I quite fancy the £1000-1 odds on "airforce one" going in to chapter 11

What does that mean?

[HairyArsedBloke]

You can get 16-1 on the Snot Goblin not winning his seat at the next general election.



Can't get odd on there actually being an election though. I still think he will do something evil using the Civil Contingencies Act.

[BrilloPad]

As an aside to this - why didn't all of these "stranded" holiday makers have Travel Insurance? Or doesn't it pay out in the event of Airline collapse?

Most(if not all) will get their money back. Its the organizing of flights that is diffficult.

I see the CAA organized some planes - why not use the XL ones? Or is that what the CAA did?