Things I wish I knew

[The Camel]

25. Why are some people so stupid?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-24624639

[AndrewT]

25. Why are some people so stupid?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-24624639

He sounds quite the catch.

[The Camel]

25. Why are some people so stupid?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-24624639

He sounds quite the catch.

Amazing on so many levels.

How do you forget to book the venue for your wedding?

When you realise you have forgotten why don't you immediately tell your wife to be?

What on earth would make you issue a bomb threat to get you out of this situation?

A year in prison seems absurdly light to me.

[DaveShoelace]

25. Why are some people so stupid?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-24624639

He sounds quite the catch.

Amazing on so many levels.

How do you forget to book the venue for your wedding?

When you realise you have forgotten why don't you immediately tell your wife to be?

What on earth would make you issue a bomb threat to get you out of this situation?

A year in prison seems absurdly light to me.

The man is clearly incredibly stupid, but I am with him on this one, the aftermath of telling her was probably worse than a year in jail imo, based on how the average lady would react.

I'd probably just do a Reggie Perrin myself.

[RED-DOG]

25. Why are some people so stupid?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-24624639

He sounds quite the catch.

Amazing on so many levels.

How do you forget to book the venue for your wedding?

When you realise you have forgotten why don't you immediately tell your wife to be?

What on earth would make you issue a bomb threat to get you out of this situation?

A year in prison seems absurdly light to me.

The man is clearly incredibly stupid, but I am with him on this one, the aftermath of telling her was probably worse than a year in jail imo, based on how the average lady would react.

I'd probably just do a Reggie Perrin myself.

I lolled

[Geo the Sarge]

How do those people who can't walk around a supermarket unless they are leaning on their trolley manage to prevent themselves from falling over afterwards?

i am 40, my good wife is 41, and we both are often seen doing a "superman" around our local supermarket

we also find it quite simple to not fall over when not in supermarkets

perhaps we need to do more research

How old is the bad one?   

Geo

[Tal]

Do policemen still carry whistles?

[The Camel]

Why are greyhound races timed to go off at random times like 7.11, 8.49 and 9.57?

What's wrong with 7.15, 8.45 and 10pm?

[peejaytwo]

Why are greyhound races timed to go off at random times like 7.11, 8.49 and 9.57?

What's wrong with 7.15, 8.45 and 10pm?

I think this is so they don't mix up the "off" times with horses.
Years ago all horseraces used to go off on the quarter hour even on busy days, not every 5 mins like now.

[tikay]

Why are greyhound races timed to go off at random times like 7.11, 8.49 and 9.57?

What's wrong with 7.15, 8.45 and 10pm?

So they don't clash with other Dog Meetings being beamed to LBO's, a race every 5, 7 or 8 minutes is better for bookies than 2 or 3 at the same time every 15 minutes. The odd minutes help avoid horse race times, too.

[The Camel]

That makes sense for BAGS cards, but they still have weird timings for evening meetings too.

[peejaytwo]

That makes sense for BAGS cards, but they still have weird timings for evening meetings too.

But it stopped any ambiguity or dodgy slips before the shops were open all evening.
Imagine a Yankee 30 years ago
2 7.30W
4 7.45W
5 8.00 W
6 8.15W

We have perms of Warwick Wolves Worcester Wimbledon Walthemstow Wembley

Think it from then anyway but I stand to be corrected

[peejaytwo]

That makes sense for BAGS cards, but they still have weird timings for evening meetings too.

But it stopped any ambiguity or dodgy slips before the shops were open all evening.
Imagine a Yankee 30 years ago
2 7.30W
4 7.45W
5 8.00 W
6 8.15W

We have perms of Warwick Wolves Worcester Wimbledon Walthemstow Wembley

Think it from then anyway but I stand to be corrected

And I think there were issues with trap numbers as well
Eg combo fcasts could be open to abuse so most dog races are scheduled to have a figure above 6 where possible.
Harder to confuse shop staff if you see what I mean. Obv 11.03 and 11.11  don't fit that category but they are "elevens" but afternoons dog times I may be right eg 2.08 or double numbers like 2.27

[peejaytwo]

And obv now people think I'm older than Tikay....

[Tal]

That makes sense for BAGS cards, but they still have weird timings for evening meetings too.

But it stopped any ambiguity or dodgy slips before the shops were open all evening.
Imagine a Yankee 30 years ago
2 7.30W
4 7.45W
5 8.00 W
6 8.15W

We have perms of Warwick Wolves Worcester Wimbledon Walthemstow Wembley

Think it from then anyway but I stand to be corrected

And I think there were issues with trap numbers as well
Eg combo fcasts could be open to abuse so most dog races are scheduled to have a figure above 6 where possible.
Harder to confuse shop staff if you see what I mean. Obv 11.03 and 11.11  don't fit that category but they are "elevens" but afternoons dog times I may be right eg 2.08 or double numbers like 2.27

These were the 1980s version of misclicks