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12-13-2005, 03:15 PM | #1 |
Stewie Rox the Sox Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chicago
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| Man loses bet by staying alive this is soooo weird! Man loses bet by staying alive Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:26 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - A 91-year-old British man who staked a 500-pound bet that he would be dead by the end of the first week in December lost his stake by staying alive, a bookmaker said Saturday. Arthur King-Robinson said he put the bet on at odds of 6/1 at the start of the year because his wife would have faced an inheritance tax bill of 3000 pounds had he died in the intervening period. "I thought I'd heard most things that people want to bet on after 30 years in the business," said Graham Sharpe, spokesman for bookmaker William Hill. "But one asking literally to place a dead cert was unique. I'm glad Arthur has lost." King-Robinson had feared that his wife Cynthia, 85, would have to sell the home they had lived in for 50 years in southwest England if she had been hit by the tax bill. "I lost my 500 pounds -- but it gave me peace of mind," he said. http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jh...ddlyEnoughNews
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12-13-2005, 03:18 PM | #2 |
Monte, Mone't's Joy! Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: MD
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| Wow, he was looking out for his honey...Even in thoughts of death some men can be romantic!
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12-14-2005, 07:38 AM | #4 | |
I Love My Monkeys! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Falling Waters, WV
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Just what I was thinking! very strange! | |
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