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Check out http://www.centrebet.com. You can bet on who will get the Nobel Prize this year.
Right down at the bottom of the list, a tie between Tony Blair, John Howard, Slobodan Milosevic and George W. Bush with 1000:1 odds. 
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They make a good company.
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I could take Sean Connery in a fight... I could definitely take him.
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It's tempting to put money on the EU at 26 to 1. I still find it funny that despite all that Bush has done to bring peace and liberty to Iraqis  , he's still given as much of a chance of winning the Nobel Peace Prize as Milosevic! What's surprising is that neither Pachead, Spliff, Zimphire or dcolton have come along to say that the Nobel Prize is irrelevant.
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Didn't Henry Kissinger receive the Nobel peace prize once?
What a joke that was.
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Originally posted by voodoo:
Didn't Henry Kissinger receive the Nobel peace prize once?
What a joke that was.
Arafat got it too but then Arafat doesn't hold a candle to Milosevic.
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Originally posted by Troll:
It's tempting to put money on the EU at 26 to 1. I still find it funny that despite all that Bush has done to bring peace and liberty to Iraqis , he's still given as much of a chance of winning the Nobel Peace Prize as Milosevic! What's surprising is that neither Pachead, Spliff, Zimphire or dcolton have come along to say that the Nobel Prize is irrelevant.
Just wait. But as true good "Christians" they shouldn't even look at this thread as it has to do with bets.
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Henry did have to share his prize with Le Duc Tho in '73. It was a pat on the back for ending the Vietnam war.
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Originally posted by Logic:
Just wait. But as true good "Christians" they shouldn't even look at this thread as it has to do with bets.
*cough*bullsh it*cough*
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Originally posted by voodoo:
*cough*bullshit*cough*
What you don't agree? I did put "" around Christians so don't worry?
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Originally posted by Logic:
What you don't agree? I did put "" around Christians so don't worry?
Nah I honestly just didn't think of it. I guess I simply don't consider the heretics to be christian
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Originally posted by voodoo:
Nah I honestly just didn't think of it. I guess I simply don't consider the heretics to be christian
I know, but what matters is what they themselves think
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Originally posted by Logic:
I know, but what matters is what they themselves think
Nah that doesn't matter. They are Evengelical, Mormons, Literalists or whatever. Betting == evil sin of DEATH with them. Calling them Christian even in jest is not helping the poor things I fear. They'll just fall farther into their own delusions. 
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Originally posted by voodoo:
Nah that doesn't matter. They are Evengelical, Mormons, Literalists or whatever. Betting == evil sin of DEATH with them. Calling them Christian even in jest is not helping the poor things I fear. They'll just fall farther into their own delusions.
Hmmm, true. I guess I'll just call 'em Mushrik or Kufar
� ekkert a� fara a� vera tengdur netinu til a� geta spjalla� drengur!?!
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I couldn't find the list of nominees on the web site. Can anyone help a newbie to this whole intraweb on my puterbox thingie?
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Originally posted by BRussell:
I couldn't find the list of nominees on the web site. Can anyone help a newbie to this whole intraweb on my puterbox thingie?
Confidential Nominations
According to the Statutes of the Nobel Foundation, information about the nominations is not to be disclosed, publicly or privately, for a period of fifty years. The restriction not only concerns the nominees and nominators, but also investigations and opinions in the awarding of a prize.
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Actually the nominations aren't that big a deal -- there are so many. The Norwegian Storting representatives nominate and the Nobel committee chooses. There is always this one nutty right wing Norwegian representative that keeps nominating Bush
Silly silly.
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Originally posted by voodoo:
Nah I honestly just didn't think of it. I guess I simply don't consider the heretics to be christian
You have a problem with terms. The Roman Catholic church recognizes other denominations as Christians, even the Protestants (oh, the horror). They call them Schismatics (re. Seperatists) and though they aren't happy about it, they don't and wouldn't consider them Heretics. Now, if you want to go against the words of the Pontiff and the council of Cardinals, that's your business, but it wouldn't be very Catholic of you. Ahem.
OTOH, I AM a true-blue, dyed in the Valentinian wool, Heretic... one of the type that the Romans tried to murder off almost a millennia ago. (History of the Cathars come to mind?)
Glad I could be of help.
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Originally posted by BRussell:
I couldn't find the list of nominees on the web site. Can anyone help a newbie to this whole intraweb on my puterbox thingie?
You have to click on the sport and prices link at the top of the page and on the next page on the right, you get a link to the Nobel Prize. Click on place bet and you get the full list. Like this:
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY/ELBARADEI, Mohamed 3.00
COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION/LUGAR, Richard/NUNN, Sam 5.00
BLIX, Hans 6.00
HAVEL, Vaclav 8.00
VANUNU, Mordechai 13.00
JOHN PAUL II 15.00
KOVALYEV, Sergei 15.00
PAYA, Oswaldo 17.00
TREATMENT ACTION CAMPAIGN/ACHMAT, Zackie 17.00
YANYONG, Jiang 21.00
DADDACH, Mohamed 26.00
KARZAI, Hamid 26.00
SALVATION ARMY 26.00
TESFAGIORGIS, Paulos 26.00
BONO 34.00
BRAHIMI, Lakhdar 34.00
JINGSHENG, Wei 34.00
TIANANMEN MOTHERS 34.00
EUROPEAN UNION 51.00
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT 51.00
AGHAJARI, Hashem 67.00
COMMUNITY OF SANT' EGIDIO 67.00
LULA DA SILVA, Luiz Inacio 67.00
MOTHERS IN BLACK 67.00
QUE, Nguyen Dan 67.00
RYAN, George 67.00
WOMEN IN BLACK 67.00
AKASHI, Yasushi 81.00
HONGZHI, Li 81.00
MUSHARRAF, Pervez 81.00
VAJPAYEE, Atal Behari 81.00
YOUSEFI ESHKEVARI, Hassan 81.00
ZIYANG, Zhao 81.00
CHIRAC, Jacques 101.00
SCHRODER, Gerhard 101.00
GIULIANI, Rudolph 201.00
KHATAMI, Mohamed 201.00
KOMARICA, Franjo 201.00
SOLHEIM, Erik 201.00
GONZALEZ, Fernando 251.00
GONZALEZ, Rene 251.00
GUERRERO, Antonio 251.00
HERNANDEZ, Gerardo 251.00
LABANINO, Roman 251.00
CASTRO, Fidel 501.00
NELSON, Willie 501.00
BLAIR, Tony 1001.00
BUSH, George W. 1001.00
HOWARD, John 1001.00
MILOSEVIC, Slobodan 1001.00
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