G-STAR

To be fair, he's good at what he does - an estimated £3m a year proves that.

STi-Frenchie

I set up Sky+ to watch the UK version of this show and it really is appalling. Someone should shoot Noel Edmunds, hunting ban or no. I thought the french version was poor (but fun in a way) but what you have to suffer in the name of entertainment is pathetic.

matt85

Using the term 'implied odds' gives it away .

LG John

Minor Hijack

Tell you a funny story that the cards players will get:

My ex-flatmate robin is a sound and enthusiastic cards player and this is a conversation between him and a representative of an warranty company for the boiler in his flat. The flat is a new build and this convo happened a year after he moved in:

Woman: "Good day sir, I'm phoning from 'X' and note from our records the warranty on your boiler has expired. Would you be interested in extended it for another year."

Robin: "To be honest not really, I don't see the point in these things!"

Woman: "Well sir, it really would be in your best interest as these boilers are expensive to repair!"

Robin: "Yeah? How much?"

Woman: "The average repair bill is £600"

Robin: "Fair enough that is pretty steep. How much is the cover?"

Woman: "£99.99 for the year and that fully covers you for....<blah, blah>"

Robin: "MMmmmm, I'm not sure - it's quite a lot for a warranty!"

Women: "It's a lot cheaper than £600 and if your boiler needs replaced it'll be a lot more. Besides our records show that 4 people in your block have suffered failure in this last year."

Robin: "Oh really! How many flats are in my development?

Woman: "There are 85 flats"

Robin: "So of 85 flats, 4 of them had a failure inside a year and you are trying to sell me coverage at £99.99 a pop?!"

Women: "<confused> Eh, yes sir, it's a good deal and gives you peice of mind"

Robin: "Yeah but going by the previous year the rate of failure is approximately 20:1. Assuming even a double failure rate this year that would be 8 failures or 10:1. The average repair bill is £600 and you're coverage is £100 so 6:1. Can't you see how utterly bad your deal is!"

<silence>
<more silence>

Women: "Have a nice day sir <click> duuuuuurrr!"



This was about 8 months ago and the best bit was in the pub a few weeks back when he grumbled that he had to withdraw £800 from his online poker account to pay for..............................boiler repairs. Ha ha ha ha