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Thread #164156   Message #3926546
Posted By: Jos
23-May-18 - 04:20 AM
Thread Name: BS: The Royal Wedding
Subject: RE: BS: The Royal Wedding
Dave the G,
If I spent £10 and got back £6.70 I would call that a loss, not a win.

One thing you would NOT see me doing if I won the lottery, or anything else, is squirting champagne all over the place. Such a waste.

When Eddy Izzard completed a succession of marathon runs in South Africa, including a double marathon on the final day, he staggered up the steps to the statue of Mandela and was handed a bottle of fizz. He opened it carefully, drank from it, and then handed it back. That showed 'em.

(Mind you, I suspect that sometimes they give you a champagne look-alike bottle with fizzy water in it to squirt for the cameras.)