Accumulated poverty
Despite the fact I can't stand horse racing I worked on one of our great racing papers for a while. When they found out I'd never been to a meeting they gave me a day out at the Ascot Festival (it was the prize for a competition that no-one had entered).

Just before I left the office the day before, someone said to me 'You should back Dettori, he always does well at Ascot.' I didn't bother and that was the day he went through the card (won all seven races). People had accumulators and won over a hundred grand - I didn't back a single winner and lost fifty quid.

Still, there was a really nice lunch in the Silver Ring and the girl I took with me gave me a great shag by way of a thank-you, so the day wasn't a total loss. Except that I would have got the shag anyway, since we'd been going out for a while. It didn't make me like horse-racing any more, though.
(zebideedoodah likes florence but prefers venice, Wed 7 Oct 2015, 3:01, Reply)