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Bookmaker has eyes on strip-poker record
Reuters ^
| Mon May 15, 2006 4:38pm ET
Posted on 05/15/2006 8:03:05 PM PDT by sully777
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland will play host to the world's biggest ever strip poker contest if bookmaker Paddy Power gets its way.
The idea was originally floated as an April Fool's joke but generated so much interest that Dublin-based Paddy Power has decided to look seriously at organizing a contest it hopes will find a place in the Guinness Book of Records.
"We got almost 100 requests to take part," the company's spokesman, also called Paddy Power, said. "We're trying to investigate whether it's possible or whether we'll get put in prison for it."
Poker has become big business in recent years thanks to televised competitions promising big cash prizes and gaming companies such as Paddy Power offering on-line tournaments.
A spokesman for Guinness World Records confirmed that its research unit was looking into what would be a new category for the organization: "We're considering their claim and we'll get back to the organizers shortly."
Power said the company, which often grabs headlines with contentious adverts and unusual betting opportunities, hoped to host the event in August or September but had yet to decide on a prize: "Maybe a gold pair of underpants or a golden fig leaf would be most appropriate."
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: clover; crimson; gambling; ireland; irishswweepstakes; royalflush; strippoker
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To: sully777; Slings and Arrows
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posted on
05/16/2006 12:06:04 PM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: sully777
Sinead O'Connor is cuckoo... she doesn't even know what cult religion she's in...
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posted on
05/16/2006 12:43:36 PM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: cjshapi
23
posted on
05/16/2006 1:02:51 PM PDT
by
Junior
(Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
To: Junior
Well, I'd definitely have to be prepared to get nekkid. I don't even play go fish or crazy 8's well.
24
posted on
05/16/2006 1:10:12 PM PDT
by
cjshapi
To: Fintan
Please add me to your Crazy Naked ping list too - I'm already batting 0.500.
25
posted on
05/16/2006 1:26:37 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Rachel Corrie's not dead - she's taking a CAT nap.)
To: Irish_Thatcherite; sully777
Don't worry, I won't tell anyone...Mary McCarthy, is that you?
26
posted on
05/16/2006 1:27:26 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Rachel Corrie's not dead - she's taking a CAT nap.)
To: Slings and Arrows
27
posted on
05/16/2006 2:35:28 PM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: Irish_Thatcherite
28
posted on
05/16/2006 3:06:02 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(When Al Franken had his bris, they threw away the baby and saved the foreskin.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Oh.. that doctor fella who lives in a phone box...
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posted on
05/16/2006 3:17:12 PM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: Slings and Arrows
Thanks for that - I'm not following news as much as I should!
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posted on
05/16/2006 3:19:24 PM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: Slings and Arrows
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Just remember: You asked. |
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posted on
05/16/2006 3:32:18 PM PDT
by
Fintan
(One day we'll look back on this and plow into a parked car.)
To: pissant
There are a ton of blondes in Ireland, Dublin was a Viking city for a long time. I know, I was shocked to find so many blondes in Ireland as well.
32
posted on
05/16/2006 7:50:19 PM PDT
by
BostonianRightist
(I probably haven't read the entire article, or checked my html.)
To: Irish_Thatcherite
You're welcome. If I had a roof that leaked as much as the CIA I'd sue the builder.
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posted on
05/16/2006 9:29:54 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(When Al Franken had his bris, they threw away the baby and saved the foreskin.)
To: Fintan
Cue "Invictus." [And p*ss on Tim McVey's grave for co-opting a great poem.]
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posted on
05/16/2006 9:31:40 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(When Al Franken had his bris, they threw away the baby and saved the foreskin.)
To: sully777; pissant; Clemenza; Irish_Thatcherite
...What do the Irish look like?
35
posted on
05/17/2006 6:01:01 AM PDT
by
presidio9
("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K virus -only without the inconvenient deadline.)
To: BostonianRightist
Miss Clairol, I'm thinking. LOL
36
posted on
05/17/2006 6:02:55 AM PDT
by
pissant
To: presidio9
37
posted on
05/17/2006 6:03:20 AM PDT
by
pissant
To: pissant
I was thinking more in terms of the bright red hair & pasty white skin...
38
posted on
05/17/2006 6:26:02 AM PDT
by
presidio9
("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K virus -only without the inconvenient deadline.)
To: presidio9
Yeah, I know some people who look like that.............................
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posted on
05/17/2006 12:01:49 PM PDT
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~| IRA supporters on FR are trolls, end of story!)
To: Irish_Thatcherite
Sadly, I have some relatives who look like that (and others who DRESS like that).
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posted on
05/17/2006 12:02:47 PM PDT
by
presidio9
("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K virus -only without the inconvenient deadline.)
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