Scotland Independence Referendum

[12WBT]

when I was Down Under, sixty odd years ago, there was supposed to be a predominance of women, although I never tried to count them all, myself.

The pubs used to close at 5pm, if I remember, or maybe 6pm. In any case, they were all full because all the day workers ended at about that time and tried to swill down as much as posible before going home. Women got the blame for that, because they were said to have the majority vote and wanted their men home--drunk or sober. Maybe, the compulsory voting system came in because of that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_o'clock_swill

1924
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_voting#Enforced

 

[Splitlink]

Delighted to be the recipient.

I had considered donating the prize to Alex Salmond as he's increasingly going to have significant chunks of spare time and he could probably use a few books to while away his political twilight, but then again I thought, no, I'll squander the whole bloody lot on personal gratification.

It's been fun and quite a few laughs too. I'll look forward to the next competition. Thanks to Sharky (and t2w) for putting up a prize to get those competitive juices flowing in the general hoi polloi that passes for membership.

Congratulations, Pat. It could have gone to a better man, but I was preoccupied with other things when I made the bet.

 

[jkellum]

With Scotland retaining with UK, GBP is surely getting stronger! Who's betting on it?

 

[Pat Riley]

Congratulations, Pat. It could have gone to a better man, but I was preoccupied with other things when I made the bet.

That's the thing with a punt splitlink, it makes no reference to a man's morals, intelligence or suitability. You're in the lap of the Gods. If they're looking the other way, on occasions, even a undeserving neanderthal like me gets an expected award. Things bein what they are though, they'll make up for their distractions and deal me a proper stinker of a hand in due course.

 

[jotekfinance]

The GBP did have a bit of a rise, but it'll go back to normal soon enough.