Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 4 hours ago, KenjiOgiwara said: I was always told it was a 3 second rule. Don't tell me the British have their own seconds as well? "only a fool breaks the 2 second rule" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 10, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 10, 2021 6 hours ago, KenjiOgiwara said: I was always told it was a 3 second rule. Don't tell me the British have their own seconds as well? No, our seconds are the same, our reactions are just better 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paddywhack Posted June 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2021 We once had a raffle at work to win an iPad or something. It was £1 a ticket. My colleague was moaning as “you usually get a strip of 5 for £1”. I tried to explain that it didn’t really matter, she still had the same chance of winning. She laughed and argued she’d have much more chance of winning if she had a strip of 5 tickets. This was about 10 years ago and I still think about it whenever I see one of those raffle ticket books and it still annoys me. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Paddywhack said: We once had a raffle at work to win an iPad or something. It was £1 a ticket. My colleague was moaning as “you usually get a strip of 5 for £1”. I tried to explain that it didn’t really matter, she still had the same chance of winning. She laughed and argued she’d have much more chance of winning if she had a strip of 5 tickets. This was about 10 years ago and I still think about it whenever I see one of those raffle ticket books and it still annoys me. Actually a better chance of winning at £1 a ticket, as it’s the smallest possible price to pay. Someone who might have bought 5 for £1 could get 2 for 40p thus reducing the overall number of tickets to be selected from. Actually having said that, it could also encourage people buying £1.40s worth too. But the important thing is the chance is only dependent on the number of tickets in circulation and your proportion of it, not the price of them. Edited June 10, 2021 by a m ole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 15 minutes ago, Paddywhack said: We once had a raffle at work to win an iPad or something. It was £1 a ticket. My colleague was moaning as “you usually get a strip of 5 for £1”. I tried to explain that it didn’t really matter, she still had the same chance of winning. She laughed and argued she’d have much more chance of winning if she had a strip of 5 tickets. This was about 10 years ago and I still think about it whenever I see one of those raffle ticket books and it still annoys me. Its like the old lotto one. A lot of people would never pick 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 on the lotto ticket as those numbers would never happen! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 10, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 10, 2021 1 hour ago, a m ole said: Actually a better chance of winning at £1 a ticket, as it’s the smallest possible price to pay. Someone who might have bought 5 for £1 could get 2 for 40p thus reducing the overall number of tickets to be selected from. Actually having said that, it could also encourage people buying £1.40s worth too. But the important thing is the chance is only dependent on the number of tickets in circulation and your proportion of it, not the price of them. Nah, those people who sell at £1 a strip, don't let you split up the strip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitvilla Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, bickster said: Nah, those people who sell at £1 a strip, don't let you split up the strip. And the reward/price ratio stays the same ... even if you could buy a 20 p ticket from a strip. I hope your colleague was not involved decisions that required statistical skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 10, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 10, 2021 6 minutes ago, fruitvilla said: And the reward/price ratio stays the same ... even if you could buy a 20 p ticket from a strip. I hope your colleague was not involved decisions that required statistical skills. Erm, firstly that was precisely my point and secondly, it wasn't me that raised this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 1 hour ago, bickster said: Nah, those people who sell at £1 a strip, don't let you split up the strip. Disgusting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) On 09/06/2011 at 12:15, Paddywhack said: The stupidity of some people. There's a woman at work who just complained we are being charged £1 for one raffle ticket instead of getting a strip of 5. I can't be bothered to explain to her that her chances of winning are exactly the same I had a feeling I’d posted about it at the time. I said it was about 10 years ago...10 years and 1 day! Apparently I couldn’t be bothered to correct her, I must have made that bit up at some point that over the years. I should probably let this go now. Edited June 10, 2021 by Paddywhack 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 10, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 10, 2021 Those jet black night time flies. Freaky ugly annoying things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 10, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 10, 2021 28 minutes ago, sidcow said: Those jet black night time flies. Freaky ugly annoying things. Fly racist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 10, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 10, 2021 9 minutes ago, bickster said: Fly racist! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 11, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 11, 2021 9 hours ago, a m ole said: Disgusting. More a case of lazy in my experience, far less effort to tear out a strip at a time than individual tickets and they keep the strips together in the hat too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 11, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 11, 2021 7 hours ago, sidcow said: Vegans gonna getcha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 If I hear or see the term "nothing burger" again, I will gouge my eyeballs out and ram pencils through my eardrums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 UK honours system. Just a **** example in the entire shitshow. Jay Blades, for services to crafting. For **** **** sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 12, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 12, 2021 11 minutes ago, Seat68 said: UK honours system. Just a **** example in the entire shitshow. Jay Blades, for services to crafting. For **** **** sake. It's too early to even Mooney that 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 3 hours ago, Seat68 said: UK honours system. Just a **** example in the entire shitshow. Jay Blades, for services to crafting. For **** **** sake. Raheem Sterling is inline for something too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 28 minutes ago, Genie said: Raheem Sterling is inline for something too. Back in October I said this and I stick by it. Quote In the order of things. Most palatable to least. 1. Get rid of the honours system. 2. OK honour people that have done extraordinary things that is not something they are paid to do. Not tweet support for a charity, kick a ball around with african kids or attend a dinner 3. OK you still want to keep the honours system, well if you bung your extra cash at something for the betterment of the underprivileged, doesn’t take work just cash. 4. Children in need/comic relief spot doing poverty porn. 5. Services to entertainment/fashion/sport etc. Sterling, I haven’t checked them all what they are getting honours for as it pisses me off so much. Assume football and/or tackling racism. None of which I think should be a reason to be honoured. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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