parameters of the match

[Matt Flynn]

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the problem with your watermelon bet is that you cant weigh the watermelon whole and then just eat the insides, youd have to eat the green stuff too if that was part of the weighing. so then youd have to cut out the red stuff and weigh that itself and eat 40lbs of the red stuff. im not sure if that can be done as i think the red stuff is really light but im not sure.

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I'm getting too old for this sh!t, but my $10K bet stands. I have never done it and do not know of anyone who has done it, but think I can do it. We had agreed to weigh food before and after: put ready-to-eat food in bucket, scoop onto plate, I eat, any scraps go back into the bucket after draining fluid, subtract final weight of bucket. I can eat anything I want that's considered solid and can also drink anything I want but they don't count towards weight. I get assistance in prepping food, such as removing seeds from the watermelon prior to initial weigh-in. We had also agreed to do this during a poker game so we wouldn't all get fantastically bored.

The lawyer gave me puke: I could induce vomiting at will. But we could agree to subtract any vomit weight from the total. He also agreed to buy the sushi and the Charmin.

This could be done in Vegas.

One stipulation: I now take some powerful medication and will need to check that what's proposed isn't overly life-threatening or seizure-inducing. But I think not.

[Matt Flynn]

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name a three-member panel of judges to arbitrate any disputes before you start playing. i had a lawyer prick back out of a 10K eating prop bet in which i had to eat 40lbs of solid food in 25 hours. i made the mistake of telling him i was going to eat watermelon before choosing judges and posting money. he said, "watermelon is not a solid" and quit me.

judges please. kirkrrr, will you stipulate to loser defined as whomever is behind when they quit?

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Watermelon is 92 percent water by weight, the highest percentage of any fruit.

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I think I kinda agree with the lawyer...

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Ok, beef is what, 70% water?

My definition of a solid is if I cannot pour it and dropping it on your head off a 10-story pudding will kill you, it's a solid. Pudding is not a solid. Soup is not a solid. Watermelon is a solid, as are cantaloupe, honeydew melon, peaches, asparagus, carrots - where do you draw the line? How about "it does not pour and won't melt into a liquid readily."

Clearly we'd need judges.

[innerpeace]

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ok, give me 6:5, ill bet 500 kkf wins you bet 600. are we on?

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it wouldn't make sense for me to take this since there's plenty of action with the reverse odds. i've booked 10k on samo for 12k on kkf. it would be great if they bumped up the stakes. i think 50k is not enough considering that the side action itself will considerably exceed that.

[edge]

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i think this structure gives samo certain advantages. first, a freezeout takes longer and endurance becomes a factor. samo should fare well in this regard since he is a former professional athlete. second, in a long freezeout, both sides will have to spend time offline analyzing each other's play, finding holes, and determining how best to adapt. samo is a ucsf national chess master, and such analysis probably comes quite naturally to him.

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ahahahahaha nh

[innerpeace]

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ahahahahaha nh

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why do you find this amusing? i think it's reasonable that samoleus offered the terms he did because they give him an added edge versus just having him and kkf agree on a time and start playing. i'm not n+2 leveling.

[snagglepuss]

i think samo also has an added edge from the time he spent with the space program in the early 80's. when i googled for his name and read an old NASA report i believe the quote was "though best suited for the mission, <name omitted> is just too valuable to risk sending into space."

[edge]

Well, just in case, I missed a few months of High Stakes Grudge Match Callouts and Samoleus's Past Achievements (p.s. rename pls). There's no way we seriously verified that sam was a professional soccer player and a chess champion, right? And for that matter, the $6m is still a mystery?

[innerpeace]

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Well, just in case, I missed a few months of High Stakes Grudge Match Callouts and Samoleus's Past Achievements (p.s. rename pls). There's no way we seriously verified that sam was a professional soccer player and a chess champion, right? And for that matter, the $6m is still a mystery?

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i don't think that sam's real name is a huge secret - but if you know it, it shouldn't be hard to verify both the bit about being a chess player and former soccer player. by the way, unless there's some extremely elaborate hoax involving multiple conspiring parties, i am quite certain both facts are true. i haven't seen his spreadsheet, so can't verify his winnings. however, my main points concerned the extra edge sam would have given the structure given his athletic and chess playing ability.

[PartyGirlUK]

I dont think even Samo is deluded enough to lie about the chess and football stuff. Obviously he lied about his winnings, would do him well to admit that, but doubt he will.

[Christophers]

What's his real name?