On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:57:06 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

John H wrote:
On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 18:25:31 -0800 (PST), GC Boater
wrote:

On Jan 3, 8:09 pm, D K wrote:
GC Boater wrote:
Hey Harry, old Chap, how ‘bout the wager? Now in my revised wager,
you only have to prove TWO of the three facts that you’ve stated
here. Just to refresh your recall of the details, the original wager
is reproduced below. How ‘bout it, Podner. Or can we safely assume
(as some here have claimed) that you are a yellow-bellied, lying,
craven, whining, discredited, contemptible, foolish, hypocritical
crackpot?
The original offer (revised above):
You have stated on this newsgroup that (1) your wife is a medical
doctor, (2) you graduated from Yale and (3) you own(ed) a Zimmerman-
like lobster boat.
So here’s the “wager,” as you term it. We both deposit equal amounts
of your choosing up to $100,000 each with a bonded, state regulated
escrow agent. Upon your proof of the three items above to the
“reasonable man” standard, you win the wager and walk away with up to
a $100,000 profit. If you fail to prove the above items, then I win
the wager.
that your are the yellow-bellied, lying, craven, whining, silly,
foolish crackpot that just a few folks here think you are?
The original offer (revised above):
You have stated on this newsgroup that (1) your wife is a medical
doctor, (2) you graduated from Yale and (3) you own(ed) a Zimmerman-
like lobster boat.
So here’s the “wager,” as you term it. We both deposit equal amounts
of your choosing up to $100,000 each with a bonded, state regulated
escrow agent. Upon your proof of the three items above to the
“reasonable man” standard, you win the wager and walk away with up to
a $100,000 profit. If you fail to prove the above items, then I win
the wager.
Evidently you have found that narcissism has its limits. There might be
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Harry should jump at it. I think with an extra $100K for her
unemployed husband, Karen might consider putting his name on the deed
to the house in which he is currently a tenant. I will even let Harry
pick the escrow agent to hold the money as long as they're bonded.

I think you should put the wager on paper, put it in an envelope, and send
it to Karen. She'd probably jump at the chance to get an extra $100K for a
new couch or something.

I don't think that is a good idea. She would be very upset to know that
her husband is ashamed of her job and career choice.

A hundred thousand dollars will overcome a lot of 'upsettedness'.

[FWIW: My spell checker wanted to change that last word to 'punctualness'.
It's always trying to change 'Eisboch' to 'history'. Maybe there's a
message there?]