# John Mace:Put your money where your big mouth is **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 23, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-put-your-money-where-your-big-mouth-is/341202 "2006-01-23T03:30:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-put-your-money-where-your-big-mouth-is/341202/21 "2006-01-24T23:21:54Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > Holy shit. If Vegas sportbooks changed the parameters of a wager a fraction as often as this, they’d be out of business. > > **Alaric** , are you betting he’s President in 6 months. or are you betting on some convoluted formula that may (I doubt it) make this less the sucker bet that it really is? > > Come up with a straightforward line and I might even be interested. **John Mace** says Musharraf will still be in power 135 days hence. I am with him, personally. Not because I agree with the actions of President Bush, but because I think the canny old bastard will survive anyway. That means June 9, 2006, at 12:01 AM EST by my reckoning. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-put-your-money-where-your-big-mouth-is/341202/22 "2006-01-25T00:41:17Z")
Well, if it’s a straight up bet that on 9 June 2006 Pervez is still President, I’m all in. This is more of a sure thing than betting my Pugs will eat table scraps. Hell, retirement may be closer than I think! ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-put-your-money-where-your-big-mouth-is/341202/23 "2006-01-25T06:16:31Z")
Damn, I never get in on the sucker money. Always **Bricker** and now **John Mace** … Anybody wanna lay cash on '08? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-put-your-money-where-your-big-mouth-is/341202/24 "2006-01-25T06:32:29Z")
So if Musharraf drops dead from an undiagnosed congenital heart defect, what happens to the bet? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-put-your-money-where-your-big-mouth-is/341202/25 "2006-01-25T07:04:12Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > So if Musharraf drops dead from an undiagnosed congenital heart defect, what happens to the bet? Read post #19. ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-put-your-money-where-your-big-mouth-is/341202/26 "2006-01-25T07:15:52Z")
> [@furt](#): > > Damn, I never get in on the sucker money. Always **Bricker** and now **John Mace** … > Anybody wanna lay cash on '08? Is this the **Bricker** of ‘No Net GOP losses in 2006 fame’, of which you speak? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-put-your-money-where-your-big-mouth-is/341202/27 "2006-01-25T09:18:54Z")
> [@Sevastopol](#): > > Is this the **Bricker** of ‘No Net GOP losses in 2006 fame’, of which you speak? Yep. I wonder if he’s still taking that bet… ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-put-your-money-where-your-big-mouth-is/341202/28 "2006-01-25T09:27:16Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > Yep. I wonder if he’s still taking that bet… I wouldn’t bet that the GOP doesn’t lose some net seats but I would bet that they don’t lose control of the House. And I’d _lean_ towards betting they wouldn’t lose control of the Senate but I wouldn’t be certain enough of that to put my money down. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-put-your-money-where-your-big-mouth-is/341202/29 "2006-01-25T09:47:44Z")
> [@Martin Hyde](#): > > I wouldn’t bet that the GOP doesn’t lose some net seats but I would bet that they don’t lose control of the House. Me neither, but the bet was “no net loss of seats”. > [@](#): > > And I’d _lean_ towards betting they wouldn’t lose control of the Senate but I wouldn’t be certain enough of that to put my money down. I would. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-put-your-money-where-your-big-mouth-is/341202/30 "2006-02-24T01:04:37Z")
Hey, **aleric** , let’s discuss the bet here, instead of in other thread. There are still some open items. ---
**Author:** ![alaricthegoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@alaricthegoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alaricthegoth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-put-your-money-where-your-big-mouth-is/341202/31 "2006-02-24T01:05:23Z")
proceed ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-put-your-money-where-your-big-mouth-is/341202/32 "2006-02-24T01:42:46Z")
> [@alaricthegoth](#): > > proceed post #19. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-put-your-money-where-your-big-mouth-is/341202.md?page=1)