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XVP VP Pappy Strikes Again

#1

I won a well-publicized $100 bet from VP Pappy and a $50 bet
from John Zaroff concerning how many royals would be hit in a month
during Greektown's video poker tournament. After the tournament was
over, I wrote both men (with a minimum of gloating, I think) and sent
them the address of my post office box so they could mail checks from
Detroit.

  John's check came less than a week later, but, surprisingly, I
didn't get one from VP Pappy. This was strange. He clearly acknowledged
the bet in both private emails and in a column that was recently posted
here. I didn't want to write and bug him about it, but I was curious. It
seemed extremely unlikely that he would stiff me, but you never know
about someone.

  Also, about this time, for some reason Shirley placed my copy of
RS's "Undeniable Truth" opus in the inbox on my desk. This was strange.
Although I did buy a copy of this book a few years before (and reviewed
it negatively), it was sitting on my bookshelf and I never expected to
read it again. Further, it was fatter than usual --- like the pages had
swollen from falling in water or something. I didn't know why Shirley
had placed the book there and I failed to ask her about it.

  A week or so later, though, she asked me about the book "that
had come in the mail". She told me there was money inside. I went back
and looked at the book. VP Pappy had inserted dollar bills between each
of the pages. As I extracted the bills, I counted 99 of them. I fanned
the book twice more to see if another one was stuck, and it wasn't. I
decided it wasn't worth the effort to count the bills to see if there
were actually 99 or 100. It was close enough.

  Count on VP Pappy to pay off a bet in an unusual fashion. And,
of course, just to prove that it was indeed from VP Pappy, he included
four or five quotes.

Bob Dancer

For the best in video poker information, visit www.bobdancer.com
or call 1-800-244-2224 M-F 9-5 Pacific Time.

#2

Dear Mr Dancer,

   Brian(marksalot)is right. That old rascal VP Pappy did try to
send you money in Canadian bills. But as soon as he found out that
Canada no longer had paper dollars, but heavy coins now, and after
adding up the postage for the shipment, he decided that no joke,
debt, or even Bob Dancer is worth that much.

   "Some debts are fun when you are acquiring them, but none are fun
when you set about retiring them."
                     --Ogden Nash

   Although this one was the exception.

   Terrence "VP Pappy" Murphy

PS: Check with Shirley, she might have charged you a dollar for
handling.

   "No gambler is a loser if he is enjoying himself."
                   --VP Pappy

  I won a well-publicized $100 bet from VP Pappy and a $50 bet
from John Zaroff concerning how many royals would be hit in a month
during Greektown's video poker tournament. After the tournament was
over, I wrote both men (with a minimum of gloating, I think) and

sent

them the address of my post office box so they could mail checks

from

Detroit.

  John's check came less than a week later, but, surprisingly,

I

didn't get one from VP Pappy. This was strange. He clearly

acknowledged

the bet in both private emails and in a column that was recently

posted

here. I didn't want to write and bug him about it, but I was

curious. It

seemed extremely unlikely that he would stiff me, but you never

know

about someone.

  Also, about this time, for some reason Shirley placed my

copy of

RS's "Undeniable Truth" opus in the inbox on my desk. This was

strange.

Although I did buy a copy of this book a few years before (and

reviewed

it negatively), it was sitting on my bookshelf and I never

expected to

read it again. Further, it was fatter than usual --- like the

pages had

swollen from falling in water or something. I didn't know why

Shirley

had placed the book there and I failed to ask her about it.

  A week or so later, though, she asked me about the book "that
had come in the mail". She told me there was money inside. I went

back

and looked at the book. VP Pappy had inserted dollar bills between

each

of the pages. As I extracted the bills, I counted 99 of them. I

fanned

the book twice more to see if another one was stuck, and it

wasn't. I

decided it wasn't worth the effort to count the bills to see if

there

were actually 99 or 100. It was close enough.

  Count on VP Pappy to pay off a bet in an unusual fashion.

And,

of course, just to prove that it was indeed from VP Pappy, he

included

···

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Dancer" <bob.dancer@...> wrote:

four or five quotes.

Bob Dancer

For the best in video poker information, visit www.bobdancer.com
or call 1-800-244-2224 M-F 9-5 Pacific Time.