The addition to earlier, during the night out with Brian Conley, we touched on the subject of " I am a celebrity get me out of here" He said they had asked him loads of times to partake, he kept refusing telling me he was financially secure and had always had work, and did not like the idea of the show.
But told me his great mate , Joe Pasquale, had been approached, and told if he went ahead he would win! I thought how could they know that, when the show is based on a public vote?
The conversation moved on to betting, and it was suggested to me, that i could do worse than risk a few quid on Joe winning, anyway ( some of you may get a little lost here) I went into William Hill, the day they announced the contestants, Joe was about 6th best in the betting at 10/1, so i thought sod it i will have a go and put £100.00 on him, thought about it for about 10 mins, and thought i will have some more, they would not take the bet, explaining to me it was a novelty, so i shot to Totnes branch and had another £100.00 on.
Anyroad up, by lunchtime the odds had tumbled to 4/5! he slowly contracted all through the show and was declared the winner, Hills did try and have a stewards with me over the second £100.00, but eventually paid.
Ever since then, i have never believed in the phone/public vote system, bearing in mind this was not some phone operative, passing info, as the votes were coming in, it was before the blooming show had started!
That was 2004
Getting to your issues thing Pesterjohn, i was most surprised last year to see Brian down to do the show, rushed into Hills, for a bet and he was 7/4 fav, so i gave it a swerve, no value, so glad i did, as the poor chap suffered some kind of breakdown and left the show after a few days.
Funny how the evil press have left him alone since too, not like them.
... but Stalin did have a better moustasche. (Oooopsy, I just picked the scab off.)
