FAIL.

[sixtyandaquarter]

I_Can_Iceplode, the Patriots were undefeated all year, and the Giants sucked all year.  The spread was a 12.5 point, and if you don't know that's a betting handicap giving the Giants 12.5 points, meaning for your bet to be successful Pats would have to win by 13.

So basically the spread even showed that the Giants statistically would've needed an extra 13 points to win.  They were big underdogs, a superbowl spread hasn't been that big in years, quite a few years actually - I've never seen it that big that I can think of.  They were statistically not meant to win, hence why they were given 13 points to make the gambling "fair".

 

[iceplosion]

Like I said I don't know much about this, but all my friends who watch American Football were cheering for the Giants and sure they'd win, is 13 points a lot?

 

[sixtyandaquarter]

A touchdown is 6 points, you get a kick for an extra point (the idea a touchdown is 7 by someone who doesn't really know). A field goal is 3.

So, 13 points is essentially two touchdowns and an extra point - which may not seem like a lot but American football is more akin to hockey, in that winning by 2 or 3 shots is considered doing really well.  So while 13 points doesn't seem it but it's actually a big spread.  Last few games I've bet on have been within 5-7 point spreads, and this practically doubled it.

 

[syphonmax]

I dumped my girlfriend 3 years ago and yesterday she showed up to my school as a drama teacher for work experience GOD DAMNIT!! >_<

 

[Ellie]

You're just starting your GCSE's, and your girlfriend from 3 years ago is a teacher now? Talk about an age gap!

 

[syphonmax]

Huh? She's on work experience meaning you work in a proper job for a week not sure if that happens anywhere else though and she's the same age as me xD

 

[iceplosion]

Happens in Ireland too but we do it during our AS levels.

 

[holloway]

Generally you aren't allowed to work in other comprehensive schools for that exact reason.

 

[syphonmax]

It sucks, >_< she won't stop bugging me!

 

[Justice]

She's obviously only doing it for the lulz.

 

[tensuke]

I have plenty of FAIL in my life...

My brother and I were riding bikes (I was somewhere under 10, he's 3 years older), and he told me to ride straight at him. I saw a puddle in from of him, but thought nothing of it. It wasn't too long before I was almost at him, when he moved away, and I hit the puddle--actually a foot-deep hole, and I flipped up over my bike.
Also, when I got my second bike, which was red and shiny but just a bit too big for me, I had trouble turning, and so I needed a lot of room to do it. Well, my brother and I were riding in the street(it was a dead-end with only 2 houses, both at the corner) and he turned at the end of it, and I followed. He stopped somewhere on the side, but I needed the WHOLE street to turn, so I had to turn left too much to avoid hitting him, fell over and scraped my knee.
Sometime later after we had moved to a new house, we were riding around the island. Well, my brother was riding in front of me, and being a dick as always, kept stopping suddenly. I managed to brake in time for all but one--I ran right into him, our bikes got tangled and we both fell off. Interestingly enough, I found a stapler on the side of the road while we were riding, which I still have(but don't use).
FAIL?

 

[Onideus Mad Twatter]

I've done a lot of stupid things...mostly when I was young and mostly involving bicycles.  One thing my brother and I used to love doing was playing "speeder bikes".  Our house was on the side of this GIANT hill so you could ride the sidewalk all the way down it, or in the case of playing "speeder bikes", you would veer off the sidewalk at break neck speed, onto our propery, and then when you hit the big grassy area you would jump off bike before smashing into the fence and then re-enact that scene from Return of the Jedi where Luke jumps off his speeder bike.  Well, one time I jumped...but didn't make it.  The handle bar from the bike (wich had bare metal edges cause the ends of the grips had worn off) turned inward and jabbed me right in the stomach as I was jumping...needless to say, that was a fun trip to the emergency room.

Another time when I was younger an older kid named Biran was takin me for a ride on his brand new 10 speed or whatever on that same hill...well, I kinda got freaked out and wanted him to stop...like RIGHT THEN, so I stuck my bare foot straight into the spokes to make the bike stop...that was another fun trip to the emrgency room.

For some reason when I was a kid we always went around barefoot for some inane reason and we were always getting hurt doing stupid shit.  We went to the emergency room so often the hospital staff started thinking that we had abusive parents.

Another "fun game" called "butt kiss" we liked to play was to go in our garage when it was empty and we would ride around in circles along the perimeter of the garage as fast as possible (without falling off) while one person stood in the middle off the circle with a soccer or basket ball and would try and implant said ball between the back seat of the bike and the wheel, which would then cause the person on the bike to stop...rather abruptly.  If the person fell off their bike they were "out" and the last person riding was the "winner".  Sometimes to make the game more challenging the person with the ball would have to throw it into the space between the seat and the tire...which resulted in an even more climactic abrupt stop.

With all the shit I used to do as a kid it's a wonder I'm still alive at this point.  o_O

 

[shiroun]

Oni. I almost peed from laughter

 

[Ellie]

Okie... a girl I really liked asked me out. I have trouble with words, especially when I'm trying to think about what I say, so I went to say "Ok, sure!" and it came out as "k yu" which for some unknown reason sounded to her like "fuck you", which when you just asked someone out isn't exactly the response you expect I suppose. Needless to say, she's never spoke to me again...

On the same sort of level, another girl I like who is into exactly the same things as me (seriously, it's scary - Blackadder but not the first series, Red Dwarf, Torchwood, Dragonforce, Green Day, etc. It's like she stole my biography!) when I asked her out turned out to be already going out with someone else... I asked who he was, and there was no he, but a she. And guess who that other girl was... FAIL. AT LIFE.

 

[iceplosion]

Wyatt...that's one of the funniest things I've read in this topic. (probably because I can sypathise with the "K yu" thing  :lol

 

[shiroun]

Wyatt, thats sad.

 

[Clizzz]

Sad, yes, absolutely sad, but funnier than ariel underpants? I THINK NOT!

 

[shiroun]

Ariel Underpants was a long term thing, so it was funny due to the length and ability to remember. This is more immediate, so it may be less funny, but in the longrun more funny

 

[syphonmax]

Clizzz is just backing up Venetia because he's got a "crush" on her O_o strange though....I don't think he's ever met or seen her before :lol:

Anyway, today I was in a debate room and it was about "Was the war in Iraq justified?" and well I had a really good argument in my mind (I was on the for side >_< bloody people put me in it) that might actually help the "for" side win, but as soon as I stood up I forgot what I wanted to say so I stood there for six seconds.....Then I was asked to say what I wanted and I accidently blurted out "SHOOTING TERRORISTS IS DAMN WELL FUN!!" >_< I realised what I said when everyone finished laughing

I almost got thrown out of the room for that, but twenty minutes later I remembere what I wanted to say so I stood up and said it except it didn't come out quite right O_o that got me even closer to being kicked out. Now for being the idiot I am I went for a third attempt and was sure to get it right this time, so I stood up and said it. Their reaction was a big "wow" and some gasped, so I felt proud of myself, but then I realised what I said O_O..............I was outside for 2 hours >_< and when they came out the "against" side won.

It sucked so much! Let's say what I said in the room was a bit STUPID!!...... :down: (Hint: Homosexuals and Southpark mixed with Satan and.....The movie rofl)

 

[iceplosion]

You should feel like a hero for saying that, would've been funnier if you had a cowboy hat though.  :doc: