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Most money you've ever seen wasted in a flash!

  • 01-06-2013 10:39PM
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭


    A mate in work was talking about a trip him and a colleagues made to Vegas last year, after they all got massive bonuses. One lad, who should have known better, got his bonus changed into 2 single chips worth a few thousand each. Bet one on red, and lost. Then bet the other on red, and lost again! A couple of grand wasted in 90 seconds or so!


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  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,409 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Watched my parents buy a house back in 2007

    I win.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    I seen Brian Lenihan sign a bit of paper in November 2010. I win too.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    I saw Biffo waste about €300bn with the bank guarantee on 29/9/'08


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,090 ✭✭✭jill_valentine


    I used to work in a videogame store when the PS3 was just out. A lady bought two packages amounting to 700 euro each, because "the kids won't share."


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 1,518 ✭✭✭Ciaran_B


    "I'm not sharing with Kaitlyn."


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,553 ✭✭✭✭Copper_pipe


    One direction tickets


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 374 ✭✭VONSHIRACH


    a group of us lads went to Germany for a week. one guy got drunk and blew all his spending money for the week on the first night, about €1,000, on strippers and champagne! He rang home and his parents sent him €50 over by western union, which he had to use to buy food.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,947 ✭✭✭cml387


    VONSHIRACH wrote: »
    a group of us lads went to Germany for a week. one guy got drunk and blew all his spending money for the week on the first night, about €1,000, on strippers and champagne! He rang home and his parents sent him €50 over by western union, which he had to use to buy food.
    How is Mr. Legend doing now?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 822 ✭✭✭johnty56


    VONSHIRACH wrote: »
    a group of us lads went to Germany for a week. one guy got drunk and blew all his spending money for the week on the first night, about €1,000, on strippers and champagne! He rang home and his parents sent him €50 over by western union, which he had to use to buy food.


    I shouldn't laugh.. I had to think for a minute if it was me


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭discus


    VONSHIRACH wrote: »
    a group of us lads went to Germany for a week. one guy got drunk and blew all his spending money for the week on the first night, about €1,000, on strippers and champagne! He rang home and his parents sent him €50 over by western union, which he had to use to buy food.

    That's bad! I'd consider hermitage for a few months if I did that


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    I saw a guy buying a brand new car, as soon as it left the dealer premises it had lost 2K value.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 655 ✭✭✭Hunter Mahan


    Nimrod 7 wrote: »
    Watched my parents buy a house back in 2007

    I win.
    I seen Brian Lenihan sign a bit of paper in November 2010. I win too.
    I saw Biffo waste about €300bn with the bank guarantee on 29/9/'08

    Don't ye ever get tired of thinking and talking about this sh1t?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 374 ✭✭VONSHIRACH


    cml387 wrote: »
    How is Mr. Legend doing now?

    He is married now. He did return to Germany for his stag though!!!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,947 ✭✭✭cml387


    VONSHIRACH wrote: »
    He is married now. He did return to Germany for his stag though!!!!!


    Mrs Legend must never learn of this.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 374 ✭✭VONSHIRACH


    cml387 wrote: »
    Mrs Legend must never learn of this.

    what happens on tour stays on tour.

    thats not even the maddest by his standards.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 428 ✭✭OCorcrainn


    The piss rusted spire in the middle of Dublin.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,090 ✭✭✭jill_valentine


    I used to work in a videogame store when the PS3 was just out. A lady bought two packages amounting to 700 euro each, because "the kids won't share."

    Just to add - both kids were under 12.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,585 ✭✭✭✭Lady Chatterton




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,779 ✭✭✭✭Ol' Donie


    Just to add - both kids were under 12.

    Jesus.

    That sh*t makes me a lot angrier than it should.

    Fu**in eejit.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,585 ✭✭✭✭Lady Chatterton


    The €55 million spent on the E-voting machines :mad::mad::mad:


    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/e-voting-machines-to-be-scrapped-1.722896


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 317 ✭✭hedgehog2


    Watched a guy I knew lose $150k in under 15 minutes on the bacarat table.
    He still bought us a round of drinks after and was able to munch down a plate of sandwiches with just a shrug of his shoulders.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,127 ✭✭✭yore


    discus wrote: »
    A mate in work was talking about a trip him and a colleagues made to Vegas last year, after they all got massive bonuses. One lad, who should have known better, got his bonus changed into 2 single chips worth a few thousand each. Bet one on red, and lost. Then bet the other on red, and lost again! A couple of grand wasted in 90 seconds or so!



    Most money wasted in a flash?

    I gave your sister 10 Yoyos to flash her boobies at me.


    They say you get what you pay for.....in this case I was well shortchanged!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭discus


    :eek:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 272 ✭✭rox5


    Heard from a classmate on how he knew a guy who keeps spending 800euros on drink whenever he goes out.

    I mean they are people out there struggling to pay for important necessities, and this guy wastes 800euros on drink? No wonder this country is f**cked...


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 30 Ham Wallet


    OCorcrainn wrote: »
    The piss rusted spire in the middle of Dublin.

    Blandest shittest stereotypical comment ever.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,141 ✭✭✭323


    VONSHIRACH wrote: »
    a group of us lads went to Germany for a week. one guy got drunk and blew all his spending money for the week on the first night, about €1,000, on strippers and champagne!

    OK, but I thought this was about wasted money.

    “Follow the trend lines, not the headlines,”



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,090 ✭✭✭jill_valentine


    Ol' Donie wrote: »
    Jesus.

    That sh*t makes me a lot angrier than it should.

    Fu**in eejit.

    I know. And it was at launch too, there were only a few titles available for children that age - I could be wrong, but I'm nearly sure she wound up buying more than one copy of some of the games along with it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,533 ✭✭✭SV


    rox5 wrote: »
    Heard from a classmate on how he knew a guy who keeps spending 800euros on drink whenever he goes out.

    I mean they are people out there struggling to pay for important necessities, and this guy wastes 800euros on drink? No wonder this country is f**cked...


    Not a chance did he spend 800 on drink.
    Even drinking Cristal champagne all night that'd have you in a hospital, unless he was paying for all of his friends.

    Anyway I'd say that isn't really a waste as it's keeping bar men and women in jobs.


  • Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,907 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    rox5 wrote: »
    Heard from a classmate on how he knew a guy who keeps spending 800euros on drink whenever he goes out.

    I mean they are people out there struggling to pay for important necessities, and this guy wastes 800euros on drink? No wonder this country is f**cked...


    Not exactly rock solid testimony.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    American divorce law is scary if you're the bread winner, take Tiger Woods for instance, $750 million from cash and assets. The Swedish woman he was married to was an unqualified illlegal Au Pair working for Jesper Parnevik another golf pro before hand, that's how they met.

    Always sign a prenup in the States. :pac:


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