Caribbean Tour & Asian Experience, Part 3

[thedevil]

Reno!
I for one enjoy reading your posts, whether about your travels or comments on sportsbetting. Having been to the places that you visited in the Caribbean I was able to reminisce about the places and the women that I now miss. I don't even mind looking up some of the words.

On a lighter note: I find that religion, sports and sex seem to go hand and hand.

Religion and sports:
God that was a bad beat.
Holy Moses did you see that shot.
(2 seconds left) Jesus let him make that trey so I can cover.

Religion and sex:
O God, O God, O God, O Goddddddddd.
O Godffffffffff.
Come here you devil.

sports and sex:
He scores, he shoots.
I can make that shot if I get closer to the rim.
Another slam dunk.

[AussieVamp2]

Anais Nin's books might be of some entertainment, too

[reno]

Sportbank, I did NOT refer to God as the ultimate Egotist. My criticism of exoteric Christianity was that it turns God into the ultimate Egotist who wants you to get down on your knees and worship Him.

I am NOT anti-God. I, in fact, am not even an atheist. I actually believe that a Supreme Principle or Beingness is immanent in and transcendent over all of existence. And I actually respect esoteric Christians, including mystical Catholics and Jesuits such as the late Thomas Merton, who sought to merge with the tangible Presence and Power of this Transcendental Being. Furthermore, I believe that the essence of all religions is the same: communing with and becoming one with this underlying Reality.

So I embrace the common mystical, or esoteric, essence of all great religions, but reject the exoteric, moralistic non-essence.

[sportsbank]

Reno,
My apologies for misunderstanding your
rant on this subject. I thought you had
fallen off your rocker for a moment.
I must say though, I see nothing wrong
with getting on my knees and worshiping
God.

Mystical Catholic,
Sportsbank.




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[Cons]

I actually respect the church. The focus of almost all my attacks is the government. Like Reno mentioned some days ago, the government is the biggest racket of all.

Here in England, one religious institution refrained from opposing gambling at a time when the government was passing all sorts of hideous laws. I'll have to get the exact words from the book "Gambling on Goals," but the institution in question was in fact the Catholic Church.

The good thing about religion is that you can do what you want. Nobody forces you into anything. But with the government it's an entirely different story. You disagree, the government puts you into a hotel, free of charge of course. Only catch is that someone locks the door for you...

[bsky2]

MICROSOFT Bids to Acquire Catholic Church

By Hank Vorjes

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- In a joint press conference in St. Peter's Square this morning, MICROSOFT Corp. and the Vatican announced that the Redmond software giant will acquire the Roman Catholic Church in
exchange for an unspecified number of shares of MICROSOFT common stock. If the deal goes through, it will be the first time a
computer software company has acquired a major world religion.

With the acquisition, Pope John Paul II will become the senior vice-president of the combined company's new Religious Software
Division, while MICROSOFT senior vice-presidents Michael Maples and Steven Ballmer will be invested in the College of Cardinals, said MICROSOFT Chairman Bill Gates.

APRIL FOOLS!!!!!

[reno]

Colonel Sanders Jr. of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) called the Pope and said, "We will give you 10 Million dollars to change the Lord's Prayer from 'give us our daily bread' to 'give us our daily chicken.'

The Pope replied, "That's ridiculous. We would never do that."

Col. Sanders Kr. called again and said, "Make it 25 million bucks."

The Pope said, "Get serious. No way. Leave me alone."

Col. Sanders called once more and said, "We'll give you 50 million dollars."

A meeting was then convened at the Vatican, and the Pope said, "I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that the Lord's Prayer will be changed from our 'daily bread' to our 'daily chicken', and the bad news is that we lost the Wonder Bread account."

Bubba Clinton and the Pope were meeting in the Oval Offic when a terrorist bomb exploded, killing both of them. Immediately, Clinton was transported to Heaven and the Pope to Hell. After 20 minutes or so, St. Peter realized the mistake and then sent Bubba to Hell and the Pope to Heaven. As Bubba was going down and the Pope going up, they ran into each other, and Bubba Clinton asked the Pope what he was going to do when he got to Heaven. Replied the Pope, I will immediately meet the Virgin Mary."
Clinton responded, "Don't bother, I just got through with her and she's no longer a virgin."

A church member met with his Catholic priest to confess his sins. "Father," said the man, I had sex with Nun Patricia." How much did you pay," asked the Priest. "$100 said the man." The priest replied, "That truly is a sin. I never pay her more than $50."

April Fools!

[WhiteShoes]

funny, informative.

Reminds me of the notion, "you
can't protect people from themselves".

(though the church, state, most parents,
and the avg. do-gooder will make an attempt
to do...basically because through history it's proved to be a successful way to attract voters, members, etc.


Does Canada count as a third world country?
What can one expect to spend for an evening
in the Yukon? (like, that's a joke, ey!)

On this subject:
I did a search on "adult vacations"
and was warned to be careful with "all
nighter" in Tailand. (or was this in
your post?) Seems that some girls with
wait till you fall asleep and then run
with all your belongings/money. (what
little darlings)

Tokyo's "sex hotels" provide a place
where many girls are prepared to stay
over for the night, which might be safer
than taking a girl back to a private
residence.

Seems like Japan is fairly inexpensive
for this type of service as well, causing
me to wonder when WHORE fever will hit
the states. Just like Indian Gaming did in
1989, Prostitution establishments could
start popping up in all sorts of places
causing prices to go down and services
to be expanded.


Money, sex, women, work, sports, TV.....
it's hard to tell the difference sometimes;
Everybody's looking for something.

[chestrockwells]

Reno, like many people here, I enjoy reading your gambling posts. And like yourself, I'm hardly a fan of organized religion. Furthemore, I can totally understand anyones motivation or desire to look for sexual diversion. However your post on your "escapades", though mildly amusing, steps a bit over the line. My position on this may be surprising to you given that I think you know what I do for work. If I chose to, I could fill this forum day and night with amusing and not so amusing stories of what really happens. But this is a gambling forum. You seem not to think or care about the girls/women you come into contact with. There is, you know, a story beneath every prostitute, every porn star out there. And in most cases it's not a pretty one. Sure these lives exist and are a necessary part of life but you glamorize it and in the process, diminish them as well as yourself. If you were a kid I could understand all this but.... So you can go ahead and say, if you don't like it don't read it. In fact you don't have to as I just did. However I felt it necessary to be one of the few dissenting and vocal voices here. Now everyone else can go back to erecting that statue in your honor.

[reno]

Chestrockwells, you're absolutely right about this stuff not belonging here. Some of the guys in Bettorsworld wanted to hear about my Asia trip, so since I had time before baseball I first wrote the one on the Philippines. I think I'll take your advice and skip the one on Thailand, though I have great material.

Regarding the women, I treat them great and with respect. I fully understand that they're human beings and not just sex objects. In fact, not to toot my own horn, but most of the women tell me how sweet and caring I am.

[rabbit]

Reno,

I was disappointed to read in your last post that you won’t be sharing you non-exploitive tantric experiences in Thailand with us. It's true that your hedonistic chronicles sometimes have little to do with sports betting, but they are a welcome respite from the endless posts recently regarding the dime line. I’m sure Bettorsworld and its advertisers do not mind, either, judging from the number of replies (and page views) your posts generate.

Keep it coming, so to speak.


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[Cons]

Reno, although you know I don't agree with some parts of your posts (yeah, you know which ones... ), I really enjoy reading your stuff and I hope you continue sharing your experiences with us.

There's nothing like a great, entertaining post after a roller-coaster sports match with big bucks riding on it. You're a talented writer, and I would really like you to continue sharing your exploits here at BW.

On a side note, have to agree about Thailand and the notion that if you don't watch out, you'll wake up with nothing. It's happened to people I know, so do watch out.

Reno, if you really like the sex scene though, go to Amsterdam. The ladies there are some of the most beautiful you'll find, and you can smoke and drink all you want as well. It's a great place to go to, and I'm sure you'll find the women better than elsewhere. I'm sure you'll have the time of your life.

[sportsbank]

Ah Amsterdam,
outstanding smoke shops and legal
Had a great spring break there a few
years ago.

[thedevil]

Reno!
Post under totally off topics section.

This way those of us that are interested can read on and those who don't. Won't.

[reno]

Devil, good idea. I don't pay attention to the off-topics forum, so I didn't think of it.