Non-religious pet peeves

[Sweetdeath]

2) While we are on the subject of lottery tickets. If you feel the need to buy one, move away from the counter or to the back of the line before you scratch it off. Nothing more annoying than to stand behind someone who is scratching, winning another free ticket, scratching that one, not winning, buying another one, etc....

For such people we have poker machines, lots of them.
No one has to queue to loose their money in the lucky country.

Gambling in general is a waste of money. Even if you win SOMETHING,  you always spend more than gaining. My grandma gambles every day on scratch cards instead if actually budgetting her money, and she's broke  all the time. e___e

[lomfs24]

I consider gambling a tax on people who are bad at math.

[Tank]

My son is very good at maths, is a very good gambler and very tight fisted. A very effective combination in that he very rarely loses but doesn't win big either.

My dad was a very good gambler, his tipple was horse racing. He once won the equivalent of two years wages and paid off the mortgage on our house when I was a kid.

I am a crap gambler so I don't do it.

[Sandra Craft]

I am a crap gambler so I don't do it.

Ditto here.  My mother, on the other hand, is the only person I know who always leaves Las Vegas with more money than she went in with.

[Tank]

I am a crap gambler so I don't do it.

Ditto here.  My mother, on the other hand, is the only person I know who always leaves Las Vegas with more money than she went in with.

Well now you know 2 as my son has been their twice and come out in profit both times.

I had a very cynical though about you mother 

[xSilverPhinx]

Some people certainly know how to gamble...others, not so much Don't quit while they're ahead

I'm not that much of a risk-taker, so I would rarely gamble more money than would buy me 2 litres of pepsi.

[The Magic Pudding]

I'm extremely sceptical about anything a gambler says, they have the ability to forget losses, make excuses for them and they tell everyone about their winnings. If I tell you about my losses I'm going to look like a looser, I might tell you how I nearly won, how I should have, how I changed my mind and lost, they never seem to just loose.  News of wins will be enthusiastically shared and it's usually because of their skill.  Their embrace of the supernatural in the form of luck can be as ridiculous and damaging as believing in a sky daddy.

[OldGit]

Gambling is a sure-fire way to make money ... for the bookies and casinos.  You never saw a bookie on a bike.

[squidfetish]

Some people have the luck of a thousand rabbis when it comes to gambling - I never won a damn thing, but my Nan used to empty the fruit machine up at the rugby club regularly.

[lomfs24]

Gambling is a sure-fire way to make money ... for the bookies and casinos.  You never saw a bookie on a bike.

Never thought of it, but you are right. You never see a bookie on a bike.

[The Magic Pudding]

Gambling is a sure-fire way to make money ... for the bookies and casinos.  You never saw a bookie on a bike.

Never thought of it, but you are right. You never see a bookie on a bike.

You might find one on a $5,000 dollar affront to normal bike riders.

[Genericguy]

People who post things for the sole purpose of graduating to full membership is one of my biggest pet peeves... Oh wait!

[Tank]

People who post things for the sole purpose of graduating to full membership is one of my biggest pet peeves... Oh wait!

LOL that's what this is for! 

[Genericguy]

Then might I add a few more pet peeves.

Phrases that make no sense. For example: "All of a sudden"... As apposed to part of a sudden? Maybe someone can help me out with this one?

[Tank]

Then might I add a few more pet peeves.

Phrases that make no sense. For example: "All of a sudden"... As opposed to part of a sudden? Maybe someone can help me out with this one?

Maybe 'Part of a sudden' doesn't convey sufficient urgency?