Why the heck didn't I think of this?

Mr. Analog · April 06, 2006, 05:13:26 PM

http://www.helpwinmybet.com/

HIGH-larious!

Thorin · April 06, 2006, 06:04:36 PM

Most interestingly, he has forums :shock:

Lazybones · April 06, 2006, 09:07:25 PM

Yes, and running a contest /poll for who gets to be the third.

Darren Dirt · April 07, 2006, 11:00:18 AM

In less than 48 hours he got 2 million hits? Where's my rat-smelling nose attachment...

Funny emails he has gotten so far:

http://www.aptconnect.com/bet/emails.htm

In the forums on that site, there's quite a few people who have done WHOIS lookups etc. and wonder if this is all a scam so he gets $1.00 per signup for Metrodate and/or ad revenue. If so, hopefully he'll "come clean" and refund any PayPal he got contributed... If not, I hope he'll explain the weirdness the skeptics have pointed out.

some related info re. weirdness: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/06/website_challenge/

Mr. Analog · April 07, 2006, 11:06:24 AM

Again, why didn't I think of this?

Lazybones · April 07, 2006, 11:09:05 AM

Just read the thread ON the site.. He explains that YES he did but those adds on there and the signup bonus because within a few hours his ISP required him to start paying for the bandwidth.

Although he will still probably make some good money off of it.

Mr. Analog · April 07, 2006, 11:24:48 AM

Yeah, he posted that after he started getting e-mails.

Adams · April 07, 2006, 03:28:45 PM

It wasn't 48 Hours... It was closer to 3 weeks. March 14, 2006 to April 6, 2006.

Anyways I wonder if my woman would go for that bet.. I doubt it since she is not that gullible.

Heh too funny though.

Thorin · April 07, 2006, 04:09:28 PM

Followed that link to the Register, followed another link there, got this:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/15/online_poll_result/ :shock:

Darren Dirt · April 07, 2006, 04:31:38 PM

Sponsored by the makers a certain "product" -- see this thread