tele_nut Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 Check out this madman. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4696187/?GT1=3256 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 I guess it is the gambling equivalent to free soloing El Cap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 I'm hardly an authority on the matter, but isn't the phrase "professional gambler" and roulette incompatible? Roulette is random, whereas Poker involves skill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 The word "professional" usually implies skill, doesn't it? In this case, I think the guy loses money for a living. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 John Rosholt is a pro gambler and climbing bum and makes enough $$$ from gambling to support his climbing lifestyle full-time. Â My edumacated guess is that if the guy hadn't had a shitload of money riding on his one go, and especially if he hadn't had a documentary film crew with him, he might not have won. They can control roulette wheels with magnets.... I betcha there was nothing random at all about that win. Cause when a gambling addict sees that film about him winning its gonna be like a nicotine addict reading Cigar Aficionmado, theyre gonna run out and blow a wad and the casinos will make back all their losses. Â Sorta like when J. Lo's mom wins the lottery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 Like in the song, "nice work if you can get it." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 John Rosholt is a pro gambler and climbing bum and makes enough $$$ from gambling to support his climbing lifestyle full-time. Â I have climbed with "John The Gambler". He is a REAL professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjd Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 If the guy had balls he would have made a single number bet that would have paid 35:1. Instead, he pussed out and went with the 2:1 bet. What a tosser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 John Rosholt is a pro gambler and climbing bum and makes enough $$$ from gambling to support his climbing lifestyle full-time. My edumacated guess is that if the guy hadn't had a shitload of money riding on his one go, and especially if he hadn't had a documentary film crew with him, he might not have won. They can control roulette wheels with magnets.... I betcha there was nothing random at all about that win. Cause when a gambling addict sees that film about him winning its gonna be like a nicotine addict reading Cigar Aficionmado, theyre gonna run out and blow a wad and the casinos will make back all their losses.  Sorta like when J. Lo's mom wins the lottery  No shit. This reads like a Las Vegas advertisement. Schmuck bets it all and wins! And for all you suckas who read 'Us' magazine, Jo Lo's mom won! Come one, come all, you're all going to win! Bet it all! Look at this single sensational story! We have an instant winner! You're appoved! I shat yellow! I shat green! but i digress...  yes it is all a scam. and there are higher stakes games being orginating from and propogated by the current US government administration. if you don't know about them, you haven't been wearing your tin foil hat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Bumpersticker on shiny new green Mercedes SUV: "Don't let the car fool you. My treasure is in heaven". There's some Chutzpah. Â Translation: Not only am I richer than you, I'm going on to richer rewards in heaven (unlike you unbelievers). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 "Heaven" is his pet name for his wife's trust fund. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 If he is a bonafide "believer", his explanation may be more along the line of, "I value more greatly the affect my faith has in my heart and mind than the cachet of this car and its effect in others." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 It's a bumpersticker that has different meanings depending on the point of view of the reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 perception is everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pope Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 John Rosholt is a pro gambler and climbing bum and makes enough $$$ from gambling to support his climbing lifestyle full-time. Â I have climbed with "John The Gambler". He is a REAL professional. Â Is he still missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenity Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 It's strange to think that I was the third and final incarnation of tele_nut. Â Rest In Peace Tele_Nut! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 It's strange to think that I was the third and final incarnation of tele_nut. Rest In Peace Tele_Nut!  Please say it ain't so. It's sooo, ...sooo...disturbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenity Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 I know, it was a sad decline in stature, but at the time it was a free avatar handed down to me from Captain Caveman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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