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18 years ago 06/14/2005 12:49pm EDT

Hogansburg, NY - The team of Tim Paisley and Steve Briggs

won the World Carp Fishing Campionships which ended friday morning. The winners took home $50,000 in CASH and a PAIR

of Chevrolet pickup trucks.

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Carp, f*cking carp. Not bass, not trout - carp. That easily explains why most aspiring elites call it quits after trying to feed the family on their $50 5th place prize. Hell, between poker, darts, cow plop Bingo ($250 if the cow $hits on your spot - no joke, the winners were jyst announced in my local paper today) and now carp fishing I see no reason for anyone to ever run a step ever again in the name of $. Time for a Big Mac & a beer.

18 years ago 06/14/2005 1:21pm EDT

re: See ya' on the lake, boys.

tell that to Geb, one of richest men in Ethiopia.

18 years ago 06/14/2005 1:37pm EDT

re: luke

But just think how much money Geb could have made if he\'d taken up fishing.

18 years ago 06/14/2005 1:52pm EDT

re: luke

Yeah, but how much do ya really need to be the "richest man in Ethiopia"? Maybe a couple hundred bucks?

18 years ago 06/14/2005 1:54pm EDT

re: luke

luke wrote:
tell that to Geb, one of richest men in Ethiopia.

geb = probably the best runner (at least distance runner) of all time.

michael jordan = probably best basketball player of all time.

jordan made about $30 million his last year with the bulls, and this was just the bulls paying him not including his sponsorships.

geb makes...well I'll bet you it's a lot less.

Not saying geb deserves more b/c that is a whole different argument. But just b/c one runner makes it doesn't mean that running should be looked as a career.

18 years ago 06/14/2005 1:57pm EDT

re: Clem's Son

Clem's Son wrote:
...how much do ya really need to be the "richest man in Ethiopia"?

Couple of Abraham Lincolns and some chewing gum.

18 years ago 06/14/2005 1:58pm EDT

re: yes but...

I heard during gebs prime he was making more than 3 million a year????

18 years ago 06/14/2005 5:48pm EDT

re: stiff

Yeah, but how many runners are comparable to Geb, Tergat etc... You know who's comparable to Geb and Tergat? -Geb and Tergat. The # of runners making big bucks is nearly non-existent versus the vast # of guys who make a small mint catching bass, playing cards or bowling.

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