Frazz by Jef Mallett for December 12, 2024

I like his train of thought

But there is math in sports betting. The odds are set so that it would elicit an equal number of under and over bets.

Orange being your favorite color may also tell us something about your politics as well as your devotion to the Tennessee Volunteers and/or Denver Broncos.

If they leave at the same time, then they have to be at different locations when they start and end. The train that arrives first will likely be the one with the closer destination. Then again, if it’s Amtrak, it can be up to four hours late.

Somebody is a Bronco’s fan…

Orange is okay (they’re ALL okay) but green is my favorite color. Spring, not fall leaves.

When my son was little, we were at the track. I was using my racing form to handicap the race and had made my picks. Then my son piped up, “Daddy, bet on the green horse!” The green horse was like 32:1, but I put two bucks on him to win. Guess what? He won! And for the rest of the day, all the people around us were asking, “Little boy, who do you like in the next race?”

Which also explains something about our culture… This kid is brilliant!

When I was about 8, a friend had a riddle. What’s the difference between a truck and a car? Answer: a bus, because a motorcycle doesn’t have any doors.The nonsense of it just broke me up!

If they are leaving from different points of origin and on the same track it doesn’t matter which arrives first it will be a train wreck either way.

Pretty much explains US politics, too.

Leaving probability behind.

That’s how my wife picks a winner, based on the color of the uniforms

Nope. Red ’uns arr fastah.

Well, Caufield’s not wrong …

His bet for the Phleagles will go on the green chalkboard.

An orange train is a BNSF racing against a red CP.

I just love the commercials for sports betting apps and casinos — they make me laugh. Yay! Let’s have fun betting on things for bad reasons like stupid “hunches” and then we can LOSE LOTS OF MONEY. Duh.

Again, too smart, or rather smart-alecky, for his own good.

It also applies to horse racing. The colors on the silks influence a lot of bettors. Sometimes self included.

What was the spread on the trains?

Yes, but Caulfield, you’re supposed to be creating a math problem, not a psychological comment on betting systems.