UPDATE 9/17 @ 4:05pm ET: With 15 minutes to go, Father Rob got his 500 new followers, and $100 flies out of Lino's wallet. Tune in to TCGS on Monday for the award ceremony!UPDATE @ 4:20pm ET: Given all the confusion, Lino and Father Rob have agreed to double down on another bet. If Father Rob can truly get 500 new followers (meaning a total of 663) by 4:20pm ET tomorrow afternoon, he gets $100 from Lino instead of $50. If he doesn't make it, Lino gets all of his money back.
UPDATE @ 4:10pm ET: Lino claimed on the show that he meant to say "new" followers yesterday (even though he didn't), but decided to pay the $50 anyway to avoid looking like a sore loser. Yet somehow he still comes off as one because he's putting so much emphasis on what he meant to say. That's talent right there! BTW,
UPDATE @ 2:30pm ET: Father Rob has hit the magic number (see screenshot above)! Will Lino try to use the technicality described below to get out of paying up $50?
This morning we (@LinoRulliDotNet) had a friendly disagreement with our friends over at CatholicGuyShow.com (@catholicguyshow) via Twitter. To bring you up-to-speed: on yesterday's show, Lino bet $50 that Father Rob could never "get 500 followers" on Twitter (@robertkeighron) in 24 hours, and Father Rob eagerly took him up on it.
The problem centers around the interpretation of "get 500 followers". In our view, it means that Father Rob needs to get up to 500 followers total in order to win... he started out with about 163 followers at the time of the bet. Our fellow fan club's view is that it means that Father Rob needs to get 500 followers in addition to the 163 he already had. Their point-of-view is definitely credible.
Fortunately we happened to record that segment, so we listened to it again to try to make a decisive determination. While we still stand by our view, it's by no means a slam dunk. At one point Father Rob mentioned how "I could somehow conjure up 300 more followers by tomorrow", but at a slightly earlier point Lino mentioned "an extra 500 Twitter followers". That kind of inconclusiveness can only mean one thing: a war of words on today's TCGS like we've never seen before... and we can't wait!
UPDATE @ 4:10pm ET: Lino claimed on the show that he meant to say "new" followers yesterday (even though he didn't), but decided to pay the $50 anyway to avoid looking like a sore loser. Yet somehow he still comes off as one because he's putting so much emphasis on what he meant to say. That's talent right there! BTW,
UPDATE @ 2:30pm ET: Father Rob has hit the magic number (see screenshot above)! Will Lino try to use the technicality described below to get out of paying up $50?
This morning we (@LinoRulliDotNet) had a friendly disagreement with our friends over at CatholicGuyShow.com (@catholicguyshow) via Twitter. To bring you up-to-speed: on yesterday's show, Lino bet $50 that Father Rob could never "get 500 followers" on Twitter (@robertkeighron) in 24 hours, and Father Rob eagerly took him up on it.
The problem centers around the interpretation of "get 500 followers". In our view, it means that Father Rob needs to get up to 500 followers total in order to win... he started out with about 163 followers at the time of the bet. Our fellow fan club's view is that it means that Father Rob needs to get 500 followers in addition to the 163 he already had. Their point-of-view is definitely credible.
Fortunately we happened to record that segment, so we listened to it again to try to make a decisive determination. While we still stand by our view, it's by no means a slam dunk. At one point Father Rob mentioned how "I could somehow conjure up 300 more followers by tomorrow", but at a slightly earlier point Lino mentioned "an extra 500 Twitter followers". That kind of inconclusiveness can only mean one thing: a war of words on today's TCGS like we've never seen before... and we can't wait!
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