Andy Lam: NOT a Gambler!
While I enjoy taking daring and unnecessary risks, I do NOT consider myself a gambler. I have eaten poison, been set of fire, allowed myself to be bitten by a lion, sanded my knees vigorously, listened to uncomfortably loud sounds, had arrows fired into my flanks, assaulted an officer, kissed a shark and agreed not to eat for a week - to name just a few - all on dares, larks or spur-of-the-moment impulses. Nevertheless, I don’t consider any of this gambling.
Why, then, do so many people get in touch with me - ANDY LAM - regarding gambling? I get emails, phone calls, telegrams, letters, comment spam, faxes, SMS messages, packages, notes passed to me by strangers, subliminal messages delivered through advertisements, movies and television programs, messages written in the sky, conveyed to me by birds and other animals - all trying to convince me that I should take up games of chance.
What reckless and bad advice!
While it is one thing to take chances with my body, life or health (or those of my friends), it is another thing entirely to do the same with money. That is just wrong and irresponsible. And it isn’t as if I don’t have money to burn (which I have and do on a regular basis) but I simply don’t want to give any of my money to people that I don’t know.
If you ask anyone that knows me, they will tell you that I am willing to give them as much money as they ask for as often as I ask. I have one friend, Bondo, who asked me for $10,000 per day. Does that bother me? Of course not! Do I give it to him? Of course I do! Why wouldn’t I? I am ANDY LAM and these sums mean nothing for me!
The difference is that I know Bondo. He was standing by the side of a wind-swept highway when I jumped out of my air ship, challenged him to a duel on the spot and was beaten senseless by him with a cudgel. I put that behind me because that is what friends do. Now, I give him a big bag of money every day. It makes me happy and it makes him happy; and at the end of the day could you ask for anything more?
Angry about all of this gambling talk, I am . . .
ANDY LAM!
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