“Here’s what I’m going to do if Apple does manage to sell 50 million watches by April 24, 2016, a year from the starting ship date: I’ll get a T-shirt made that says, ‘I ♥ Tim Cook’ on the front and ‘You were right. I was wrong’ on the back,” Rpger Kay writes for Forbes. “In large letters.”
“I will wear this shirt and have pictures taken, front and back, which I will post to Facebook’s Instagram with proper notification to my various distribution lists and social media along with a reminder of what this is all about for those who dump their own memory cache periodically to make room for the next crazy thing,” Kay writes. “I’m driving a stake into the ground and am on the record with this innocuous little bet.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: It takes balls the size of BBs to bet on a number (50 million in 12 months) that took iPod 54 months, iPhone 36 months, and iPad 21 months to achieve.
Roger Kay: “Ooh, ooh, I bet you that Usain Bolt can’t run 100 meters in 8.00 seconds! If not, I’ll, uh… I’ll wear a t-shirt!!!”
The world: “Okay, Rog, whatever floats your boat.”iCal’ed, regardless.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “J-P” for the heads up.]
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