As a follow up to Microsoft’s racial head swapping stunt I posted about yesterday, UK betting shop Paddy Power is offering odds on the racial makeup of the smiling faces who will turn up in Redmond's global advertising campaign for the upcoming Office 2010. As the Brits are only surpassed in their love for a flutter by the Chinese, this should come as no fucking surprise whatsoever. To begin, Paddy Power is offering 11/10 odds that Microsoft's Office 2010 campaign will include a "White," an "Afro-American," and an "Asian," and the odds are 9/4 on just White and Afro-American. But just White and Asian is down at 12/1:
- 11/10 White, Afro-American and Asian
- 9/4 White and Afro-American
- 4/1 White only
- 6/1 Afro-American only
- 8/1 Asian only
- 10/1 Afro-American & Asian
- 12/1 White and Asian
It seems Paddy Power has ignored the possibility of a green man with tartan hands. And a MacBook with a Dell logo. Paddy Power Bookmaker Extraordinaire, seems to take a fucking bet on anything… Check them out.
Me, I’m going with a Wookie.