“I bet my friend $1,000 to see how long we could keep growing our mustaches after last year's March Mustache Madness. It never got paid, though. We both had plenty of excuses.”

— Brandon McKeever, manager, Lawrence

“I've been hit in the face with a pie because I lost a bet once.”

— Erin Stewart, Baylor University senior, Waco, Texas

“I bet my seventh- and eighth-graders that I would get a flat-top haircut if both teams won their league championships, and they both did. I wore it proudly for quite a while.”

— Lindall Cox, teacher, Holcomb

“Probably $100. It was over a dare; we'll leave it at that. I did win, though, thank God.”

— David Koepsel, University of Missouri-Kansas City dental student, Kansas City, Mo.