BINGO

Now here is something really interesting. Have any of you ever played Bingo?  I was at one of regular bingo halls the other night and got to thinking of some really funny things that go on during the course of the night. Come on! If you ever want a little laugh time - this is the place to be. Let me share some things with you.
Scenario#1:
I walk into the bingo hall to find a seat. I placed my stuff on the table and went to get my papers. When I returned this woman approached me and said I would have to move. Being a seasoned bingo player - I do know exactly what she was talking about.  It seems that the "regulars" have domain over certain seats and save them for their friends. Now mind you - there was nothing on the table where I sat to indicate it was saved for whomever. I politely told her that I was not moving and her friends would have to find another place to sit. Apparently, this didn't settle well with her. All night long I could hear her talk about how I wouldn't move. So, if you should go in and see papers with names or the word 'reserved' on them - don't sit there!  If there is a dauber on the table - don't sit there.  The bingo halls let certain players dictate what they will or won't do. It shouldn't be that way. If players can't get there in time to get their space, then it should be open to anyone who wants to sit wherever.  I have to laugh at this woman because she really got upset and kept coming back to me asking why I have to sit there and even used a few words that I would not like to hear out of the mouth of a woman who should know better.
Lesson learned!  I moved way over to the other side of the room after that.

Scenario#2:
Before bingo starts, I will chat with the players around me. I told this guy who was sitting next to me that he was going to be lucky because he was sitting next to a lucky person who sits next to the winner. He smiled. I told him "yeah, it's true". You will win tonight because whoever sits next to me wins. And, that's exactly what happened. He won and all I could do is hang my head and whisper a few words under my breath. As the games progressed through the evening - the guy on the other side of me won. Oooooooo.... my blood is boiling! Okay... be glad because we all know someone is going to win.  By this time, I am going into depression.... poor me! Inside voice be quiet. Don't let my outside voice say it. I can never win.  Thanks to the guy on my right who happened to win - I did get a $10 gas card. I was happy. So the lady on his other side won (two times even). Let's start the second half - come on Jane - get mad and instead of settling for a C - get that A!  So, I get set and can't even look at the numbers in the monitor. Well, by golly there are only two g's out so that figures! Oh my gosh! There's one of the g numbers. I got it! I got it!.  I barely could yell it out but I managed. Yeah! I won. And, the last g was in the monitor.
Yeah for me. And, that's how bingo goes.

Scenario#3:
This man and woman was sitting across from me. The game came up and they were arguing. She was telling him to play a paper and he kept asking which one.  I leaned over and told him not to play it because that was the last game. She kept saying to play it. I wanted to run around to his side and show him. She was yelling at him and I was "shushing" her saying he had to buy it on the floor. Fin-a-ly, a floor worker was walking by and I pointed him to help that man. Problem solved. Now I realized I had gotten behind on my own papers! Crap!!!!  The guys next to me were laughing and I started laughing too. I got caught up but didn't win.

And that's how it is in the night of bingo. Entertaining - just like going to the mall and watching people. My favorite thing to do.
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