They call is something different up in Michigan where he is from.
Posted on 06/12/2019 1:23:41 PM PDT by rktman
Toy Story 4 is premiering next week, which means the stars are doing interviews to promote it, which means the Internet is picking apart every syllable to find something to be angry about. Outrage mining is America's #1 growth industry.
Here's a snippet from what appears to be a harmless, lighthearted celebrity interview:
"You don't know how to play Spades?"
"I'm gonna say I do, just 'cause I wanna move on."
I thought this was kind of funny because I don't know how to play Spades* either. I don't like card games in general, and when people talk about them, it all just sounds like Charlie Brown's teacher to me. So Tim Allen cracked me up a little bit there.
But of course, that's my white privilege talking. I need to check it, because it's blinding me to what's really going on:
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
In HS my buddy and I played Rummy, Navy it was Cribbage, when I worked the oilfield it was Boureit (spelling?), work in Ohio was Sheepshead.
I’ve played spades and hearts on the computer but didn’t care for them as much. Sheepshead was hell’a fun with a big group.
Never played bridge though.
Finally Boureit(?) rears it’s head. Never played it but a lot of the guys working for me did on lunch time.
“Don’t even get me started on people who don’t know how to play Mille-Bornes.”
Play it?
Never even heard of it.
Looked it up. French. Probably boring.
“Bunch of neo-Luddites!”
Hey!
I resemble that remark!
He doesn’t know how to play basketball?
Well, bridge can be a great game is you're really into older women ...
... you'd be surprised at what is going on under the table when you're the only guy in the bridge club ...
Oh and how could I forget Euchre - that was the family favorite
A friend of mine took French in Junior High. His French teacher said the class should play the game at home. It was a fun game, alliances would be forged and broken in a game. Good times.
They call is something different up in Michigan where he is from.
I must be one of the few white men who know how to play.................
It is
And it's appropriate that Woodward is home to the annual "Woodward Dream Cruise", the world's largest classic car show. 10 miles of cruising classics......
I like the '69 too.
No idea how to play bridge. Tried to read a book on it and gave up.
I think bridge is what women play
to give their minds something to do
while they’re talking.
I think bridge is one case where it is easier to learn by just jumping in and trying to play rather than reading a book. The books are more for players that already know the basics and want to learn advanced strategies. It’s like the chess of card games.
I might, if I am brave, tell that joke to my wife.
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