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Belligerent Bingo Players Ravage Quiet Town
The Patriot Ledger ^ | July 26, 2002 | JESSICA FARGEN

Posted on 07/29/2002 9:14:03 AM PDT by H8DEMS

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:08:02 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

STOUGHTON - Whoever said bingo isn

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Free Republic; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: bingo; elderly; police
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To: H8DEMS
"Heah! Lookit those scallywags waitin' in line fer a stupit STAR WARS movie! Get'cher a life, slacker-bums!"

Geez, gramma, take it easy! What's YOUR hurry this morning, anyway? Walkin' laps around the mall?"

"Hill no, sonny-boy! Gotsta gets me in line early for the afternoon Bingo game! Whooppee! Outer'ma way!!!"
21 posted on 07/29/2002 6:42:26 PM PDT by BradyLS
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To: BradyLS
*BRRRUUMMM!!! BRRUUMMMM!!!*

Here they come in their Hell-for-Leather golf-carts...THE STRAIGHT PEOPLE!!!

SEE them smoking CIGARETTES!

DRIVING two cars!!

MAKING DEALS WITH TOTAL STRANGERS!!!
22 posted on 07/29/2002 6:47:55 PM PDT by BradyLS
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To: SpinyNorman
Just what I thought about - Monty Python's hell's grannies - "those old hoodlums, layabouts in lace"!
23 posted on 07/30/2002 6:25:04 AM PDT by Moonmad27
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To: H8DEMS
About twenty years ago, there was a Bingo cheating scandal at an elite country club in Charlotte. These were not just little old ladies, but wealthy society matrons who for the most part had grown too old to play golf or tennis. They convened on a weekly basis for lunch (sandwiches with the crusts cut off, I'm guessing), followed by Bingo in the ballroom. It got to be a pretty big deal for the ladies, many of whom had their favorite cards which they selected each week.

Turns out they weren't choosing certain cards just based on superstition. One of the ladies who helped set up the equipment each week had surreptitiously removed a couple of the ping-pong balls with the numbers printed on them, which were used by the caller to announce each play. So, with (for example) B-11 and N-32 removed from the numbers to be drawn, the culprit and those she had tipped off had only to choose cards without those numbers to substantially improve their odds.

Is nothing sacred?

24 posted on 07/31/2002 11:43:52 AM PDT by southernnorthcarolina
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To: H8DEMS
My Mom and Dad live from Bingo to Bingo in Nevada.

They live in Boulder City, outside of Vegas. They can tell you about every bingo game from North Vegas to Henderson. They are suspicious of electronic bingo machines, they have their fav seats and special color markers.

They frequented one casino, the Railroad Pass in Henderson for years. They went twice a day for the 3 Bs. Bingo, Blackjack and Buffet.

When the casino closed the bingo room, that was the last time they saw my Mom and Dad.

Another Bingo Tale:
When I was still a pup living in NE Pennsylvania back in the early 70s, a biker was arrested in the little mining town of Luzerne. He threatened to bring his entire gang back to level the town. (It wouldn't have taken all that much effort)

They had a major bingo hall in that little town. When the bikers showed up, cruising down main street with their loud exhaust, the players couldn't hear the caller.

En mass, they went down stairs to the street and started pelting the bikers with the corn kernals they used to mark their cards (pre-bingo marker days).

The bikers turned tail and couldn't get out of town fast enough. They left so quick, that the menfold on the front porches cleaning their shotguns never got to their feet.
25 posted on 07/31/2002 11:58:25 AM PDT by TC Rider
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To: BradyLS
Is that on the double bill with "Swinging Lesbian Chairpersons"?
26 posted on 07/31/2002 12:01:15 PM PDT by GodBlessRonaldReagan
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To: southernnorthcarolina
Tellme it wasn't at Myuh's Pawk Country Club. I couldn't stand the scandal, really I couldn't.
27 posted on 07/31/2002 6:07:34 PM PDT by Twodees
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To: H8DEMS
My mom is 85 years old and is a member of the local 'seniors club.' The club rents a bus once a month and transports the seniors to the casinos in Biloxi (about an hours drive). These people are addicted. I am convinced that this trip is the only reason my mother lives from one month to the next. She will start getting ready for the trip three days in advance.
28 posted on 07/31/2002 6:20:54 PM PDT by blam
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To: TADSLOS
Add slot machines to that. I went to Atlantic City with my parents once. As I was heading for unoccuppied slot machine I got sandbagged by a woman old enough to be my greatgrandmother, this caused my ordanarily mild-mannered mother to become Xena:Warrior Mom. I thought we were going to wind up on the local news :).
29 posted on 08/01/2002 7:46:27 AM PDT by Copperhead61
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To: Copperhead61
The only way to get an 80 year old Granny to say the F*** word, is for another 80 year old Granny to Yell, BINGO

Don't mess with those old Bingo players, it is like trying to herd cats.

All joking aside, we have Bingo games that pay $ 1,000,000.00 in one or two day sessions, the crowds are huge and the tension is high. If you would like to check on these games you can get a free copy of Bing World, free from Http://www. Bingo World.com.
30 posted on 08/01/2002 12:48:17 PM PDT by BooBoo1000
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