Bingo

[oldbluefox]

I see HK Phooey started this thread. Do you think it was to boost sales of the job lot of out of date dibbers and dobbers she has just taken delivery of?

[qbman1]

Always an eye to the main chance, that girl. Who else could have foreseen the strength of the market for Buddha snow globes in mid-summer on the Septic Isle ?!

[Not so ancient mariner]

I see HK Phooey started this thread. Do you think it was to boost sales of the job lot of out of date dibbers and dobbers she has just taken delivery of?

Fell off the back of a lorry, Guv!

[oldbluefox]

Sorry to be pedantic NSAM but I think they were the glasses with the built in windscreen wipers.

[Dark Knight]

what ever they are, the must be better than the Buddha in a snowdome TAT, she was peddling on unsuspecting Germans a few weeks ago

[oldbluefox]

The Japanese didn't think so!!

[qbman1]

What do they know about bingo anyway ?!

[Not so ancient mariner]

do they play it over there?

[Romig1]

what ever they are, the must be better than the Buddha in a snowdome TAT, she was peddling on unsuspecting Germans a few weeks ago

Don't diss the snow-dome Buddha... I hear you are getting one for your birthday/housewarming.

[Not so ancient mariner]

I'm sure HK would agree that they look much better if you have a matching pair.

[qbman1]

As they are oriental, could one be called Wun Hung Low ?

[HK phooey]

Play your cards right and one of you lucky people could win one of my new guardian angels in a gift bag. Now who wouldn't want one of those?

[Dark Knight]

err anyone with taste or sight

[HK phooey]

Ah Batty, you know nothing about sales, my buddha in a gift bag were one of the fastest sellers last month.

[Dark Knight]

just goes to show how bad the rest of TAT is, if that is the best you have got to offer

[HK phooey]

Oh shut your face you old bat.

Back on topic, here is today's fascinating bingo based fact;
A Northern Kentucky man appeared on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Tuesday evening to talk about his unconventional punishment for shouting “bingo” in a bingo hall despite not having participated in the game. Austyn Whaley of Latonia, Ky., talked with Kimmel via Skype after his story made headlines around the country. In February, the 18-year-old walked into the Pike Place Bingo Hall and shouted “bingo,” which angered many of the game’s participants. Whaley said he and some friends were walking in the area and he yelled “bingo” after a friend challenged him to do it. A Park Hill police officer who was doing security at the location arrested Whaley for causing alarm to patrons. A judge ordered that Whaley not utter the word "bingo" for six months as punishment for the outburst.

[Dark Knight]

oooooh the truth hurts

[Not so ancient mariner]

Here is today's fascinating bingo based fact;
A Northern Kentucky man appeared on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Tuesday evening to talk about his unconventional punishment for shouting “bingo” in a bingo hall despite not having participated in the game. Austyn Whaley of Latonia, Ky., talked with Kimmel via Skype after his story made headlines around the country. In February, the 18-year-old walked into the Pike Place Bingo Hall and shouted “bingo,” which angered many of the game’s participants. Whaley said he and some friends were walking in the area and he yelled “bingo” after a friend challenged him to do it. A Park Hill police officer who was doing security at the location arrested Whaley for causing alarm to patrons. A judge ordered that Whaley not utter the word "bingo" for six months as punishment for the outburst.

In the version I heard, he claimed he was calling his dog!

And there is only one man who can walk into a room full of women, and get total silence the moment he starts to speak: a bingo caller

[Romig1]

Ah Batty, you know nothing about sales, my buddha in a gift bag were one of the fastest sellers last month.

So, you sold ONE then?


Bet that was returned too....

[Not so ancient mariner]

A lady from Vectis loved Bingo,
So much so that she taught her pet Dingo,
She took him along to the hall,
Where they both had a ball,
'Till he Full-Housed but could not speak the Lingo!

[qbman1]

Now there's a man with far too much time on his hands !!

[Not so ancient mariner]

The game was originally known as 'beano' in the US, and was renamed 'bingo' when an overly enthusiastic player was so overcome by his prospective win that he shouted 'bingo' instead of 'beano.'

The name 'beano' came from the fact that the game was previously done by covering the numbers with beans, since no multi-coloured daubers were around in the 1930s.

Bingo was originally used by the Germans as a way to teach children numbers and history.

Carl Leffler, a Math professor from Columbia University went insane after developing 6.000 number combinations for the game.

Americans spend $90 million on bingo cards alone per week.

Bingo addicts are known for being superstitious. They have lucky chairs, lucky pens, lucky numbers and even lucky undies!

To keep bad luck at bay, superstitious players go around their chairs three times before sitting down.

Notice that piece of flaccid muscle that hangs on the underside of your arms after too many days with no exercise? They are your 'bingo wings.'

Women who are named Margaret win in bingo more often than women with any other name.

Most people play the game because they enjoy it. On a poll it was discovered that winning only ranked 5th in the reasons why people play bingo.

There is a strong association between enjoying bingo and liking to play one-armed bandits.

Most bingo players are also cat lovers. (especially ginger & white ones?)

Bing Crosby's childhood nickname was, yup, 'Bingo.'

[david63]

Notso - I think you need to get out more (or go on cruises)

[Not so ancient mariner]

Notso - I think you need to get out more (or go on cruises)

It's only 16 days since I came ashore from my last one!

[david63]

Notso - I think you need to get out more (or go on cruises)

It's only 16 days since I came ashore from my last one!

That explains it