I got game

Tonight, Togers and I taught Mr M how to play Mancala. In one of the games I started beating him pretty handily, and started taunting him*.

In a sing-songy voice I said, "I'm going to win. Ha ha ha ha ha ha."

He said, "Maybe not. I have a trick up my sleeve. It's called flipping the board over."







*Because I'm such a great father.

You're the best around

Last night I went to dinner with some friends, then played games afterward. As you can see by the scoresheet, I was kicking some serious butt. At least in game three. This could quite possibly be the best game of Yahtzee I've ever played (433 total points, in case you're having trouble reading the picture). All attributed to my mad skills and excellent decision making abilities of course. Luck had nothing to do with it.

Don't mess with Texas

The other day we were eating lunch and got talking about games we used to play when we were kids. Remember how much fun it was to play red rover, capture the flag, kick the can, bloody murder, German flashlights, etc?

One of my friends (who happens to be from Texas) hadn't heard of some of these. Somebody asked him "What games did you play growing up then? Chain the black guy to a truck?" (obviously making fun of the racism that went on in Texas a few years ago, not condoning it).

There was another game that came up that had something to do with trees. He also hadn't heard of that one. He said "like we could have played that when we just had the one tree in town."

Someone else asked "Is that why they lynch people with trucks down there? There aren't enough trees to go around?"

The Stars Aligned

I've introduced my kids to the game of Scrabble (I figure it's probably better for their minds than the PS2). It's kind of a tradition in our family to play it whenever a few of us get together. My mom has an amazing vocabulary so is pretty difficult to beat. However, today I scored higher than her every time we played. I was even able to play all 7 of my letters in two consecutive games and got the 50 bonus points added on to my score for those each time (the words FLAMINGO and BOOSTING in case you're wondering). It's almost a shame that I wasn't working on anything productive. I probably could have come up with a cure for AIDS, or solved world hunger. Maybe even both.

Kids Trivia

My kids were playing a trivia game today. Here are two of the answers they gave that cracked me up.

What name was given to the 11 states that left the Union in 1860 and 1861?

My son: Mexico

Who was George Washington's First Lady?

My daughter: Mrs. Washington