Sunday, June 23, 2013

Spiking the Football

I'm in the poker room waiting for a seat.  Someone at a table jumps up, claps and thrusts his fist in the air.  I never celebrate like this at the table.  I think its because I know that at poker, unlike economics, is a sum zero game.  For one person to win, someone had to lose.  The loser is already unhappy about his loss, and I do not wish to rub salt in the wound(s).

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Talkative Irishman

There's a talkative Irishman (i assume) at the table who's completely decked out in Celtics FC  attire.  Green watch, green reading glasses, green sunglasses hanging from his green striped shirt, and a green ball cap to boot.  He's got the Celtics shamrock logo all over and I can't understand a word he says....its one of those uber thick accents....I really wanna jokingly ask him if he likes Football, but I'm worried that he'll start engaging me and I don't want any part of that.

Saturday, June 15, 2013

I Hope He's a Raider Fan

I really don't understand some people, but to each, his own.

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Coke

Rose, a Filipino cocktail waitress here at MGM Grand Hotel/Casino poker room, just asked a player if he wanted cock.  I'm pretty sure she was trying to to say "Coke", but it sure didn't sound like it.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Bad Questions

I'm kind of a fan of the bad question; the other day, a masseuse was called over to my poker table whereupon meeting her female client, she asked, "So, you just playin' some poker?"

And today, the guy two seats to my right, after playing for 20 minutes or more, looks up from his tablet and asks, "What game is this?"  Yes, these are my opponents.
  
  

Friday, June 7, 2013

Wisdom

So this morning at Walmart (at 4 or 5 AM), I saw some guy with a large, overt, tattoo running down the top side of his left forearm that simply said,
"
W
I
S
D
O
M
".


Struck me as a little ironic.  I guess I just don't generally think of the tattooed as being all that wise, but I suppose there's no real reason to think this.  To each his own.

It did make me think how weird it would be to see someone with a tattoo that says, "I hate tattoos" or "Tattoos suck"....which reminds me of a guy that used to drive around my hometown in a truck that had "Stop Vandalism" erratically spray-painted on the tailgate.  Pretty funny...or at least it was when I was young.