Yeah, that's great. Anything to supplement your small pension, right?
Is it as much fun to play online, as it is with real
players?
No, because you can't read expressions. Very important part of poker.
Are you a poker player?
I used to be. But somehow Americans are not into playing
cards as Europeans do. I have an older brother, and he
taught me how to play poker. It is one of the most interesting card games.
Don't you just love to bluff?
Bluffing doesn't come into play unless you're playing for a substanial amount of money. Pretty hard to bluff in a small stakes game.
Maybe I'll try the high-stakes tables. Should I?
If you feel you're good enough, go for it.
We used to play for different stakes
What's the average amount you play for per game?
Lately I've been playing 2-4 on the hold 'em tables. A good pot can net you fifty or so.
Did you know I once played poker for 72 consecutive hours?
Poker is an exciting mind game, every round gets your adrenalin going. I hardly can imagine playing it online,
and then - wow, for 72 hours? I don't even want to do anything that feels good for that long, never mind playing cards.
Was it at least worth it?
Not really.I have spent a fortune on it and what have I got to show.
Any suggestions?
It would be worth it to a die-hard fan, I guess. Not so much for me. My nerves would be fried after hour 10 or so. I love card games, though. I grew up playing them with my grandparents and friends. I think it's interesting how easily people seem to forget the rules to card games.
Random alert: Could someone from the UK tell me if Reese's Peanut butter Cups are sold there? Thanks.
Let me guess: you've learned your lesson. Poker shouldn't
be played for money, it's too good of a game to base it
on greed. It is a nice game to enjoy.
Where is the urge to play for money come from?
It comes from the natural competitive streak in man which is a justifiable response to the natural female streak of granting favours to winners.
I didn't realise I was talking about poker though it is an appropriate name for a card game.
Are all Americans literal minded?
Shazzer wrote:Random alert: Could someone from the UK tell me if Reese's Peanut butter Cups are sold there? Thanks.
I don't know. Are you going there?
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Are all Americans literal minded? I cannot speak for all Americans,
but I think - yes! It is easier that way, isn't it?
Sure it's easier.That's what's wrong with it.Nothing easy is worth bothering with.But to miss all those jokes is terrible.Nobody could read 10 lines of Shakespeare literally surely?Goodness gracious me.
I bet English classes are absolutely,unutterably boring under such conditions.
Are they?
You know, one needs to aquire a taste for the different
jokes each nationality has. English humor is mostly dry
with a hidden agenda, not everyone understands
immediately. Dto. for American slap-stick humor, that
was so foreign to me at first, but over the years, I have
learnt to appreaciate it too.
English classes are boring, I agree. Yet I do remember
one teacher - an older lady from England - who brought
a certain wit with her, aside from her funny look - we
did learn a lot from her.
Do you understand American slap stick?
I grew up with it - it's not my preferred genre of comedy, but sometimes it's funny. I mean, sometimes you just can't help laughing when someone slips on a banana peel - but there's also an element of guilt associated with laughing when another is made to look foolish.
Any relief from the heat today?
Shazzer wrote:It would be worth it to a die-hard fan, I guess. Not so much for me. My nerves would be fried after hour 10 or so. I love card games, though. I grew up playing them with my grandparents and friends. I think it's interesting how easily people seem to forget the rules to card games.
Random alert: Could someone from the UK tell me if Reese's Peanut butter Cups are sold there? Thanks.
Shazzer, you and I have a lot in common I think. I've noticed you're a good writer (not saying that I am - just that I recognize good writing). I also love to play card games and grew up doing so with my family. Hate game playing of other types though.
No peanut butter cups in the UK - or at least where I am.
Is there any special reason you ask?
Some of it.Laurel and Hardy especially.But Stan was English and Oliver was American and that was the best joke of all.
If you look at all the famous English comics they all point up the utter stupidity of themselves.Americans seem to enjoy pointing out the stupidity of others.What you get with that is not so much a laugh but more of a snarl.WC Fields was pretty good.And Phil Silvers.Dick van Dyke.John Wayne was pretty funny.
Was John Wayne slapstick?
No, John Wayne slapstick? Not hardly. Now there's a novel concept. I truly haven't watched enough of his movies to tell you exactly what he was except a sort of icon of American western maleness.
What do you think of him?
Not really - most of the nation is in the 80s and 90s with
the exception of the Dakotas. It's the high humidity that
makes one so sluggish and fatigued. I feel like a lollipop,
all sticky ..... I don't do to well in such heat.
Candid Camera was extremely funny though, wasn't it?
oops, I'm behind
I know very little of John Wayne. Fields was funny though,
alone his facial expressions were hilarious.
Who is your favorite comedian?