Every age brings new exciting adventures for one to test the waters. Sixteen brings the responsibilites of driving and jobs, and seventeen signals the last year of high school for many. Then there is the all important age of 18 that brings voting, signing up for the draft, and most importantly the ability to waste my money on the belief that it will bring me more money. And we all know this as gambling.Most eighteen year olds gamble first by buying that lottery ticket or scratch-off. Here in Louisville a good portion of the rest make a trip to Churchill Downs to bet on the ponies. For me, and many of my friends, the first taste of gambling involved a smoke filled room of old ladies and balls with a number and letter on them. Yes, you guessed correctly, last night my friends and I played the thrill inducing game of BINGO.
I'm sorry to say that none of us came out as winners, but did we ever get into something we had no clue about. I'm pretty sure the lady on the microphone was talking in a foreign languauge and who knew the "lollipop" was a way to win in BINGO? But there were helpful ladies in front of us, and being the newcomers gets you alot of fans. For three hours last night, the balls were all I cared about and they did not fall my way. But now, I can say I gambled legally for the first time and who wouldn't want a nice dabber as a keepsake? By the way, its in my car so I'm prepared the next time we go hit up the local BINGO hall.
4 comments:
Glad to see you have a blog again. I always enjoy reading them.
and whose brilliant idea was this??
Been there, done that! Bingo was so cool when i first played! lol moostly because i won $500! :-D
glad you got a thrill from playing bingo :-)
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