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minus-squareAlbbi@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoI love it when you get to explain new things to someone and it sounds like you’re just making things up. Hey, want to know what this thingie is called? It’s a shuttleCOCK! Or when teaching how to play Cribbage: “I have 15-2, 15-4, 15-6 and a pair for 8 points. Oh, and because my Jack is the same suit as the cut card I get an extra point!” “Ok, I thought you were making up rules before but now I’m sure of it.”
minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months ago“No, it’s a real rule. It’s called ‘nobs.’” “Uh-huh.” “Now if you’d cut a jack, it’d be ‘his heels.’” “Riiiggght.”
I love it when you get to explain new things to someone and it sounds like you’re just making things up.
Hey, want to know what this thingie is called? It’s a shuttleCOCK!
Or when teaching how to play Cribbage:
“I have 15-2, 15-4, 15-6 and a pair for 8 points. Oh, and because my Jack is the same suit as the cut card I get an extra point!”
“Ok, I thought you were making up rules before but now I’m sure of it.”
“No, it’s a real rule. It’s called ‘nobs.’”
“Uh-huh.”
“Now if you’d cut a jack, it’d be ‘his heels.’”
“Riiiggght.”