My cousin, a priest in Connecticut., liked to occasionally go to the Foxfire Casino on his day off. He used to jokingly refer to it, as his missionary work with the Native Americans.
When asked if he won a lot, he’d piously look to the heavens and reply: " It’s always better to give than receive…"
I know a lot of obscure thins and told them to the people at work. When they didn’t believe me, I said “You want to bet?” After awhile, they refused to take me up on my offer. They also began to tell the new employees if I asked them to bet, DON’T! After it was too late, I thought maybe it would have been better if I lost once in awhile.
Gambling becomes a problem when it is perceived as potential income – as opposed to an (entertainment) expense. Healthy gambling is just another form of entertainment. There should be no more expectation of recouping your money than when buying tickets to a ball game or ballet.
Well, ya got trouble, my friend, right here, I say, trouble right here in Milborough. Why sure I’m a Bingo player, Certainly mighty proud I say I’m always mighty proud to say it. I consider that the hours I spend With a dabber in my hand are golden. Help you cultivate horse sense And a cool head and a keen eye. Did ya ever take and try to give An iron-clad leave to yourself From a filled in Bingo row?
But just as I say, It takes judgment, brains, and maturity to score In a Bingo game, I say that any boob can take And shove a chip on a card square And they call that sloth. The first big step on the road To the depths of deg-ra-Day— I say, first, medicinal wine from a teaspoon, Then beer from a bottle. An’ the next thing ya know, Your friend is playin’ for money In an retirement home lady’s dress
And list’nin to some big out-a-town Elly Hearin’ her tell about horse-face drawin’. Not a wholesome drawin’, no! But a drawin’ where they set down right on the paper! Like to see some stuck-up cartoonist’girl Drawin’ about bad mothering? Make your blood boil? Well, I should say. Friends, let me tell you what I mean. You got one, two, three, four, five squares in card row Card rows that mark the diff’rence Between an retired lady and a bum, With a capital “B,” And that rhymes with “B” and that stands for Bingo! And all week long your Milborough Retirees’ll be frittern away, I say your old women’ll be frittern! Frittern away their noontime, suppertime, choretime too! Get the chip on card square, Never mind gittin’ stockings pulled Or the soap operas watched or the beefsteak chewed Never mind pumpin’ any water ‘Til your parents are caught with the denture jar empty On a Saturday night and that’s trouble, Oh, yes we got lots and lots a’ trouble. I’m thinkin’ of the lady from the knickerbockers, Shirt-tail old ones, peekin’ in the Bingo Hall window after church, ya got trouble, folks!
Right here in Milborough. Trouble with a capital “T” And that rhymes with “B” and that stands for Bingo!
In gambling, you win at others’ expense. If you win $20 at blackjack, it was because someone else (another player, or the house) lost $20. If you win $5 million hitting the lottery, it is because at least five million other people lost a dollar. You have given nothing of value for what you won.The idea of gambling one’s way to Easy Street is against the traditional ways of health and wealth. It tells people they can get something for nothing. Whereas working provides a basis for craftsmanship and pride of accomplishment, gambling cannot do that.
Templo S.U.D. over 7 years ago
I bet
LuvThemPluggers over 7 years ago
Next step: Gamblers anonymous.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 7 years ago
Gambling seems an unnecessary risk so I don’t gamble.
Linguist over 7 years ago
My cousin, a priest in Connecticut., liked to occasionally go to the Foxfire Casino on his day off. He used to jokingly refer to it, as his missionary work with the Native Americans.
When asked if he won a lot, he’d piously look to the heavens and reply: " It’s always better to give than receive…"
dwdl21 over 7 years ago
Ahmen to that….lol
Great Wizard Nala over 7 years ago
I know a lot of obscure thins and told them to the people at work. When they didn’t believe me, I said “You want to bet?” After awhile, they refused to take me up on my offer. They also began to tell the new employees if I asked them to bet, DON’T! After it was too late, I thought maybe it would have been better if I lost once in awhile.
Guilty Bystander over 7 years ago
I limit my gambling to the stock market. Unlike the Sunset Strip, when the house wins on Wall Street, you win. In theory if not in practice, anyway.
stuart over 7 years ago
Gambling becomes a problem when it is perceived as potential income – as opposed to an (entertainment) expense. Healthy gambling is just another form of entertainment. There should be no more expectation of recouping your money than when buying tickets to a ball game or ballet.
sbwertz over 7 years ago
In order to win, you must be willing to risk. I work too hard for my money to risk it on something like gambling.
1953Baby over 7 years ago
bingo’s hardly harmless in some places. . .some of these folks play for blood. . .four or five cards at a time. . .
howtheduck over 7 years ago
Well, ya got trouble, my friend, right here, I say, trouble right here in Milborough. Why sure I’m a Bingo player, Certainly mighty proud I say I’m always mighty proud to say it. I consider that the hours I spend With a dabber in my hand are golden. Help you cultivate horse sense And a cool head and a keen eye. Did ya ever take and try to give An iron-clad leave to yourself From a filled in Bingo row?
But just as I say, It takes judgment, brains, and maturity to score In a Bingo game, I say that any boob can take And shove a chip on a card square And they call that sloth. The first big step on the road To the depths of deg-ra-Day— I say, first, medicinal wine from a teaspoon, Then beer from a bottle. An’ the next thing ya know, Your friend is playin’ for money In an retirement home lady’s dress
And list’nin to some big out-a-town Elly Hearin’ her tell about horse-face drawin’. Not a wholesome drawin’, no! But a drawin’ where they set down right on the paper! Like to see some stuck-up cartoonist’girl Drawin’ about bad mothering? Make your blood boil? Well, I should say. Friends, let me tell you what I mean. You got one, two, three, four, five squares in card row Card rows that mark the diff’rence Between an retired lady and a bum, With a capital “B,” And that rhymes with “B” and that stands for Bingo! And all week long your Milborough Retirees’ll be frittern away, I say your old women’ll be frittern! Frittern away their noontime, suppertime, choretime too! Get the chip on card square, Never mind gittin’ stockings pulled Or the soap operas watched or the beefsteak chewed Never mind pumpin’ any water ‘Til your parents are caught with the denture jar empty On a Saturday night and that’s trouble, Oh, yes we got lots and lots a’ trouble. I’m thinkin’ of the lady from the knickerbockers, Shirt-tail old ones, peekin’ in the Bingo Hall window after church, ya got trouble, folks!
Right here in Milborough. Trouble with a capital “T” And that rhymes with “B” and that stands for Bingo!
hcarpenter1 over 7 years ago
i am so busy i would not be able to find the time to waste my money on that…
QuietStorm27 over 7 years ago
She might as well smoke since she suffers the effects of it.
USN1977 over 7 years ago
In gambling, you win at others’ expense. If you win $20 at blackjack, it was because someone else (another player, or the house) lost $20. If you win $5 million hitting the lottery, it is because at least five million other people lost a dollar. You have given nothing of value for what you won.The idea of gambling one’s way to Easy Street is against the traditional ways of health and wealth. It tells people they can get something for nothing. Whereas working provides a basis for craftsmanship and pride of accomplishment, gambling cannot do that.