Coverall
n Got it in 44 numbers!
Dear Guy,
I won the jackpot at a local Bingo in December 2009 in 44 numbers. Is this a record? What is the record for the least numbers called to win a coverall? —Diane Kelley, Fayetteville, Georgia
Dear Diane,
I scouted around on the Internet a little but did not find any information on what the record is for least numbers called for a coverall. I will say this—doing it in 44 numbers is really amazing!
I guess I’ll throw this question out to my readers: What is the least amount of numbers you have ever seen or experienced being called before someone won a coverall game? Write or e-mail and let me know! —Guy
Dear Guy,
There’s a man at my Bingo who reads a book while he plays. I’m not kidding! He plays five or six sheets and tracks and dabs like the rest of us, then he looks down and reads from a book he has in front of him. I don’t know how he does it. How can you read more than a sentence or two between calls and be able to track whatever the story is you are reading? Have you ever heard of such a thing? —L.L., California
Dear L.L.,
Wow, that’s a new one to me. I could see someone doing this if they only played one or two packs, but five or six? That’s a challenge! I will say, though, that I have a good friend who loves to read and reads very fast. I’ve seen him polish off a 400-page novel in less than a day! Maybe that’s what this player does. If he can speed-read an entire page in a matter of seconds, then he could certainly play Bingo and keep track of the storyline at the same time. And I say, “Good for him!” —Guy
Dear Guy,
There is this gross, disgusting slob of a woman who comes to our Bingo and creeps everyone out. Her clothes are very dirty and she wears a ratty old wig that looks like a dead animal. And she smells. People have to get up and move to different seats when she sits at their table.
We think the Bingo manager should tell her to stop coming to Bingo, but she refuses to. Some people have already quit going to this Bingo and I may join them. What would you do? —Marie, Florida
Dear Marie,
This is a tough one. My initial reaction is to say shame on you for speaking so harshly about a fellow human being. She may be very poor or may have mental issues, and the thought that everyone dislikes her and wants her banished from Bingo is cruel and rather sad.
On the other hand, if it more than just her appearance—and you do state that she smells bad—then she is intruding on your right to enjoy Bingo in a public place and it is the manager’s responsibility to do something about it.
Years ago I went to an antique show with friends. At one booth there was a terrible odor of urine. I turned and was about to ask one of my friends if he smelled it as well, when I realized that it was not something in the booth, but a customer at the booth in a filthy coat, tattered boots and wool hat. The odor was so strong it made my eyes burn. I could see that my friends smelled it as well and we got away from him as quickly as we could. As we went to other booths the smell continued; you could actually tell where he had been by the lingering odor. All the vendors were complaining about it. Eventually one of them told us that the man had been asked by show organizers to leave, and was escorted to the door by a security officer.
It seemed like a mean way to treat someone, but having smelled the man firsthand, I have to say that if I were running that antique show, I would have done the same thing. It was bothering customers and vendors and was certainly harming the show. And if it had been a Bingo hall, I think it would have been just as big of a problem.
I would like to open this question up to readers. What would you do if a person showed up at your Bingo hall and was unclean and odorous? What do you think the manager of the hall should do? Please write in and I will share your thoughts in a future column. —Guy
Hey guys! (And gals!) Write to Guy’s Turn c/o The Bingo Bugle, P.O. Box 527, Vashon, Washington 98070, or e-mail Guy directly at Tonder22@aol.com.
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