Comments on: Question of the Month: Dice http://www.litpark.com/2008/03/03/question-of-the-week-dice/ LitPark Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:30:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Susan Henderson http://www.litpark.com/2008/03/03/question-of-the-week-dice/#comment-4511 Susan Henderson Tue, 06 May 2008 18:11:39 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/03/03/question-of-the-week-dice/#comment-4511 Hey, t, how come all the Disqus comments disappeared on this post? There were 50 or so, and for some reason this reverted to the old commenting method. ??? Hey, t, how come all the Disqus comments disappeared on this post? There were 50 or so, and for some reason this reverted to the old commenting method.

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]]> By: dadshouse http://www.litpark.com/2008/03/03/question-of-the-week-dice/#comment-5360 dadshouse Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:24:59 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/03/03/question-of-the-week-dice/#comment-5360 Liar's Dice. I have a buddy who can't lost. One time in the BVI (while drinking Dark and Stormies) we got him down to one dice. Damned if he didn't use every trick in the book to push us into a corner where we had to bluff. Somehow he won. Liar's Dice is a great way to meet women in a pub. (As a single dad, and therefore a single man, meeting women in a pub, or anywhere, is a very good thing) Liar’s Dice. I have a buddy who can’t lost. One time in the BVI (while drinking Dark and Stormies) we got him down to one dice. Damned if he didn’t use every trick in the book to push us into a corner where we had to bluff. Somehow he won.

Liar’s Dice is a great way to meet women in a pub. (As a single dad, and therefore a single man, meeting women in a pub, or anywhere, is a very good thing)

]]> By: SusanHenderson http://www.litpark.com/2008/03/03/question-of-the-week-dice/#comment-5359 SusanHenderson Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:02:44 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/03/03/question-of-the-week-dice/#comment-5359 I've been enjoying your comments - and Gail, I love the story about the D&D dice used at the elections. I'm not going to be back until April. My post tonight will explain. Take good care, everyone. I’ve been enjoying your comments – and Gail, I love the story about the D&D dice used at the elections. I’m not going to be back until April. My post tonight will explain. Take good care, everyone.

]]> By: dennis mahagin http://www.litpark.com/2008/03/03/question-of-the-week-dice/#comment-5358 dennis mahagin Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:47:27 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/03/03/question-of-the-week-dice/#comment-5358 I gotta go with craps. I mean Casino Craps, not that back-alley cash n' carry kind of craps. Standing at a crowded Vegas craps table is actually a very good "people watching" exercise. Excellent for a writer. There are definitely some insights into the human condition that might be gleaned from such a milieu! Once I was at a craps table in the old Desert Inn casino (long since torn down) and Bruce Willis was gambling at this table. He kept making these complicated proposition bets before every roll--some very "off the wall angles"--some of which I'd never even heard of before, and I thought I knew the game of craps! I mean, Bruce was seriously holding up the game with his weird wagers, and there was this one croupier who was getting just a wee bit bent out of shape by it all. But what could he do, right? It was Bruce Willis! For my part, I kept betting the pass line; there was this good- looking lady shooter who was on a tremendous hot streak, and I got behind her action, big time. I was up at least a couple grand, in a hurry. At one point, Bruce Willis glanced at my rapidly-rising stack of chips, and gave me a little thumbs up, plus a wink. Cheap thrills, people! So anyway, a little while later, Willis and his entourage packed up, and got out of there. I started talking to the croupier, who'd shown his irritation with the movie star, earlier. I asked him how Bruce Willis made out. "He probably dropped at least a hundred grand," this croupier told me. "Really?" I said, "He looked all happy to me." "The money don't mean shit to him," said the croupier, "but I think he really gets off on the attention." "You mean the <i>adoration</i>?" I said. "Whatever," the stick man concluded. "Freaking big shots, man. Nothing but a pain in the ass." I talked to the guy for a few more minutes, and then strolled over to the other side of the casino--where I proceeded to blow all my craps winnings, and then some, at a nickel minimum blackjack table. There were no celebrities at this table, and I received very little adoration, from anyone. ;)-D I gotta go with craps.

I mean Casino Craps, not that back-alley cash n’ carry kind of craps. Standing at a crowded Vegas craps table is actually a very good “people watching” exercise. Excellent
for a writer. There are definitely some insights into the human condition that might be gleaned from such a milieu!

Once I was at a craps table in the old Desert Inn casino (long since torn down) and Bruce Willis was gambling at this table. He kept making these complicated proposition bets before every roll–some very “off the wall angles”–some of which I’d never even heard of before, and I thought I knew the game of craps! I mean, Bruce was seriously holding up the game with his weird wagers, and there was this one croupier who was getting just a wee bit bent out of shape by it all. But what could he do, right? It was Bruce Willis!

For my part, I kept betting the pass line; there was this good- looking lady shooter who was on a tremendous hot streak, and I got behind her action, big time. I was up at least a couple grand, in a hurry. At one point, Bruce Willis glanced at my rapidly-rising stack of chips, and gave me a little thumbs up, plus a wink. Cheap thrills, people!

So anyway, a little while later, Willis and his entourage packed up, and got out of there. I started talking to the croupier, who’d shown his irritation with the movie star, earlier. I asked him how Bruce Willis made out.

“He probably dropped at least a hundred grand,” this croupier told me.

“Really?” I said, “He looked all happy to me.”

“The money don’t mean shit to him,” said the croupier, “but I think he really gets off on the attention.”

“You mean the adoration?” I said.

“Whatever,” the stick man concluded. “Freaking big shots, man. Nothing but a pain in the ass.”

I talked to the guy for a few more minutes, and then strolled over to the other side of the casino–where I proceeded to blow all my craps winnings, and then some, at a nickel minimum blackjack table. There were no celebrities at this table, and I received very little adoration, from anyone.

;) -D

]]> By: Lee http://www.litpark.com/2008/03/03/question-of-the-week-dice/#comment-5357 Lee Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:59:06 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/03/03/question-of-the-week-dice/#comment-5357 That's it!!! Thanks Erin! When I wrote that I hadn't thought of that game in years and for some reason I didn't think it likely that I'd ever know the name of it. The games I play now are much different and don't involve so much alcohol. I checked your link and "Pass the Pigs" looks just like what we played. Awesome . . . ~Lee That’s it!!!
Thanks Erin!
When I wrote that I hadn’t thought of that game in years and for some reason I didn’t think it likely that I’d ever know the name of it.
The games I play now are much different and don’t involve so much alcohol.
I checked your link and “Pass the Pigs” looks just like what we played.
Awesome . . .

~Lee

]]> By: Erin http://www.litpark.com/2008/03/03/question-of-the-week-dice/#comment-5356 Erin Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:02:06 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/03/03/question-of-the-week-dice/#comment-5356 It's called Pig Mania (the version we played). Now you can find it as Pass the Pigs or something like that. You get a different amount of points depending on the position the pigs land - I think the "double snouter" was the highest of honors. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/252697 It’s called Pig Mania (the version we played). Now you can find it as Pass the Pigs or something like that. You get a different amount of points depending on the position the pigs land – I think the “double snouter” was the highest of honors.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/252697

]]> By: Carolyn_Burns_Bass http://www.litpark.com/2008/03/03/question-of-the-week-dice/#comment-5355 Carolyn_Burns_Bass Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:47:03 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/03/03/question-of-the-week-dice/#comment-5355 The sound of a rattling Yahtzee cup is comfort food for my soul. Yahtzee was as much a part of my childhood as chicken soup and apple pie. My grandmother was the Yahtzee Queen, who could talk the dice into giving whatever she wanted. So rich is the Yahtzee inheritance, that once I found in an antique store a pristine classic Yahtzee game, with all of the little chips, score pad, and perfectly pointed little pencils. I had to have it. It's displayed above the game cabinet in our family room as an artifact to my childhood. As my recently-completed novel draws from my childhood memories, Yahtzee most definitely has a role (pun intended). The sound of a rattling Yahtzee cup is comfort food for my soul. Yahtzee was as much a part of my childhood as chicken soup and apple pie. My grandmother was the Yahtzee Queen, who could talk the dice into giving whatever she wanted. So rich is the Yahtzee inheritance, that once I found in an antique store a pristine classic Yahtzee game, with all of the little chips, score pad, and perfectly pointed little pencils. I had to have it. It’s displayed above the game cabinet in our family room as an artifact to my childhood.

As my recently-completed novel draws from my childhood memories, Yahtzee most definitely has a role (pun intended).

]]> By: Gail Siegel http://www.litpark.com/2008/03/03/question-of-the-week-dice/#comment-5354 Gail Siegel Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:43:32 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/03/03/question-of-the-week-dice/#comment-5354 We use those special 10-sided dice to pick precincts for random audits after the elections! I've never been much for board games except for backgammon--as a dating ritual with my husband. Later in life, I remember playing everything from Yahtzee to Candyland and elaborate card games with my kids. I'd always be saying "You take my turn while I clear the dishes." But give me a set of jacks... We use those special 10-sided dice to pick precincts for random audits after the elections! I’ve never been much for board games except for backgammon–as a dating ritual with my husband. Later in life, I remember playing everything from Yahtzee to Candyland and elaborate card games with my kids. I’d always be saying “You take my turn while I clear the dishes.”

But give me a set of jacks…

]]> By: Carolyn_Burns_Bass http://www.litpark.com/2008/03/03/question-of-the-week-dice/#comment-5353 Carolyn_Burns_Bass Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:37:57 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/03/03/question-of-the-week-dice/#comment-5353 Yes, Jess. Monday's are just not the same without a romp in the Park. Yes, Jess. Monday’s are just not the same without a romp in the Park.

]]> By: Carolyn_Burns_Bass http://www.litpark.com/2008/03/03/question-of-the-week-dice/#comment-5352 Carolyn_Burns_Bass Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:36:48 +0000 http://litpark.com/2008/03/03/question-of-the-week-dice/#comment-5352 I would like to cash my kids in right about now. They're both in college and costing quite a lot these days. I would like to cash my kids in right about now. They’re both in college and costing quite a lot these days.

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