Greeting cards. How can this post not be about greeting cards? Except I’ve already written a post about how I’m just a WEE bit enthusiastic about the greeting card section. Shoot, Hallmark could hire me as a cheerleader for their aisles. Well, more Shoebox than Hallmark, but you get the idea.
So if not greeting cards, how about playing cards? Yeah, we’ll do that one.
I have a love/hate relationship with playing cards. I mean, I like to think of myself as an intelligent person, but then you drop some variation of poker into the mix and I realize I’m 100% flummoxed. By a card game. It’s a bitter pill to swallow. Pride goeth before a fall and all that jazz.
Ironically, I also despise card games that are too simple. Go Fish? No thanks, I’ll just sit here and watch the paint dry, thank you very much. Not a huge fan of War either. It’s basically one long example of > or < and I’ve already finished third grade.
You know the card that throws me? The Joker. How many are in the deck, what’s their real job, when to use them and when to weed them out…the devil’s in the details. And the ace. When ace is high, when it’s low, when it does the mambo. Just kidding, our aces don’t dance, though I do know a pretty cool kid by the name who might be willing to give it a try.
I like a lot of card games that don’t use traditional playing cards. Uno’s pretty fun although it can get surprisingly cutthroat when played with family. I also really like Five Crowns – though I just realized that breaks my traditional playing cards rule because they use the same system. But they’re a special deck made just for the game and they have really cool designs so totally different, right? Right.
But if there’s one thing that sits firmly in the stroke inducing category for me it’s building a house of cards. I’ve never tried this – I know myself well enough to realize that’s pure insanity – but watching someone else do it ratchets up my blood pressure like you wouldn’t believe. Just like Jenga.
Just…one…more…and…
BOOM.
Linda’s hosts Saturday’s stream of consciousness prompt. This week’s prompt is “card. Use it any way you like.”
I like playing cards. Worse, I THINK I’m good at it, given that I know at least some of the probabilities. However, I actually am no good at it, as I pretty much always lose.
Its the same with sports–I think I am better than many people I warm up with (squash) and then they beat me…. my excuse to myself (which is sometimes true) is that I’m much older than they are (I start by asking them how old they are, and then saying, well, if you win–big deal, but if you lose….)
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There’s something to be said for embracing an overestimation of your own abilities. I’ve always believed I could make anything if I had a recipe – just follow the directions, right? Roasted Brussels sprouts proved that theory wrong. 😆
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I’m no good at poker. It’s because I’m too expressive. I can’t suppress or bluff. #pokerfacefail
Course, we still play sometimes, but only for chips or treats 🙂
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Playing for funsies (and snacks) sounds like a win to me. 😉
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Good one Laura! If I add a nickel, will I get 3 cents back?
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Yes. Three existential cents that carry over to your next comment. Bwahahaha!!
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Don’t forget the Ace in the Hole and the Ace up your sleeve! Oh and yeah, “he aced it” 🤣
Great post Laura!
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Some of my favorite ace sayings! How did I forget those? 😆
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LOL – Very entertaining read! Happy Saturday to you!
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Thanks, Shelley. You, too!
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I remember building a house of cards as a group activity on rainy days. Over and over and over again. The goal was to get a little further each time. And if we were lucky wed use the whole deck. And being a group effort made it all the more fun. Though I do recall the anxiety when it was my turn to place the next card because I did not want to be the one to cause it to tumble down.
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Ack! The pressure! (Although I am on board with the more-fun-in-a-group concept.)
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“You got to know when to fold ’em, know when to hold them……” I tried my ‘hand’ at building a house of cards once. My cat FooFoo studied my every move. I was nearing the finish line when she decided to turn around and swiped her tail across the bottom row. My house collapsed like……well, like a house of cards!!
🔹 Ginger 🔹
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And that makes you wonder…accident? or did FooFoo know exactly what she was doing? Cats are sneaky!
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Nice job on the prompt, Laura! I think with those two pups and that new kitty, building a house of cards would be folly in your house. It might be fun for others to watch, though 😏
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We could live stream it even. Folks could make popcorn & settle in to watch my head explode! 😆
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