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>> Hehe, I'm off down the pub for a bottle of stout and a game of
>draughts.
>> Interested? :)
>Uh-oh, translation required. Over here in the States we drink draughts
>(or rather drafts). So if you're talking about a drinking game, I'm in!
>But I'm sure that's not what you meant. I do like a pint of Guiness
>occasionally, but rumor has it you guys drink it warm. I prefer cold
>brews and warm women, not the other way around. ;o)
>Cheers,
>Hal
I had a funny feeling this might need explaining. Common stereotype of
old geezer is someone who drinks bottles of stout - kinda Guiness like
in that it's dark coloured - and who plays a game called draughts in the
local boozer. Bits of wood (known as tiles perhaps) with a line down
the middle of each and a certain amount of dots on each side of the
line. Number of dots goes from 0 up to 6 and no 2 tiles are the same.
Anyway, its all about getting rid of your tiles by laying them end to
end with those already on the table, but you can only do so if the
number on the tile at either end of those laid matches the number of any
of the tiles you have in your possession. If you can't go you pick up
from a pool of tiles not yet used. Blah, blah, blah, winner is one who
gets rid of all his tiles first. Adrenalin pumping stuff. That's why
the stout is drunk, as it is an analgesic to stop those playing from
getting too hyper whilst playing, because aggressive players don't just
place their tiles, but thump them down in an intimidating manner in
order to psyche out their opponent. In fact it is well documented here
in the UK that many a street riot has been started by an inoccuous game
of draughts getting out of hand amongst old folk and there are moves
amongst government circles to have the whole game banned completely.
Worries are that this may well drive the game underground making it much
more difficult to police and possibly resulting in the draughts players
moving onto much more harder pub games such as gribbage which is a Class
A pub game, and anyone found in possession of a Cribbage board is liable
to a long period of incarceration. Mind you, that's another story.
Current draughts champion is Johnny 'Old Boy' Mcfee, who gained the
coveted title by default after the current champion Mick 'A Little
Shakey' Graham fell asleep in front of the tv and missed the match.
Hope that has explained things more clearly. :)
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