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> >message

> >> 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.  :)
> --
> Peter Ives
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>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.