Tuesday, May 09, 2006

The Card Game Of The Century

It is not often that a new card game rises from utter obscurity to a place in the card-game canon. And, indeed, this is not yet one of those times. But if there is any justice in this world, one is not far away.

I give you What's In Mr Johnson's Wheelie Bin?.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes, well it certainly sounds fun, but almost all of history's great card games usually have a title with no more than two syllubles, so perhaps a shortening is in order. WIMJWB could, perhaps be extended with a vowel to become Wimjewb, or Wimjwub, or something along those lines.

Mark Taylor said...

That is, without a doubt, the silliest suggestion I have ever heard.

If, for some reason, you were too idle to use its full name on some particular occasion, you could just call it "Mr Johnson's Wheelie Bin", or "Wheelie Bin", or "Mr Johnson". Then you wouldn't sound like an idiot, at least.

But no, a shortening isn't in order. That would spoil the fun.