Dare i Go Back and play at this Bingo Hall?

Hiya Bingo Lovers,

It has been a long time since i went to a bingo hall. I got a crazy notion to stray away from online bingo and head to land based bingo hall. Yes, I know your all wondering what in the world was I thinking! Even the most timid player among us will get adventerous from time to time and stray from the virtual world.

Not knowing the hours of operation, I head inside the double doors to a world of uncertainty. My stomach feels a bit queasy as I brave my way inside a room so quiet you could here a pin drop. My heart begins to pound a little faster as I realize I have to walk to the front, passed all the bingo players. I get the impulse to turn around on my heels and make a mad dash to the exit door!

At first I look out of the corner of my eye to the right of me. As I walk up the aisle I see plastic trash bags taped to each table. You knew which player had rank. They were the ones that had two plastic trash bags taped next to them! I look out of the corner of my eye to the left and see a bingo player sneer at me in disbelief that I would have the nerve to disrupt the middle of a small picture frame game.

Bingo daubers were lined up in front of the players cards. Not one dauber, but up to 5-6 daubers! They were strategically placed and uniformly lined up. The good luck charms were everywhere! Forget the troll dolls, im talking every thing from Buda to 8x10 pictures of family members.

I finally made my way to the front where the caller was. He covered the mike as I asked him if he could tell me the scheduled hours. I shuttered that he paused the game for a moment to answer me. I could hear deep breaths like their own private thunder that could only be heard at a bingo hall!

As the piercing eyes stare at me in utter horror for my rude interuption, I stare back. I look right into their eyes and I stop them cold. I did the unthinkable, something that shocked them more than my entrance. Anticipating to wage a war on this intruder they are unable to fathom what I am doing.

I had my weapon of defense all along. I carry it with me where ever I go and it works like a charm. I flashed them all a great big smile! Suddenly frown lines began to fade. The scowls and hisses began to cease. Bingo players actually nodded their heads as a way to say hello. All but one that is. The one with two garbage bags, a 8x10 photo and enough bingo daubers lined up to supply every player in the bingo hall. She was not about to budge!

I plan on making a trip there sometime within the next week. I will come back and tell all my virtual friends about my up close and personal bingo experience. I will also bring with me the biggest purse I own. I plan on sitting right across from the lady that wouldn’t budge. What pity it would be if my purse knocked over her menagerie of trinkets as i walk past her........or would it?

Dare i go back.......

Lips

HAHA right on lips!  You keep on smiling.  That is such a crack up on their reaction to an outsider intruding on their oh so serious game.  Don't most of them use those machines..what are they called "little something or other"?

As i walked through i didn't see any "thing a ma jigs"  but i will give ya the scoop after i play there!!

You got balls that's for sure Lips.  Good on you for seeing it through and not rushing out of the door.

Good luck when you play - I hope you show em how it's done!

blue

oh  yeah they're called Little Champs I think.  That's what I remember from one of my Reno trips though, they're almost scary little machines..the kind that make the noise when someone hits bingo.  You'll be one number away and its almost like that scary sound you know is coming but it still makes you jump..well just as you almost get your bingo you hear the damn noise the machine makes letting you know someone hit BINGO.

Hilarious lips! I think you should go tonight so you can tell us all about it tomorrow.

Good luck!  :P

Love the story, thank you for sharing that, i have never been to a bingo hall and i live her in vegas... but what are the trashbags for?

Hahahahahahaha!!! The trash bags!! They are to dispose of bingo cards and all the goodies that players gobbled up at the concession stand.

I did by the way go tonite! I will write about it tomorrow!!

Lips

Hahahahahahaha!!! The trash bags!! They are to dispose of bingo cards and all the goodies that players gobbled up at the concession stand.

 

I did by the way go tonite! I will write about it tomorrow!! very brave mydear my mom used to be a bingo junkie even dragging me along to her games where i couldnt even breathe loud without her giving me THAT your going to be in trouble look wtg on your bravery

 

Lips

Hahahahahahaha!!! The trash bags!! They are to dispose of bingo cards and all the goodies that players gobbled up at the concession stand.

 

I did by the way go tonite! I will write about it tomorrow!!

 

Lips

Looking forward to your write up.  I hope your experience is better than the last one I had in a real bingo hall.

blue

Down here in Texas the little machines are called "computers".  And you still have to punch in the numbers they call out, but they don't make any noise if you bingo.  That I know of- I can't hear the thermometer beeping when taking my temperature...

Hahahahahahaha!!! The trash bags!! They are to dispose of bingo cards and all the goodies that players gobbled up at the concession stand.

 

I did by the way go tonite! I will write about it tomorrow!!

 

Lips

LOL.. okay i see, i got this image that the more trashbags you have taped by you the higher your rank is.. like a symbol of.. whats the word i'm trying to think of?

LMAO LMAOOOOOOOOOO I didn't even think or realize they were used for TRASH hahahaha!!