Cheating cheaty cheatsI'm rubbish at cheating. I was asked to help run a stall at a local fair. We sold squares on a treasure map for 10p a go, with the one closest to the "hidden treasure" winning stuff.
I told my sister where it was. I'd not really thought through how obvious this would be. I've kind of avoided cheating since, what have you cheated at? Confess all, it'll make you feel better.
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chthonic, Thu 17 Nov 2005, 10:14)
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CardsBack at the end of high school four of us used to play 500 (the card game with like Euka & bridge with suits and calling, with 10 tricks). All four of us were cheats to an extent, but my partner and I were good at it, and the other two were crap.
So one round my partner had his cards arranged indicating he had a good hand but not the joker, so I arranged mine to tell him I didn't have the joker either. Subsequent signalling showed I had the ace to his king of his long suit. Meanwhile he saw one of them mouthing to the other one "have you got flappy" which is what they called the joker for some reason, and the other one subtly shook his head. So on his call in the first round he calls 10 no trumps, picks up the joker from the kitty, and whips some ass.
Bastard was always a better cheat than me - Sly Ollie if you're out there kick some more butt.
Oh yeah, then I went to uni, and one day there was a 500 competition. I didn't have a regular partner, so I taught this other friend how to play that afternoon, and taught him a couple of good signalling systems, but the cards weren't with us, and we lost the grand final. Fair play to him though - even though 50 odd people were scrutinising us, he kept up the signalling in the finals.
(, Sat 19 Nov 2005, 11:32, Reply)
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