The Chit-Chatting-Cheater
While sitting not far from a group of four people - who were vying at euchre one day -
I was very impressed with the method one used for the message he meant to convey!
He began:
“Hey, you guys…have I told ya’ yet…while I was diggin’ taters…
I found a fancy antique brooch - with -
2 BIG diamonds in it!
The setting’s shaped like a -
pair of hearts -
and on its back, of course -
there’s a little, pointy, spear-like thing to let a person pin it.
“The spade that I was digging with…
the only one I’ve got…
was borrowed from the -
single club…to which my wife belongs!!!
I’m hopin’ someone feeds the box, an’ plays a little “country”,
An’ I think –
‘Queen of Hearts’, and --
‘From a Jack to a King’ –
are both great songs.”
The way he’d tipped his partner off was actually down right clever --
combining suits with quantities a fool could understand --
And goes to show what some will do when winning means too much,
and what they’re dealt is far from being a euchre-players’ “pat-hand”!
Copyright © Mark Stellinga | Year Posted 2021
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