Cash a blank card^^

Rubber Bridge.
High stakes.
No Luck.
Opponents just made slam.
Pay up.
Made another game.
Got to Pay.
Oh no!
They just bid grandslam.
And made it!
Pay it again. Slam.

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Dedicated to my love-hate relationship with duplicate bridge. Love it for the challenge, strategy and thrill. Hate it for the stress and the time it sucks away from my other interests. I swear I don't want to play it any more .... but I don't want to play it any less either (groan). 

BTW, Bogie never said "play it again, Sam" in Casablanca (title of feghoot). but Woody Allen, one of my favorite comedians (my favorite is George Carlin) did make a movie of the that name.

Allen: What are you doing Saturday night?

Woman: Committing suicide.

Allen: What about Friday night?

Blue Moo^^

Mad cow disease was spreading fast and the dairy farmers in Austria had to act fast. They buried the dead cows and quarantined all the groaning sick ones.

The ills are Alive with the Sound of Moo Sick.

(The hills are alive with the sound of music)

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Dedicated to the researchers in their never ending fight against the microbes. Will there come a time when a deadly strain will be totally resistant to all our drugs?

Fool's Gold^^^

Conquistador Francisco Pizarro with superior weapons ruthlessly massacred the Incas and looted tons of gold.  The hoard was so great, he could not take it all back in his ships and hid most of it.

Father Samuel got an ancient map during a confession from an explorer who killed an antique dealer and stole it from him. The map led greedy Father Samuel deep into the Andes. At a remote village, he managed to buy a pony and made his final push to an obscure cave. He managed to cleared out some rubble from collapsed passages and there, lo and behold, was Pizarro's treasure!

He fully loaded his pony and started the trek back. Unknown to him, he was being stalked by bandits. Suddenly they made their move. He tried to escape on the pony but it collapsed as it was too overloaded.

Needless to say, he and 
a Full Andes Pony are soon Martyred.

(A fool and his money are soon parted)

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2 dedications this time.

To the destroyed civilizations on every continent throughout history. Aside from the devastating massacre and genocide, the victors also forced their religion, values and culture. So much  interesting, valuable and important knowledge has been wiped out.

Also dedicated to those of us who have lost their hard earned money by lending, investing, giving money or just getting outright cheated  by conmen.  Sweet talkers with get-rich schemes or sad stories are far more effective than the mugger in the street. 

Cat Call^^

The tomcat loved the maid. Unlike previous caretakers, this one was a rare find as she was genuinely fond of him. She always fed him on time, brushed his coat and scratched his cheeks.

Yup, he  became the Fan Tom of the Au Pair rare.

                          (The Phantom of the Opera)

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3 Dedications

To our maids -- they have to leave their husbands, children, family and friends and come to a strange foreign land so they can earn enough to give their loved ones a better life. (yes especially for you Lilik)

To the Musical -- Thank you Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, Frederick Loewe, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II,  Schonberg and so many others for enriching our lives, A special mention to my Hongkong Diocesan Boys' School literature teacher Mr, Jacobsen for advising me to always see beyond the main characters and songs.


To my childhood Burmese cats : King and Dylan