Bingo Babe Talk

With the price of cigarettes rising every day, many bingo players remain die hards, having a dauber in one hand and a cigarette in the other. Online bingo sites are probably happy with this because they can offer Bingo players a place to play Bingo without the smoke – their own homes.

Bingo players who do not smoke, and are bothered by the smoke search for other ways to play bingo without having to endure smoky rooms and burning eyes.

Many of this Bingo Babes friends smoke. They always have smoked and always will smoke. They don’t even want to talk about quitting.

Then there are the Bingo players who are convinced that most of their Bingo Buddy friends just won’t admit that they really don’t like smoking at all. They are addicted… that’s it… a sad fact, but a true one and they will keep smoking.

The smokers all light one cigarette after the other while daubing away and continue to cough and complain about how their chests hurt because they are smoking too much. The non smokers just have to put up with it. After all, it is the non smokers choice not to smoke and this particular Bingo hall allows smoking. Bottom line here is if the non smokers don’t want to breath in all that nasty smoke, they would just have to find another place to play. It’s just the way it is.

The smokers only really bothered me when I couldn’t hear the numbers being called because of their coughing and hacking, and I never did like the smell. Even though I smoked myself, I never smoked in my home, and every night after bingo I would strip right out of my clothes and toss them into the washing machine. I couldn’t get into bed until I showered off the strong cigarette smell. When you sit in a room with hundreds of cigarettes going all at the same time, even with the best ventilation, the smell sticks to you like glue!

One of the nicest things about online bingo rooms is the fact that you can sit around and play your favorite online bingo games without being annoyed by the smoke. It is sure healthier and I can definitely understand those players that will choose to quit their old bingo habits and start playing at online bingo sites. It might be hard for the land-based bingo industry, but this is how things go, I guess.

To the right are some of the Games that this Bingo Babe enjoys. I like having the option. I still enjoy going to the local hall to be with my friends, but with online bingo I can play whenever I want, without the smoke and I can even play in my nightie. Another fun thing about playing privately at home is I can jump up out of my chair when I win and do my Funky Bodacious Bingo Babe winning dance and pour myself a glass of wine to celebrate. Now how Bingo Bodacious is that!

First, how do you thank years of good friends, great stories and evenings spent merrily playing BINGO, talking about children, husbands and lives little tragedies, not to mention the abundance of wisdom and moral support.

I can only wish you all to have the opportunity to win a huge jackpot and not have to split it with anyone else.

BINGO…Just saying the word (yelling it is better!) makes me feel tingly all over. There is nothing I can think of that I enjoy more than a night out with my friends playing Bingo. I know I am not the only one out there who feels the same way, so I thought it would be fun to put together this little site to talk about my passion, ask questions, give answers and find out what everyone else thinks.

First let’s start with some basic rules. I found these and thought it would be the perfect place to start. We have all said them. We have all broken them from time to time and we have all forgiven ourselves.

The 10 Commandments of BINGO
(Author Unknown)

1. Thou shall not sit in thy neighbor’s lucky seat
2. Thou shall not stare at thy neighbors cards
3. Thou shall not take thy caller’s name in vein
4. Thou shall not call false "BINGO"
5. Thou shall not wish bad luck on thy neighbor
6. Thou shall not threaten to kill the caller
7. Thou shall not steal thy husband’s money for BINGO
8. Thou shall not brag about how much thou hast won
9. Thou shall not whine about how much thou hast lost
10. Thou shall not covet thy neighbor’s winnings

In answer to the question…you know you are addicted to BINGO when:

Here are a few short stories about things that have really happened at one of my favorite Bingo halls. I am still amazed, but not terribly surprised at the things some people will do to play BINGO.

The names have been changed to protect the temporarily insane, but my dear friends, you know who you are!

Mary went to the supermarket and as she stood looking at the steak she was planning to buy for dinner, she equated it to how many early birds games she could play. So instead of the steak, she bought hamburger meat and used the difference to play BINGO. That night she won the jackpot and was able to take her husband out to a lovely restaurant for a steak dinner. Sounds to me like they both won!

My dear friend Wanda had missed BINGO for six weeks while she was recovering from a broken leg. The week before her cast was to be removed she asked her husband to please drive her to BINGO. When he refused, she went into the garage and used his power tools to remove the cast so she could drive to BINGO herself. Now that’s determination!

Anna Marie was on a fixed income. After being so careful with her money for so many years, clipping as many coupons as she could stand and always remembering to turn off every light, she cashed in her life insurance policy, because she figured "What was life without BINGO anyway." Amazing, but true.

Sandy arrived at BINGO wearing a large raincoat over her shoulders. When she let the coat slide off, she revealed her sons piggy bank stuck on her hand. She had been trying to fish out some quarters for bingo when her hand simply got stuck. We all laughed until we cried, even though Sandy didn’t think it was all that funny. With our help and half a bottle of soap from the ladies room, we were able to finally remove her hand from the piggy bank. I guess you could say we helped her launder money for Bingo.

And my personal favorite story is about Jackie. She was 9 months pregnant at the time and came waddling into bingo. During the halftime break we found her in the ladies room leaning against the wall holding her well rounded belly. She was already in labor. Being that this was her fifth child she assured us she still had a little more time and no matter what we all said to her, she was bound and determined to finish out the night. She played the last game and was rushed to the hospital, where she delivered a beautiful 7 pound 8 ounce baby boy. When he was born all the nurses laughed when she yelled…you got it…BINGO!

If you have a great TRUE short story you would like to share with us, please Contact Me.




Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, and Carmen Maranda

A little bit of funny…

Question: What has little balls and screws old ladies?
Answer: ….a BINGO machine

A true BINGO player only plays BINGO on days that end in "Y"

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