Do you remember when Bingo Halls were full, and the players were mostly smokers. With the bans on smoking the charity gambling revenues from bingo dried up. And that's all over the world. The UK called it Housey-Housey, although bingo has been its name for centuries.
I found this version that seem hilarious just to read about.
Bossy Bingo (also known as Cow Patty Bingo)—a raffle event conducted using a large area divided into many squares. Participants draw a number representing a square. A cow is then placed in the designated area. The prizewinner is the person holding the number of the square upon which the cow´s bowel movement lands.
There are lots of differences between countries. Callers announcing the numbers have traditionally used some nicknames to refer to particular numbers if they are drawn. The nicknames are sometimes known by the rhyming phrase 'bingo lingo' and there are rhymes for each number from 1 to 90, some of which date back many decades. In the UK in some clubs, the 'bingo caller' will say the number, with the assembled players intoning the rhyme in a call and response manner, in others, the caller will say the rhyme and the players chant the number.
I found the bingo lingo Calls for Australia: 1 – Kelly's eye. This bingo saying could be a reference to Ned Kelly, one of Australia's greatest folk heroes – but many think it's just military slang. 2 – One little duck. ... 3 – Cup of tea. ... 4 – Knock at the door. ... 5 – Man alive. ... 6 – Tom Mix/Half a dozen. ... 7 – Lucky seven. ... 8 – Garden gate.
There are long lists of bingo jokes:
How do you get nine grandmas to swear? Make the tenth one shout "bingo!"
My doctor told me I had a Bingo tumor. He said "Don't worry. It's B-9.".
A picture from a past spring - at Longwood's conservatory in 2013, with the beautiful Himalayan Poppies in bloom.
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