dominoes 29 July 2010
I played a game of dominoes in deep background of a shot at work a few days ago and it has led to something of a dispute. It’s years since I indulged in that great game and I’ll admit I could remember very few of the rules SO we set off on a double (but hear now it should be a double 6??) and were using the blanks to match what we wanted (ie calling them what best suited us) though now the word is that a blank can only meet a blank?? While discussing the finer details today, one of the regulars in the Jockey opined that, really, you could make up your own rules as long as both players were agreed – EH??? WHAT?! I had to say ‘stop you right there, pal, that would be Anarchy and, quite frankly, JAZZ DOMINOES’ and, to be honest, I meant PROGRESSIVE jazz…ie the NO TUNE jazz – the makingitupasyougoalong jazz! This can not be tolerated, at least not on my watch. We are no closer to agreeing what the actual rules of dominoes are so I’d be grateful for guidance on that from those of you who appreciate the sweet music of the game.
