The Sporting Life
I’ve never had much interest in sports played with a ball.
Of games with pucks or shuttlecocks, I have no need at all.
Gym workouts, laps and chin-ups do nothing for me.
I simply have no talent for touching chin to knee.
The body part I work out with is of a different kind.
I like the sort of games requiring exercise of mind.
Dominoes or Mastermind, Bridge or Chess or Scrabble
are aspects of the sporting life discounted by the rabble.
Yet if you want to hold my interest, team sport is absurd.
Just woo me with a domino, a die, a card, a word.
Lay your mind upon the table, dear, I’ll trump it with an ace.
The contact I like in a sport is merely face-to-face.
The prompt word today was interest.
The Guardian: A judicial review this week will decide whether it was right for Sport England to have ruled that the card game is not a sport. … “Europe has said [sport has] to be physical, but the International Olympic Committee is prepared to include mind sports. … The IOC, for instance, recognises chess and bridge as sports – the respective federations have applied for them both to be included in the 2020 Olympics;
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/shortcuts/2015/sep/22/a-bridge-too-far-card-game-considered-a-sport
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
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I love board games. My favourite 2 person game is called “Lost Cities” My favourite games for 3-4 people are Catan and Acquire! I love the thinking, challenge and fun interaction that comes with playing games. Also like chess.
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I don’t play chess, but it fit the meter.. ha.
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I love silly rhymes that fit the meter!
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Have you ever played Mexican Train or 10,000? My addictions, along with Spider Solitaire and Scrabble.
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No – I’ll have to check them out. But I love Scrabble too! Most Sunday evenings I get together with a few folks to play some games.
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I play Scrabble online with a friend in California. Mexican Train is also called Chickenfoot and Tren Cubano.
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Judging from your amazing poems, I would guess that you are an awesome Scrabble Player. How do prevent folks from “cheating” online? I will find out more about the Mexican Chickenfoot Cubano game!
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I play with a friend. We just agree what we can and can’t do. We can use the bingo finder not to find words but to check them out before we play them. We can’t use the wordfinder. As long as we agree what we can do, no problema. I’ve known her for over 50 years, so I trust her.
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Sounds like a nice arrangement! Wow! – having a friend that long is truly amazing!
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I remember that after a family game of Scrabble ended, we had to make a story using all the words on the board. Quite hilarious and good practice using free association.
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I love that. I’m going to accept the challenge and do so the next game I play. I have a photo of a scrabble board at end of play on my blog that you should see.. An amazing finish and a real coincidence of words played. Just go to my blog and search for Scrabble and you should find it. A bit X rated, so if you have tender eyes, you might want to skip it.
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Do you play turkey tracks?
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No. That’s a new one for me, Leland. Are you making a joke?
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We were at a family reunion in Michigan several years ago, there must have been eight of us sitting around a large dining room table and we played turkey tracks for hours, it was a fun. I had never played it in my life, never really cared for dominoes but it was a fun afternoon had by all.
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