Let's break out the UNO deck for some good family fun.

Actually, I'd rather somebody kick me in the balls than to experience that drudgery again.

Had a new friend spend a couple of nights waiting for another friend to be released from the hospital. So, to pass the time I asked her "we like to play board games and card games. Do you?"

She: "I sure do. Let's play UNO."
Me: "We don't have that."
She: "OK, then, Skip-Bo."

It became obvious her board and card game experiences had all come off the WalMart shelf.

Me: "No, we don't have that one, either."
She: "What? You said you liked card games."
Me: "We have Coloretto and 6 Nimmt

I think you'll like them."

But as we played them she grumbled the whole time that they weren't as good as UNO.

The next day we went to a brew house in Careytown, four of us including our new friend's instant boyfriend from god-knows-where, and what did she happen to see on the game shelf right there under the beer poster? A UNO deck.

"UNO!" she exclaimed with glee. "Let's play! Let's play!"

So, we dealt out the cards and started to play. Play, I say? The game plays itself. Game, I said? It's not a game... it's an exercise for dimwits. frick UNO. Our new friend is a dimwit, which means she won't be my friend for much longer unless she reforms.