I remember when my parents took away the rule that they couldn't use words I didn't know in Boggle or Scrabble, but I don't remember how old I was. Maybe 10 or so?

New Guy is just asking to get punched in the dick, isn't he?

I got a reputation for cheating briefly when we were playing with the kids in New Mexico all the time. But I didn't cheat! I was just that good! And, okay, admittedly, we were playing my family's traditional game that no one knew the rules for before we taught them. It's not entirely surprising that I knew all the suits and who was likely to have what card and they didn't. But see above re: not throwing games. They just had to get better at the game. Which they did. And then I didn't win so much. But I swear I never cheated! Hmph.

Missing patient found dead in hospital

A 60-year-old man, missing for five days, was found dead in a doctor's waiting room at a hospital. From Daily Dispatch Online:

It is alleged the man was seen by a nurse and a doctor on December 24, and five days later his decomposing body was found locked inside the room.

Health spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said that bread and the keys of the room were found inside the room with him.

“We condemn such misconduct and hospital managers who don’t want to manage will have shape up or ship out,” Kupelo said.

The man’s family came looking for him but were using a different name to that which was used when he was admitted to the hospital, he said.

New Guy is just asking to get punched in the dick, isn't he?

Repeatedly.

Not that it happens very often, but I hate being accused of cheating, even in jest, mostly because I don't see the point of it. I would have no satisfaction in winning if I knew I had cheated.

DH and I tried playing Lexulous with his mom. After the first couple of games we were labeled as cheaters because she wasn't winning. I tried explaining that it takes a while to get back into the swing of things with a game like Scrabble, but she blew me off. Soon after she just got real snippy and then stopped playing completely.

She still sends invites to other online competition type games and we've decided to ignore them.

Wow, is New Guy playing at something? I repeat, what a tool.

WRT letting the kids win, sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Depends on the circumstances, the game, and whether or not our kids are still learning the rules. We have two kids who want to win, and since they can't both win every time, it's not worth our while to throw games to them on a regular basis.

The Expulsion from Eden, Written with Internet Catchphrases (A short comic)

My family had evening games of Michigan Rummy and Monopoly when I was a kid. No cheating was allowed, but we were expected to help our little brother who couldn't read yet. Sometimes that meant helping him to win, which was actually fun.