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Welcome to the Euchre Club of Chicago weekly newsletter
-- a collection of event information, club news, gossip,
advice, and things that amuse us from the Internets. And
there's no truth to the rumor that this week's newsletter is
being hosted by Jon Stewart.
If you have ideas, gossip to divulge, humorous thoughts,
abject praise, rampant criticism, ideas to improve the club,
or you're just kinda lonely and want to talk, send a note to
euchrechicago@yahoo.com.
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Daylight Savings Time - In Two Weeks |
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Daylight Savings Time begins on Sunday, March 9, as
as is our tradition, play at Charlie's moves to
6pm with the start of DST. This way you get to
enjoy an extra hour of that abundant sunshine, or
sleep in a little longer from your Saturday night
bender.
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Things That Amuse Us from the Internet |
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Nothing says "Internet Sensation" like a public
lovers' spat. The lovers in question? Jimmy Kimmel
and Sara Silverman. The spat? Sara recently posted a
YouTube video entitled "I'm f**cking Matt Damon," in
which she crows to Jimmy, her boyfriend, that she's,
um, trumping Mr. Damon. You can see her original
video
here. It's been around for a while, so you've
probably already seen it.
What you probably haven't seen yet is Jimmy's
response, entitled "I'm f**cking Ben Affleck." You
can watch it by clicking
here. Ah, love...
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This Week's Weather: Banausic |
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This week's weather provided by the meteorologists
at
WFLD-TV Fox Chicago.
TUESDAY 29 / 11 Snow
WEDNESDAY 20 / 5 Partly Cloudy
THURSDAY 27 / 25 Snow
FRIDAY 29 / 12 Snow
SATURDAY 31 / 20 Sunny
SUNDAY 41 / 33 Rain
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Tournament of Champions III |
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The third-ever Tournament of Champions will be
Sunday, April 13 at Charlie's. Sign-up begins at
noon and play begins shortly thereafter. There's no
charge to play, and there will be plenty of food to
go around (and feel free to bring your own to
share!).
At the Tournament of Champions, you won't need a
partner, but you'll be "seeded" based on your club
average that morning. If you're wondering where you
stack up right now, check out the club's website at
euchrechicago.org and click the "member scores"
link (oh, and click those Google Ads too!).
If you have any questions about the tournament,
see Sunday director Geoff Dankert. If you want to
sign up you can add your name to the list at any
play venue, or send us an email at
euchrechicago@yahoo.com.
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Dates to Remember |
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Sun, Mar 9 - Daylight Savings Time begins,
play at Charlie's moves to 6:00pm
March 12 - 16 - Spring Break!
Sun, Apr 13 - Tournament of Champs III
Wed, Apr 16 - Next Variation Night
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Congratulations to All! |
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Congratulations to the following winners!
Sat. Feb 16 David Rothen with a 50!
Tue. Feb 19 - Gregory Ward with a 53!
Wed. Feb 20 - Dave Pimm with a 51!
Sat. Feb 23 - Thomas Secson with a 51!
Sun. Feb 24 - John Cowhey with a 50!
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New Inductees to the "Get a Life" club |
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The following players have recently passed the
100- games-this-year mark! Frankly, we're not sure
if this is something to be proud of...
Fester Hugunine - 111 games!
Marvin Leach - 109 games!
Dan Miracle - 103 games!
Paul Zehren - 101 games!
Kevin Jackson & Dave Pimm, you're both not far
behind...
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Overheard at Euchre |
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"That's the most manly sound I've ever heard come
out of you."- ECC member Michael Meadows to Paul
Sullenger. We're not sure of the sound, but knowing
Paul, anything could be possible.
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Ask Hoyle |
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Dear Hoyle,
The person to my left called hearts as trump,
and then led the ace of clubs. I had the ten of
clubs in my hand and knew I'd have to follow suit,
so I pulled it out of my hand and put it face down
on the table, ready to play once the other two
players laid their cards. My partner approached me
after the hand and very nicely suggested that I
shouldn't do that, that it's like table talk, giving
information to the other players. I don't get it. I
didn't say a word, and I would have had to play that
card anyway, since it was the only club I had, so I
thought I'd speed up play by getting it ready. Am I
wrong for wanting to play quicker? - Fingering A
Singleton Ten
Dear FAST:
Your partner is right -- what you're doing is indeed
giving information to the other team. You're telling
them that either you have trump or you don't. So in
reality, you're not really giving much information
to the other team.
BUT, if you do it all the time, and you always
follow the same pattern (e.g. you only pull out that
card when you're following suit) then you are indeed
practicing some table talk. You're telling your
partner "Look! I have to follow suit! I can't trump
this trick!" That's not fair to your partner nor is
it fair to the other team. However, if you lay a
card down early, and 50% of the time it's trump and
50% of the time you're following suit, then you're
not really telling anyone anything, but that still
kind of makes you a tool.
-Hoyle
If you have a question about Euchre strategy,
ECC club rules, relationships or just
life in general, send an e-mail to resident
expert Hoyle at
euchrechicago@yahoo.com. We promise all e- mails
are anonymous, and the answers may just
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Project Runway Recap
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ECC member Geoff Dankert recaps this week's edition
of the gayest show on television, "Project Runway."
Things I Learned While Watching The Project Runway
reunion special:
VictorYa is a bitch. Well, I sort of knew that
already, but the fact that Heidi and Tim called her
on it AND IT MADE THE FINAL CUT is kind of amazing.
Orange Michael Kors is a giggly little girl. We
see the most awesome outtakes of this "top American
designer" losing his shit during the WWE challenge,
and even though it's been days since I saw it, I'm
still laughing.
Jack The Hotness is feeling better. I hope he's
still dating Chicago Dale from Top Chef.
Chicago Steven Whom I Once Loved is a zero. I
think he got one line in the recap about how great
Rami The Hotness is at draping.
Spiky Christian likes to say "fierce." Weepy
Ricky is emotional. Straight Kevin is straight. Big
Chris likes to laugh. These are all major
revelations worthy of montages.
Carmen Walker is a narcissistic idiot. She
actually cried that NO ONE MISSED HER WHEN SHE WAS
AUF'ED. Then, later, she got snappish when Heidi
recalled her unfinished menswear look. Yeah, like
that was never going to come up.
Spiky is Viewer's Choice winner. Wow, I thought
Jack was going to get the sympathy vote.
Next time: Rami and Chris in a duel to the death
. . . and by "death," I mean "Fashion Week."
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