Family Date Bingo

We all play it, it just so happens that some of us are more addicted to it than others. What, might you ask, is family date bingo? It's when you take out a calendar and mark down successive dates for some family event until you have made a straight line, vertical or horizontal, diagonal, or at 4 corners. Once this happens, you are allowed to yell "FAMILY BINGO" as loud as possible, and your prize is an excuse to not have to attend the event in the first place.

Still a little fuzzy on the concept? Let's try an example.

You have an aunt Agnes, who wants people to come over to her house for crabs and swimming in her pool. Everyone agrees on a date: Memorial Day. A few days before Memorial Day, you get a phone call to say that it might be a lousy day out and the event will be rescheduled. When was it rescheduled for? July 10th. A little calendar shifting and you say "yes, we can make it then".

A few days later you get a phone call. The 10th is too busy for people, can you do July 4th? A little more shuffling and you say "yes, we can probably do that".

A few days later you get a phone call. Aunt Agnes had meant September 4th, instead of July 4th. Her exact words being "July 10th is bad for some people, we should do the 4th instead". How anyone could not get "September" from this is anyone's guess! 8)

So, we move the date to September 4th.

FAMILY BINGO!

I win!

-Ed