Hiccup at North End Baptist

When I was 16 or so, Mom took up bridge. She loved the intellectual stimulation and fellowship and played until almost the end of her life.

She showed me how to play and I was pretty excited. So I took a deck of cards, 4 bridge bidding hint sheets and a score pad with me to Youth Group at Church.

You would have thought I had invited Beelzebub himself into the fellowship with all of the ruckus that was raised. Cards! Cards! Cards and playing cards are from the devil.

We could play 21 with dominos which is very similar in concept to bridge, but does not involve cards.

Anyhow I was terribly embarrassed and backed off on my Youth Group attendance.