Thursday 14 April 2011

LEGS ELEVEN.

BINGO. 

1 Kelly's Eye 2 One Little Duck 3 Cup of Tea 4 Knock at the Door 5 Man Alive 6 Tom's Tricks 7 Lucky 8 Garden Gate 9 Doctor's Orders 10Tony's Den 11 Legs Eleven 12 One Dozen 13 Unlucky for Some 14 Valentines Day 15 Young and Keen 16 Sweet Sixteen 17 Dancing Queen 18 Coming of Age 19 Goodbye Teens 20 One Score 21 Key of the Door 22 Two Little Ducks 23 Thee and Me 24 Two Dozen 25 Duck and Dive 26 Pick and Mix 27 Gateway to Heaven 28 Over Weight 29 Rise and Shine 30 Dirty Gertie 31 Get up and Run 32 Buckle my Shoe 33 Dirty Knee 34 Ask for More 35 Jump and Jive 36 Three Dozen 37 More than Eleven 38 Christmas Cake 39 Steps 40 Naughty Forty 41 Time for Fun 42 Winnie the Pooh 43 Down on your Knees 44 Droopy Drawers 45 Halfway There 46 Up to Tricks 47 Four and Seven 48 Four Dozen 49 PC 50 Half a Century 51 Tweak of the Thumb 52 Danny La Rue 53 Stuck in the Tree 54 Clean the Floor 55 Snakes Alive 56 Was she worth it 57 Heinz Varieties 58 Make them Wait 59 Brighton Line 60 Five Dozen 61 Baker's Bun 62 Turn on the Screw 63 Tickle Me  64 Red Raw 65 Old Age Pension 66 Clickety Click 67 Made in Heaven 68 Saving Grace 69 Either Way Up 70 Three Score and Ten 71 Bang on the Drum 72 Six Dozen 73 Queen B 74 Candy Store 75 Strive and Strive 76 Trombones 77 Sunset Strip 78 Heavens Gate 79 One More Time 80 Eight and Blank 81 Stop and Run 82 Straight On Through 83 Time for Tea 84 Seven Dozen 85 Staying Alive
86 Between the Sticks 87 Torquay in Devon 88 Two Fat Ladies 89 Nearly There 90 Top of the Shop.

For the design safairi assignment I went to the mecca bingo. The first impression of going is the reek of cigarettes even as a smoker the smell is unpleasant. The variety of people who go is also a surprise, old hunch back ladies puff away next to young adults. Nicotine giving them a break to think their game over and to calm after the stress of the balls turning over. 


Another shock when playing bingo is how stressed people get when playing bingo. The tension is thick and the money you can win is higher than I thought. People become very competitive. A very nice bonus to anyone's pension. 


Lots of people who go the bingo are very prepared, bringing snacks, sandwiches, flasks on tea and slippers! No one was unfriendly but I did feel like an outsider as everyone else pretty much knew each other. It was defiantly lots of locals who come every week. I did not win anything unfortunately but my friend who I went with won £20. It was interesting to watch such a social sport and see couples playing who have been doing bingo together for years and will do for years to come. I do not plan going back to the bingo anytime soon, not for at least fifty years anyway.




In one seminar with vanilla ink we discussed in our groups the visit to the bingo. First we brainstormed and came up with the main points about our visit which stayed in our mind and grouped them. Addicts was one of the main categories as people who go to the bingo can get addicted and also their is the smoking factor. Social is also another because some old people can find socialising very difficult, therefore going to the bingo is a very treasured time to them.   

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