{"id":166,"date":"2005-11-07T22:09:56","date_gmt":"2005-11-08T05:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newcoolthang.com\/index.php\/2005\/11\/bunko\/166\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T06:44:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T13:44:18","slug":"bunko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newcoolthang.com\/index.php\/2005\/11\/bunko\/166\/","title":{"rendered":"Bunko Gets Bonked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a modern day outlaw.  First I nearly get thrown in jail (ok, the closest I&#8217;ve ever come to going to jail) and second I find out I may have a gambling problem, at least in my bishop&#8217;s eyes.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I am a member of a Bunko group.  I know, it&#8217;s a little bit cheesy.  If I were really going to be a person of consequence in the bloggernacle I should be saying that I&#8217;m a member of Mensa and my group gets together every fourth Thursday to discuss whether Zoloft would have prolonged Nietzsche&#8217;s life.  I guess I&#8217;ve reached my peak in the bloggernacle since there&#8217;s no Mensa for me, just Bunko.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who don&#8217;t know what Bunko is, it&#8217;s a game where the participants roll dice trying to get certain numbers until you reach a point total of 21 or you roll a certain combination which is also bunko.  In my group there are 12 ladies who get together every third Thursday, eat dinner, and play the game. There is a $10 charge and at the end of the night everyone gets a prize.  Not all of the prizes are of equal value and the last person to pick out a prize usually gets stuck with the lamest prize.<\/p>\n<p>In all honesty I really don&#8217;t enjoy the game of Bunko all that much.  Usually I spend too much time talking to my neighbor and forgetting to write down my score half the time.  This usually means that I&#8217;m one of the last people to pick a prize. It doesn&#8217;t really matter though, I like to go because I get to enjoy a nice meal that I don&#8217;t make and have good conversation with my friends.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I found out from a friend of mine, who founded our Bunko group, that our Bishop talked to her husband about Bunko and let my friend&#8217;s husband know that he will be talking to the congregation next Sunday on the evils of Bunko.  I guess his reason is that Bunko is gambling and too stimulating.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not really sure what to think about the whole situation.  As I said earlier, I&#8217;m not a huge fan of the game but I do enjoy getting together with the ladies in my Bunko group.  I think there is a bit of a pride issue for me too.  A part of me is a little miffed that I&#8217;m being told to stop doing an activity that I enjoy, and frankly seems harmless to me.  Another part of me wants to be obedient and not put my soul in jeopardy of hellfire.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think?  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