I spent a session playing that was pretty damn funny, from start to finish. Marie and I were going to play cards, I signed the E/O, she was in a game when I got out to play. We were on the change list so we could play in the same game.

I was in a game, in the 1s, that had a group of Canadian guys in it. Everyone from the 2s down to the 8s, were all together. The 9 and 10s were married to each other, as I found out within about 20 minutes. The 10s was a little beauty, her name is Jackie. The 5s – Pablo – was smitten with Jackie. A seat opened in my game, the 2s opted to move to the 8s so Marie could sit by me; I moved to the 2s and Marie took the 1s. Game on!
How does one describe Pablo? Here’s a picture, even though it’s a bit dark, he’s the one with the beer sitting out almost a foot into the table playing area.

Pablo was drinking, very loud and never slowed down in his conversation with anyone and no one. He didn’t care if we were paying attention or even going to respond, he talked. He said he’s a Dr. and if we came to his emergency room, we would want him to take care of us, and he made the big bucks. He emphasized that he got paid a lot of money for very few hours. (See…there’s something wrong with the US medical system).

Sitting on Pablo’s right was Kyle. Kyle was the perfect table captain. As Pablo never knew what the bet was or if it was his turn to bet or cared if he knew, Kyle moved him into action, “It’s up to you, Pablo,” or “Bet or check, Pablo,” and Kyle kept the action moving where the dealer never could. Perfect.

Kyle is the smiley face on the left. Pablo did the idiot look thing on purpose. And looking at this picture, I’m not sure I’d want him to be my DR. But in truth, he was very funny, having a great time, and on vacation – so what the hell.

Pablo was talking it up with Jackie and told her and hubby that he had a website and wanted to know if they’d been out to Hoover Dam. He said he had a great pictograph of the damn and he gave them a URL that was 18 feet long which hubby appeared to dutifully record in his phone. Perhaps hubby was just blowing it off as a joke and played the game.

Then Pablo asked if they wanted their picture on his website. They said yes. Pablo pulled a camera out from under the table that had to be at least a foot across and almost two feet high with the flash extension on it. It was a behemoth monster and could never be concealed and pictures discretely snapped like MOI’s camera. Not only that, he had the ‘red eye’ function set on it so it flashed twice before the picture went off with another flash. All in all, it was like a rocket getting ready to launch and everyone in the vicinity knew it.

Pablo took a picture, FLASH-FLASH-SUPER FLASH! The dealer was being good natured about it and said, “Sir, you can’t take pictures at the table.”

Pablo reviewed the picture and showed it to Jackie and hubby, holding it over the table at them. BOO HISS! Bad picture. *light bulb* Ok, let’s take another one. Same scenario, dealer repeating above warning, FLASH-FLASH-SUPER FLASH, and this time one of the front brush was walking by. OMG!

It was like a scene out of a cop movie. “SIR! PUT THE CAMERA DOWN N-O-W!” Followed by, “YOU CAN’T TAKE PICTURES IN HERE!”

It was like ‘drop the gun or I’m going to shoot you’. I don’t believe that was necessary but it wasn’t me doing it so I rest my case.
The camera went back under the table. When Pablo won the last couple of hands, he made a sound like a mating whale, loud, long and overbearing. All the tables around us were looking at our table. We were laughing our asses off. Pablo exclaimed, “We can do that because we have big lungs, and big testicles!”

Someone asked, “Big testicles?”

Pablo replied, “Yes, it makes them easier to shave.”

Hey…I have no idea. But the whole thing was funny. Then it was over. All the Canadians decided it was time to go to dinner and as they were racking up, Jackie and hubby started racking up. A few minutes later Marie and I were sitting by ourselves, waiting for another game. We found one, much more sensible and quiet but I find both to be quite enjoyable. Rock on you crazy Canucks!

*this is one of the image manager related, delayed posts*