by Melissa Brown

Created on: April 12, 2010

We were driving down 1960 East, towards Humble, as we do sometimes to go visit friends or meet them for dinner.  I always look to see if the old bingo place is still there, and it is, and probably will always be.  I’m not an avid bingo player, but a friend of ours talked us into playing a few times.  The Royster went with us once.  We bought our daubers and cards and took our places at the table with our friend.

It’s huge!  And, they are very serious bingo players.  As you walk in, and to the left is where you buy your bingo cards and daubers.  As we stood in line, I observed several very serious bingo players in line ahead of us.  They were buying several cards to play at one time.  Some had their big tote bags of bingo equipment.  This means their daubers, their snacks and whatever else they would need to endure a grueling day at the bingo parlor.  These are the serious ones.  They were from all walks of life…men and women, young and old.  I did happen to see some stereotypical bingo players; the kind one imagines when the term bingo parlor is uttered.  There truly were a couple of those, and I would hesitate to stand in their way or cross them in any way.  You’d want to wait until they find their seat before sitting down.  No, you wouldn’t want to take their usual seat, and probably not even close enough to get smacked with a dauber in a frenzy of bingo card daubing.

I will attempt to describe one lady that I encountered.  She was of large stature, wearing a red, green and yellow floral Mu’u Mu’u with red flip-flops to match.  She wore red horn-rimmed glasses.   Her fresh make-up was well done.  Eye shadow was a beautiful bright blue, with lipstick to match her red horn-rims.  She had just had her roots done, and her bleached blond tresses were in a Texas size mass of individual curls, in a doo on top of her head.  She had just had her nails painted bright red, with a pedicure to match.  Her tote bag matched her dress exactly, and I’d bet dollars to donuts that she had at least six other Mu’u Mu’us at home with totes to match; along with matching flip-flops.   She wore big red hoop earrings, and a set of red, yellow and green bangle bracelets to set everything else off.

I stepped back and waited for her to take her seat. 

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