making the rounds

If  you ever  can’t sleep, I suggest you research your beloved old pastimes on the webs.

I happened to be raised on lil ole card game known as Pinochle.  As any of my cuzins can attest, I am an  entertaining player at the best and at worst someone other then their parents to hold 1/4 of 48 stacked deck .  What I lack in basic strategery skills, I make up with wit and charm that lower your guard as I proceed to hand your ass to you as my luck eventually comes cashing in.

And now 5 things for my nightly investigative report:

1) ” Pinochle derives from the game bezique, which is virtually identical to the original two-handed version of pinochle that is still played by some. The French word “binocle” also meant “eyeglasses”.The word is also possibly derived from the French word, “binage”, for the combination of cards called “binocle”. This latter pronunciation of the game would be adopted by German speakers. German immigrants brought the game to America, where it was later mispronounced and misspelled “Pinochle.”

2. Wikipedia also includes one little line in their article about Irish immigrants playing it in there as well.  Those two “facts” I imagine how it made it way into my life in the immigrant rich Buffalo.

3) The most helpful website on the topic is without a doubt National Pinochle Association. I know I am not messing around when I say anything in w/ the scrolling text, so clearly,  ” Pinochle . . . PINOCHLE . . . Pinochle Really Turns Me On!!!!” is not to be taken lightly.

4) Apparently it is understood that card  games such a Pinochle it stimulates brain activity well into the golden years ( p.s. score one for the Internet Generation  cuz what what so does web surfing)

5) How did we, Pinochle lovers of the world, miss this during US election season ?!? Pincocle was a political metaphor for a split second and we let it us pass by !