20 Feb 2013: "I'm blowing my nose, you jackass !"

Despite the absence of our stern disciplinarian Black Rose, CRIBBAGE CLUB enjoyed an evening that, while zany, wasn't quite as out-of-control as last time.  Nevertheless, the Rabelaisian humor came out after a reference to a mini-panther stirred something deep within the Baltic Princess.

The Pink Queen was unstoppable, being on the winning side in nearly every game she was involved in, often with skunkage involved.  The fear lurking behind her consort's impérial was palpable.

The Gabridoodle and la Marmotte continued their sugar packet war.  One of his well-timed (and aimed) assaults elicited a cranky, "I'm blowing my nose, you jackass !"

Fortunately, nobody broke la Marmotte this time.  The ginger liqueur had a definite mellowing effect.  The Gabridoodle's avoidance of caffeine before the event clearly helped, as well.

To keep that pressure cooker called Crazy Joe from exploding, we capped off the evening with a couple of goofy eight-player games.  The traditional blue and steel pegs were used.


In attendance were:

     the Gabridoodle
     Anne de la Mouffette
     the Baltic Princess
     Crazy Joe
     la Marmotte
     the Pink Queen
          and her consort the Townie
     the Queen of the Bluff

Oliver, the CLUB mascot, was kept under lock and key.  There were concerns that he would intimidate the CLUB's shorter members.

23 January 2013: post-malaria cribbage bash

As usual, a hearty thanks to Mouffie for making the Clubhouse available.

Thanks to the 1.25 liters of Coca-Cola™ (they didn't have Dr. Pepper™) he consumed immediately before being chauffeured to the Clubhouse, the Gabridoodle was completely out-of-control.  The white chocolate popcorn, while tasty, didn't help matters.  Eventually, the Gabridoodle managed to break la Marmotte ! It got so bad that she wound up crawling on the floor.  We therefore hope that the Black Rose, a stern disciplinarian, will attend our next event.

The eight attendees split up into two groups of four.  While la Marmotte was being broken at one table, the other table was dealing with mustaches and mathematical difficulties.  Later, the entire group gathered for a goofy eight-player game overseen by Crazy Joe.  The Cribbage Gods showed no favor to the steel pegs.  The use of LL Bean playing cards did, at least, add an outdoorsy touch.

Photo credit: the Baltic Princess

In attendance were:

      The Gabridoodle
      Anne de la Mouffette
      The Baltic Princess
      Crazy Joe
      el Greco
      la Marmotte
      The Pink Queen
            and her consort the Townie

In CLUB business:

      • Anne de la Mouffette was appointed Vice Commander
      • The Chess Pirate was appointed Candidate Member
      • Cap'n Bette was appointed Prospective Candidate Member.
      • The Pathologist was appointed Honorary Member
      • Oliver was officially designated CLUB Mascot

26 Sep 2012: birthday bashes and goofiness

Our thanks go to Mouffie -- well and justly known as the hostess with the mostest -- for making the Clubhouse available for the evening's bash.

Not only did we have the usual cribbage action, some of it goofy, but we were celebrating Crazy Joe and the Townie's birthdays in true hipster fashion... With cupcakes !

Better still, our non-smoking live mascot, Oliver, made the rounds, again and again and again.

To mix things up a bit, and at the risk of angering a certain cap'n, we introduced Kings Cribbage to CRIBBAGE CLUB's repertoire.  A chest-puffing Gabridoodle beat The Pink Queen, her consort the Townie, and Little Rhody.

Attendees:

Mouffie
The Gabridoodle
Madame de la Marmotte
Crazy Joe
The Pink Queen
    and her consort the Townie
Little Rhody
Oliver

Our mascot makes an appearance

22 Aug 2012: The first official/informal cribbage bash

First a big thank-you to Mouffie, the hostest with the mostest, for making the her clubhouse available for CRIBBAGE CLUB's first official, yet informal meeting.

At times things got out of control, but hey, there's always a douchebag at the party !  After much heming and hawing about noms, we got two two-player games going. Once all the stragglers arrived, we got two four-player games going. Finally, Crazy Joe got us to play two big, goofy eight-player games -- yes, that's right, eight players (two teams of four).  Those games featured amazing pegging storms, the second game ending in a double-skunk !

Attendees:

Mouffie
The Gabridoodle
The Queen of the Bluff
el Greco
The Pink Queen
     and her consort
Madame de la Marmotte
Crazy Joe

Our first event !

Mouffie, the hostess with the mostest, has taken the bull by the horns and scheduled our first event !  It's August 22nd at 7:00 pm at the Main Clubhouse.