A good chilly morning to you! I'm sitting here with my cup of Joe, exhausted from too much leg work. I spent way too much time in my tenny-sneaks to have been wearing my cowboy boots for six hours with no sit down. The second day is always the worst. Add to that last night's Bingo and I'm pretty tuckered and achy.
No worries though ... last night's antics keep us laughing and today I'll park on the couch with some gatorade.
Well hello there!!! This bright eyed, soft muzzled kid came into Bingo last night, sliding through the back door with her nose going a hundred miles an hour. She was followed by a second boy named Banshee who howls like ... well you know, a BANSHEE.
Let me set the stage for you. Last week, our joke-filled Bingo caller told everyone that their Bingo proceeds went to the Merced County Sheriff's Department to purchase a dog (yes it's true). The dog was coming for a visit to meet everyone and thank them. He warned them all to leave their "drug stash" at home on this night and to wear fresh, clean clothes.
Apparently he panicked the peasants because we barely made 100 folks, compared to our normal 130-150. It seems they took him very seriously and did NOT show up for last nights festivities.
Meet 8 month old BINGO. She's as sweet as they come! Yessirree the Merced Elks purchased this dog and it's training for the Sheriff. Bingo just returned from three months in Florida for CADAVER training. She's also good at finding lost people and bank robbers. PEOPLE sniffing folks, not DRUG sniffing. Boy did we all get a big laugh out of that!!!
Can you imagine how big she's going to get? She's just a baby!
This is Banshee who came with sweet Bingo to the lodge to say hello. We got to pet both of them ... they love their scratches!
These two hound dogs will not only be used here, but all over the U.S. whenever they are needed to find people.
After lots of love, they both headed out. That's when our unstoppable laughter began, because most of the volunteers on this night didn't know about the "drug" dog. One gal even remarked how she noticed none of the players smelled like marijuana!! More laughter erupted when Bingo kept honing in on the women's bathroom!! Yes sweetheart, it does smell like dead people in there!! Hopefully next week all our players will be back.
It was a good night in Elkdom!! I'll be on the couch trying to heal up!
That is awesome! Great to see the proceeds go to something like that.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I have to say that our Elks Bingo crew are the ones determining who gets what. Most all of the charity money goes to local kids sports, the Burn Hospital and Children's Hospital. This one was special.
DeleteOh my gosh, that's so hilarious all the druggies skipped bingo because of a cadaver dog. 🤣
ReplyDeleteIf the same Florida outfit offers dogs trained to sniff the cash pocketed by the fraudsters who try to claim they were shortchanged by the cashier, all your problems are solved!
No kidding ... and I could have used that on this Bingo day. Details to come.
DeleteSomething tells me that no one argued about 'not getting' all their bingo cards, that you gave the wrong amount of change, or that they missed out on getting their 'red ticket' for the drawing.
ReplyDeleteThose dogs are AMAZING!
Almost ....... there's always ONE!!
DeleteI've been told that cancer of the female parts smells like dead meat. That would be disconcerting to have one of those dogs zero in on you.
ReplyDeleteGosh, I've never heard that before. I assure you the Deputy would not let her dog zero in on anyone.
DeleteThat's awesome. I love Dave's comment. I'll have to tell my bingo playing sister to read your blog. Elva
ReplyDeleteIt was pretty fun!! There was one incident though .. details today.
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