Such convincing smiles.
Lavinia would still look guilty even if she were innocent.
Oh, dear. I hate to say this, but Canast wasn’t invented until 1939. Maybe the uncles have a time machine as well.
Nice to see words like rambunctious and raucous though. It’s clear that Owen has been well brought up in the home.
Blast! You know me, I usually research these things I must be getting sloppy!
Now I’m going down a Wiki rabbit hole looking for games introduced in the 1900s, and I’ve stumbled on Panko–aka Votes for Women! That would certainly get Uncle M’s goat
Ha! I’ve found the perfect replacement — Whist, “meaning quiet, silent, attentive.” Just the sort of game the Uncles would approve of for young people
(and don’t worry, there’s a three-handed variant I wasn’t about to mess that up too!)
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6 thoughts on “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide (Except Me and My Monkey)”
slim kittens
Such convincing smiles.
KS
Lavinia would still look guilty even if she were innocent.
KS
Oh, dear. I hate to say this, but Canast wasn’t invented until 1939. Maybe the uncles have a time machine as well.
KS
Nice to see words like rambunctious and raucous though. It’s clear that Owen has been well brought up in the home.
Uncle Mortemius
Blast! You know me, I usually research these things
I must be getting sloppy!
Now I’m going down a Wiki rabbit hole looking for games introduced in the 1900s, and I’ve stumbled on Panko–aka Votes for Women! That would certainly get Uncle M’s goat
Uncle Mortemius
Ha! I’ve found the perfect replacement — Whist, “meaning quiet, silent, attentive.” Just the sort of game the Uncles would approve of for young people
(and don’t worry, there’s a three-handed variant
I wasn’t about to mess that up too!)