From: JP Massar Subject: [ESCARGOT] Escargot, or new meaning to the term 'roach motel' Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 23:20:09 -0800 ESCARGOT 2003 NOTES TO SELF It's far better to be picked up and dropped off by a Bike Town Car than pay $160 to rent a car that you almost never use. In the never ending battle between weight loss and free food, free food once again emerged victorious. It is not a good sign to walk into the Bicycle Club at 10:00 AM on a Saturday morning and see television monitors with captions saying 'Nasa administrator' and 'Nasa press conference', even if you can't hear what is going on. If you share a room with someone who is dumb enough to tell his wife to call him at 8:30 AM when he knows he will be going to sleep about 6:00 AM, you should at least have the sense to try to wake him up rather than getting his wife mad at you for suggesting it might be better for him to call her when he does wake up. If you share a room with roaches, you simply have to hope they are more fond of the bathroom than the bedsheets. If you share a room with someone who is dumb enough to tell his wife to call him at 8:30 AM the day after she has called at 8:30 AM, said roomsharer should at least have the sense to have told you to come up with a better story than the truth: "Uh, he never came back last night, and, uh, I have no idea where he is..." If you are thinking about playing Chinese Poker with Nolan Hee, remember to gag him first. And his assistant. If you are about to play Chinese Poker with Sabyl, first remind her that a) CP cannot be played with 54 cards divided into four equal hands. b) CP is not played with two jokers as well as the usual 52 suspects. If you are playing Omaha8, and watch a fellow RGP'er through away the nuts after the river to a bet, better to keep quiet and not mention it to anyone. After all, you might have thrown away the winning hand when Nolan Hee showed you bottom pair no-kicker and you read it for a straight. If you go to the effort of making a list and collecting money for a single Norcal-Socal last longer, you should pick the tournament the Norcal'ers will finish 1-2, instead of the one Russ Fox is going to win. If you are going to get one-outed in Omaha8, you should do it in such a way as to hit the $35,000 jackpot. If you ever move back to Los Angeles, you should play exclusively at the Bike, because they have by far the nicest dealers and supervisors, competent food servers, decent food, and outstanding promotions.