The dangers of dominoes!

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MJMcCready
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The dangers of dominoes!

Post by MJMcCready » Sun Jan 03, 2021 1:07 pm

What on earth is happening to our country? Haven't the police got better things to do than this?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55503852

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Re: The dangers of dominoes!

Post by John Upham » Sun Jan 03, 2021 1:11 pm

MJMcCready wrote:
Sun Jan 03, 2021 1:07 pm
What on earth is happening to our country? Haven't the police got better things to do than this?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55503852
I assumed I would be learning something about pizza restaurants : sadly disappointed.
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Re: The dangers of dominoes!

Post by Matthew Turner » Sun Jan 03, 2021 1:14 pm

John Upham wrote:
Sun Jan 03, 2021 1:11 pm
MJMcCready wrote:
Sun Jan 03, 2021 1:07 pm
What on earth is happening to our country? Haven't the police got better things to do than this?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55503852
I assumed I would be learning something about pizza restaurants : sadly disappointed.
Moved to the pedants' thread?

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Re: The dangers of dominoes!

Post by James Plaskett » Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:54 pm

There ARE dangers attendant!
Some thirty years ago I read a piece in The Spectator about the World Dominoes Championships in Jamaica. One aficianado was quoted: "Me born to play domino".
Top prize was about thirty thousand pounds - serious money in Jamaica in those days - so invigilators, armed with pens and papers, diligently scrutinised any and all mannerisms and noises to inspect how those correlated with the dominoes subsequently revealed to be in that player´s possession.
Yours from a man who has written more than most about sly coughs to help a player out and the pickle such suspicions could land three people in... 8)

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Re: The dangers of dominoes!

Post by NickFaulks » Fri Jun 25, 2021 3:39 pm

I have an anthology CD set by the wonderful Lee "Scratch" Perry. He writes in the notes "I wasn't one of the working type. I loved to play domino".
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