Quitting UNO
My family sat around and played UNO together a few nights ago. Friends of us have taught us a new spin on the rules; if a plus something card is put on the pile then the next person can defer their picking up those cards if they have the same plus number card then the next person has to pick up the total amount. So to explain that if I threw down a +4 card, and the next person threw down a +4 then the third person had to pick up 8 cards. Whether these are actual rules or made up rules it certain amounts for some fun card games. However the other night the +4’s kept being laid down until my youngest daughter found herself stiffed to pick up 16 cards. Laughter, hoots, and cries could have probably been heard from several houses away. She cried, “That’s it I quit!” She wanted to quit. She decided it looked hopeless. But, I wouldn’t let her quit. “No, you’ll finish this game.” So we finished the game, and she...