# Bad, bad, bad playing cards and the strange things they do to me **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 15, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-playing-cards-and-the-strange-things-they-do-to-me/969720 "2022-08-15T23:43:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-playing-cards-and-the-strange-things-they-do-to-me/969720/21 "2022-08-16T16:38:17Z")
What brand of cards to you like Beck? My Wife and I play a lot of Cribbage and 500. We wear out a deck about every 6 months. No big deal at all. We have been using Bicycle Premium cards. ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-playing-cards-and-the-strange-things-they-do-to-me/969720/22 "2022-08-16T18:01:38Z")
Beck, I’m afraid you might have a poltergeist. Bad news. The plus side is, it seems to give you some very entertaining stories to tell. We here are grateful. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-playing-cards-and-the-strange-things-they-do-to-me/969720/23 "2022-08-16T20:18:20Z")
I’ve used bicycle cards. One time a bought an off brand. I opened it. All the cards were blank. Just white on both sides. So I made art. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-playing-cards-and-the-strange-things-they-do-to-me/969720/24 "2022-08-16T20:21:47Z")
Poltergeist my eye. More like a Dementor. I strive to tell good stories of my weird life. Thx[[spoiler]This text will be blurred ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-playing-cards-and-the-strange-things-they-do-to-me/969720/25 "2022-08-16T21:14:16Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > So I made art. It was the only thing to do. Except maybe to play a card game with someone and pretend you can see the cards just fine. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-playing-cards-and-the-strange-things-they-do-to-me/969720/26 "2022-08-16T21:49:15Z")
Those blank cards are for playing Fizz Bin. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-playing-cards-and-the-strange-things-they-do-to-me/969720/27 "2022-08-16T22:04:33Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Except maybe to play a card game with someone and pretend you can see the cards just fine. I like the way you think! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-playing-cards-and-the-strange-things-they-do-to-me/969720/28 "2022-08-16T22:26:43Z")
Me too. I’m gonna fool my grandwreks! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-playing-cards-and-the-strange-things-they-do-to-me/969720/29 "2022-08-16T22:42:05Z")
Sadly, I’d never be able to pull that off. But you can play any game you want. Do you have any dinosaurs? Go fish. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-playing-cards-and-the-strange-things-they-do-to-me/969720/30 "2022-08-16T22:55:36Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Except maybe to play a card game with someone and pretend you can see the cards just fine. I’m reminded of the crap game in Guys and Dolls, where Big Jule has challenged Nathan to a game, but insists on using his own dice. Nathan agrees, but he wants to see Big Jule’s dice first. Big Jule hands the dice over, and Nathan examines them. Nathan: But these dice ain’t got no spots on them! Big Jule: Oh, I had the spots removed for luck. But I remember where the spots formerly were. Guess who does very, very well in their game? Maybe a hint, Beck. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-playing-cards-and-the-strange-things-they-do-to-me/969720/31 "2022-08-16T22:57:02Z")
I actually did trading card art on all of them. The kids love to look at them. That was actually fun. I wonder can you buy blank cards? Off to Amazon I go… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-playing-cards-and-the-strange-things-they-do-to-me/969720/32 "2022-08-17T00:33:20Z")
Target has spiffy ones with printed backs but blank faces….oh, the places Beck could go…. > **[Blue Panda 224 Blank Custom Cards for DIY Game Cards, Gift Cards, Checkered...](https://www.target.com/p/blue-panda-blank-diy-playing-cards-4-decks/-/A-80316244)** > > Read reviews and buy Blue Panda 224 Blank Custom Cards for DIY Game Cards, Gift Cards, Checkered Diamond Backing, 4 Decks, 3 x 4 In at Target. Choose from contactless Same Day Delivery, Drive Up and more. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-playing-cards-and-the-strange-things-they-do-to-me/969720/33 "2022-08-17T02:16:40Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Me too. > > I’m gonna fool my grandwreks! Tell them you played so much solitaire in rehab that you wore the pips off of the cards. But, you remember where the pips were, so you can still play poker with them. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-playing-cards-and-the-strange-things-they-do-to-me/969720/34 "2022-08-17T05:27:36Z")
Open a big bag of regular M&Ms, or Reese’s Pieces, and tell the grandwrex to help you put the pips back on the cards! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-playing-cards-and-the-strange-things-they-do-to-me/969720/35 "2022-08-17T06:15:21Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Target has spiffy ones with printed backs but blank faces….oh, the places Beck could go…. Might not be a good idea to use wands, cups, swords, and coins as suits, though. For the Grandwrex, maybe kittens, puppies, bunnies, and butterflies? Like so: 🐈 🐕 🐇 🦋 Might be fun, Beck. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-playing-cards-and-the-strange-things-they-do-to-me/969720/36 "2022-08-17T23:26:52Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > maybe kittens, puppies, bunnies, and butterflies? Kittens, puppies, opossums, and sasquatches. There, fixed it. 😁 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-playing-cards-and-the-strange-things-they-do-to-me/969720.md?page=1)