# Daughter in law, pinochle and idiocy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 22, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365 "2016-05-22T14:52:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365/21 "2016-10-11T20:40:32Z")
I did not understand this thread when it was first posted. I am now older, wiser and no closer to understanding. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365/22 "2016-10-11T21:08:51Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > I did not understand this thread when it was first posted. I am now older, wiser and no closer to understanding. Agreed, Doc. I have carefully read each description of a hand being played and I do not have the freakin’ faintest idea what anyone is talking about. And I thought my brother’s stories about playing bridge were incomprehensible… Dennis ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365/23 "2016-10-11T21:11:03Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > [hijack]How does one get blood out of hardwood floors? Need answers fast.[/hijack] You can’t get it out, but if you mix up the blood from all the wounded, the cops can’t figure anything out. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365/24 "2016-10-11T21:27:18Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > My new daughter in law in training (DILIT) and Mrs Cad are at 147 with their opponents in the 60s. Just pass the bidding, meld and take a trick right? DILIT takes the contract at 31. She melded a pinochle and a 9 then got pissed when Mrs Cad only had a 9 of trump to meld. Needless to say they went down in flames. Later DILIT claimed she didn’t want to back into a victory and felt you should win the contract to win the game. Can you explain this in Scrabble? Or maybe blackjack. And hookers! In fact, forget the blackjack. And the Scrabble. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365/25 "2016-10-12T14:35:29Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Can you explain this in Scrabble? Or maybe blackjack. > > And hookers! > > In fact, forget the blackjack. And the Scrabble. Scrabble: You need to play a 2 point word to win. You decide to play a big word, spell it wrong, get challenged, lose 50 points. Blackjack. You’re sitting on 20, the dealer has a 6 showing and you know the deck has a lot of tens. You take a hit and bust. Hookers. She tells you she has tertiary syphilis, the clap, AIDS, crabs and is currently ovulating. You decide to not use a condom. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365/26 "2016-10-12T14:46:15Z")
This reminds me of a Simpsons moment. At a group marriage counseling session, Ned Flanders describes their big problem as, “Maude sometimes underlines passages in MY Bible when she can’t find hers.” Homer mumbles under his breath, “Good thing you don’t keep guns in the house…” ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365/27 "2018-10-16T18:46:03Z")
How many times do I have to tell her. When you have a solitary ace (the only card in that suit is the ace) then _play it before you lose a trick_. OMG every time she does it she loses the ace then acts like it was bad luck that her A got sucked out. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365/28 "2018-10-16T19:23:09Z")
Ouch, two years later and you’re still playing pinochle with her? Can’t you wait until the next generation & teach them how to play? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365/29 "2018-10-16T19:38:48Z")
And here I thought Cricket matches were long… ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365/30 "2018-10-16T19:42:25Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > She also refuses to lead out A of trump. In May 2016, you can’t blame her for being uncomfortable about a trump winning. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365/31 "2018-10-16T19:49:37Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > OMG every time she does it she loses the ace then acts like it was bad luck that her A got sucked out. I always though it was _good luck_ to get your A sucked out. 😕 Are we still talking about cards? ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365/32 "2018-10-16T20:03:10Z")
My family used to play pinochle all the time. Alas, we don’t get to much anymore. But I just wanted to chime in with: The worms crawl in The worms crawl out The worms play pinochle on your snout I like singing that to my kids. They have no idea what I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365/33 "2018-10-16T22:01:09Z")
Has the DILIT graduated at this point? > [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > That’s what I keep saying. I’m waiting for when my son is 18 and I can kick him out. He’ll do stuff like pass me a ten when I take the contract and keep an Ace or he’ll pass back trump when he takes the contract all because he “has a plan”. What is your plan? Being retarded? Half of those genes are yours, you know. Unless, if you’re lucky, they’re the postman’s.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365/34 "2018-10-17T00:14:00Z")
I still want to know what is this card passing? I kibitzed and played pinochle for over a decade until I had a GF who taught me bridge. I played 2 handed, 3 handed, 4 handed, double deck, and never passed a card in my life. But I agree, bidding 31 with only 5 meld is madness. When we played 4 handed, the minimum bid was 20. In three handed with a widow, it was 25. If you want to see a really nutty card game, google skat. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365/35 "2018-10-17T14:22:55Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > If you want to see a really nutty card game, google skat. Not at work I won’t! 😛 Oh and an update. After playing for 30 years without a double run (including the "I forgot I had a queen of clubs (trump) so here’s a 9 of hearts fuck up I mentioned upthread) I FINALLY made my double run. Yay me!!! ---
**Author:** ![jonesj2205](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jonesj2205](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonesj2205)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365/36 "2018-10-17T14:56:23Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Not at work I won’t! 😛 > > Oh and an update. After playing for 30 years without a double run (including the "I forgot I had a queen of clubs (trump) so here’s a 9 of hearts fuck up I mentioned upthread) I FINALLY made my double run. > > Yay me!!! CONGRATULATIONS. Did you immediately bid 50, just cause you knew you could? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365/37 "2018-10-17T23:32:24Z")
> [@jonesj2205](#): > > CONGRATULATIONS. > > Did you immediately bid 50, just cause you knew you could? No but better yet it was the first hand of the game and I could take every trick so I laid down my hand and quoted Hudson from _Aliens_, “GAME OVER MAN! GAME OVER!” Even better than the story about my stepson’s Canasta Dance (but just barely) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365/38 "2019-02-19T00:18:16Z")
Son and DIL partners. Me and Mrs Cad partners. They’re in the 120’s and we’re in the 40’s. Son is dealt double pinochle. Normally you would take the contract with your 30 point meld in order to control trump to guaranty you take one trick. However son has crap so he questions how many points can he really take? Bidding gets to the high 30’s and he passes thinking he’ll meld his 30, the team will somehow get a trick and win the game. Remember we need over 100 points to break 150. So I get the contract and call trump. Mrs Cad passes me her only 2 trump, an ace and a loser TO GIVE ME DOUBLE ACES AROUND BITCHES!!! 100 points!!! and we take every trick too for 35 more. Me, the Mrs and Son agree that he really did play it the best way. DIL was so pissed at son she refused to talk to him the rest of the night. OK I guess I didn’t help matters when I slow-rolled the 8th Ace. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-in-law-pinochle-and-idiocy/755365.md?page=1)