A funny story

I was playing poker on Sunday afternoon with some fellow church members (plus guests) and we got onto gambling. This is a very normal topic in poker. Someone was trying to point out that, in the Bible, it says not to gamble. However, it doesn't. There are implicative verses that say things like "Don't get into debt", "Be sensible with what you have", and "whatever you do don't cause your brother to stumble into sin" (this saying that if your friend thinks it's wrong don't try and force them - they think it's a sin therefore they will believe they are sinning and that is not something you want somebody to do). I went on to say that the rule about gambling had come about with the Roman Catholic church and that this made people think strange things. I finished this rant (while winning a couple of hands in the process) with "But that's Catholics for you".

There was a guy sitting opposite me, playing quite well, seeing where I was bluffing and making me become short stacked. I had not seen him before and he was wearing a bright pink t-shirt. I didn't know what his name was so asked the girl sitting next to me. She said "Jack...Do you want to know something else...He's Catholic" and then another girl on the same table (who went on to knock me out) said "He's not just any Catholic but the head of the Catholic society."

You know when you're listening to your mp3 player/walkman, and your singing along and then someone walks past from behind that you haven't seen and you immediately shut up and pretend you were at home in bed? That's a bit what it was like. I tried to cope with it by laughing hysterically for about 5 minutes. Being a man that felt like a good apology, especially with the fact that I came 9th...I am male therefore a pretty bad loser. I say things like "I don't care, I play for the fun, and it's better than my run last term where I was last practically every time..."

I'm not prejudiced in any way.