Bonsoir amie,
My daddy is telling my brother that he’ll be orange like Fanta if he keeps taking it at the rate he does. Please, where do parents get these things from? Is it in the parents guide 101 manual or what?
Also, it’s the ease with which he said it. Or did he cram the content of the book?
I took today’s pics during my morning walk in the park. Once you leave Lagos, these are the kind of things you start doing. #LagosisDangerous #SanityAtLast #LagosCanNever
To today’s episode…
On Whot
It’s Friday evening, finally! The day we’ve been waiting for since Monday.
We decided to play games to unwind and catch some fun. First on the list of games is Whot. I’m not the best at games but thanks to my secondary school principal not allowing us to home after Junior WAEC, I really mastered Whot. I’m talking normal Whot, Donkey, Jackpot the whole nine.
The setup and rules for Whot are somewhat standard. The card with number 20 is I need - then the player requests for the shape they need. The tip is to request for a shape that you have so you can exhaust your stack without going to market while hoping your opponent doesn't have it so they go to market and their stack increases.
My opponent had 2 cards left and wanted to check up. His plan was simple - Drop the I need card, ask for the shape he had, play it and check-up.
I need Square he announced proudly escorting his number 20 card. Unfortunately for him, the square I had was a number 5. In Whot, this is a pick 3 (I don’t why we use 5 as pick 3 when there are number 3s in the game)
The only time I won't give someone a pick 2 or 3 card immediately is if I was planning to give them a pick 6 or 10 in the nearest future. This wasn't the case because that meant I'll lose. I dropped my pick 3 with the biggest smile. Meaning my opponent now had 4 cards from 1. For someone that dropped that I need so he’d check up, this is definitely not what he needs.
After we had a good laugh, he gave this short speech;
I thought I needed square. While I got the square, it came with a pick 3. At times, we think we need something but that thing could bring us harm.
All that’s said, Your girl won the game. Glory.
Stay Jazzed up,
Chidinma the Whot winner
Haha, yup Lagos is the ghetto! Glad you're back to sanity.
In the Whot loser's speech, he seems to be blaming himself for asking for square, but unless you had the same number as his last card in a different shape (and somehow he could tell), asking for square was his best choice.
Moral lesson for me is that you can do your best in life and—by no fault of yours—still get Pick 3.