Games I'll never play

Dart – the art of hitting a target with precision. If Ping pong is a miniature Tennis, then Dart is a miniature Archery. No proper attire needed. Dart players can play wearing a suit and tie, or jeans and leather jacket if they wish. Popular only in movies because it is very rare to bump into someone who is actually playing it. In spite of that, one may find dartboards mysteriously hung behind boys’ bedroom doors, at car workshops, at hangout bars and lounges, at music recording studios, at Disc Jockeys’ stations and in Snooker/Pool Club houses. While the idea of the game is to poke a “bullseye”, which is the middle part of the dartboard, one always finds a dartboard which is poked all over. Not recommended for children 10 years old and below, due to sharp objects with wings. Due to sharp objects too, it is not recommended for adults with mood swings.

Chess – perhaps the only way to exercise the brain after it has been drained of its juice by a hard day’s work. A very popular game with the young, the old, the poor and the rich. A chess set can be as simple as a piece of cardboard with plastic figurines, or as mind-boggling as an intricately designed set of pewter, silver or gold. The game is played extremely quietly as if the players are meditating, and silence is broken at the end of the game when the winner yells, “Checkmate!”. The yelling of “Checkmate” is usually preceded with a smile. No matter in which country the game is played, and what language the player speaks, the winner WILL yell “Checkmate!”. Chess is thought to be a game of the mind, and therefore, the winner is always thought to be of high I.Q. So if you are playing chess, you must win.