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<\/a> grown tired of the stale car bingo cards we had, which had such pedestrian items as “bird on a wire,” or “tow truck.”\u00a0 My mother quickly set about spicing up the game and created “Dingo Bingo.\u00a0 She improved the “Bingoes” we had to find, and improved the scoring.\nFor example, “bird on a wire” and “tow truck” and “cow” were nixed and replaced by more interesting categories such as “religious lawn decoration,” \u201cman with a hairy back\u201d or \u201cbra on a clothesline.\u201d\u00a0 Each had a point value based on the degree of difficulty.<\/p>\n
Then she created a new category called “Dingoes.” These were easy to find items, like “American flag” or “dog,” but they were only scored if you could find them in combination with something else.\u00a0 For example, if you could spot a dog standing next to religious lawn decoration, you added the dingo score to the bingo score.\u00a0 There was also some sort of bonus if you could find two bingoes together.\u00a0 You could also apply for a special award if you saw something unusual.\u00a0 My brother recalls that he got extra points for spotting a man standing on his hands on a golf course, and a women in hair curlers juggling.\u00a0 These innovations added a major element of strategy to the game.\u00a0 For example, you wouldn’t just want to score the first man with a hairy back you saw, but you may want to hold out for a simian man standing next to an American flag.\u00a0 Your strategy might be tempered by other conditions.\u00a0 Certainly it would be easier to find a man with a hairy back in the summer, and religious lawn decorations around Christmas.\u00a0 However, I recall one well known house – in Crivitz perhaps – (something memorable happened in Crivitz, but I am not sure if this is it), that kept its religious lawn decoration – some sort of Creche – up all year.<\/p>\n I have always believed that Dingo Bingo has immense commercial potential.\u00a0 At one point my mother wanted to sell the concept to McDonald’s; the Dingo Bingos could be printed on their paper placemats, which then could be reused for the game, if not overly smeared with grease and catsup.\u00a0 Like many other of my mother’s cottage industries, this one did not quite get off the ground, but it might be worth another try.\u00a0 Aspiring entrepreneurs can Every summer vacation we pile into the car for the seven hour car ride,<\/p>\n Where the scenery consists of endless farmland passing slowly by *******.<\/p>\n The ****** journey is enlivened by my mother\u2019s unique Dingo Bingo game,<\/p>\n Where entries such as nose picker or splattered road kill are her claim to fame.<\/p>\n But when the farmland **** ***\u00a0and is replaced by forest just north of Green Bay,<\/p>\n We all shout and cheer because now we know we have gone more than half way.<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n answers:\u00a0 outside, tedious, dies out<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Answers:\u00a0 outside, tedious, dies out<\/p>\nFollow Liza Blue on: Although the seven hour car ride to our vacation spot has remained largely unchanged over the past 40 years, the context has gone through several evolutions.\u00a0 As kids, the absolute keyed up anticipation of summer vacation made the trip endless; … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n
\ncontact me by e-mail.<\/p>\nThe missing words in the following poem are anagrams (i.e. share the same letters like spot, post, stop) and the number of asterisks indicates the number of letters.\u00a0 One of the words will rhyme with the preceding or following line, giving you a big hint.\u00a0 Your job is to solve the missing words based on the above rules and context of the poem.\u00a0 Scroll down for answers.<\/em><\/h6>\n
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