Have You Played These Games at Home?

Larrylambert
3 min readNov 30, 2024

Here are four games you have probably played.

Cartoon by Lambert-King

I’m not much on playing cards or board games. I do play a somewhat geeky sports computer game called Strat-O-Matic. I also enjoy fantasy football and basketball. Beyond that, not a whole lot. My poor wife, however, does enjoy playing various types of games. I need to find a solution for that: preferably one that doesn’t involve my playing card, board, or dice games.

Still, I play games at home all the time, it’s just that most people don’t realize they’re games. I’ll give you a few examples.

Is this shirt clean or dirty?

You can substitute other articles of clothing for the shirt. Sometimes when my wife asks me that, I have to play detective. Is there any obvious dirt or stain on it? Does it pass the smell test? and really, what constitutes “clean” or “dirty.”

Does wearing a garment one time make it dirty? I think not. And where you are going to wear an article of clothing enters into the equation. For example, there’s zoom clean and there’s in-person clean. Obviously, the standards for zoom clean aren’t as stringent. For zoom clean, the smell test really isn’t a factor. Unless the stench is so bad you can’t stand yourself.

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Larrylambert
Larrylambert

Written by Larrylambert

You probably don't know my name, but have likely seen my work. I've written for numerous syndicated cartoon strips and my gags have appeared in national pubs.

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