I was sitting at my desk in back yesterday and heard riotous laughter coming from the front. After awhile I had to investigate - didn't want to miss out on any really good jokes. Nancy and Julia were reading something, helpless with laughter. What was it? It was - the densely written (in small print), four page pamphlet titled "The Rules of Tiddlywinks as Approved by the English Tiddlywinks Association." Under that impressive title was "Simplified Rules, " and some of the subsections: The Winks and the Squidger, Squopping, Potting Out, and Foul Shots and Foul Play. And, the British are obviously serious about tiddlywinks - just in case 4 pages of instructions wasn't enough, the fourth page ended with the following: Further information is available from the English Tiddlywinks Association. Contact House of Marbles for their address. Our take: by the time you understand the rules, the players have lost interest. But you can always play the old fashioned American way - the player who gets the most tiddlywinks into the cup wins. Feel free to ask us to see these instructions - they're pretty funny!
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