I came across this classic idea today. Everyone in tech surely has heard of buzzword bingo. Well here is one of those girly classics (or at least it will be some day!) “Girl Geek Stereotype Bingo” This scorecard should be in every girl geek’s pocket at events, and when reading those classic articles on geekdom!
I have to say I wish I had done the original myself! Although I would no doubt have got totally and utterly flamed for it!
Quoting the original:
Basically the rules are that when you see a media article, blog post, or anything else talking about women in relation to a geeky hobby (gaming, technology, science, etc) you pull out this scorecard and mark down which points the article touches on. If you get three in a row (diagonal counts), you win! If you get blackout, you win even more!
What do you win? Well, the satisfaction of knowing that you have made fun of yet another stupid article on women geeks. You can also link your scorecard (and any post that you made in relation to the bingo — using the scorecard isn’t mandatory, but I think it’s a cute visual) on this thread and, if you do a post, I might just highlight it here or on TIN’s forums.
So girls print it out and do report back on what you find! Have some fun and see how quickly at events you manage to complete this bingo card! Who knows, as other phrases come about maybe you can come up with a whole series of cards for the girls to print out!
To clarify, Bingo is not banned in the US it is the financial transactions that are illegal under the new online gaming law. Several state smoking bans in the US have sounded the death toll for many charitable land based bingo halls.
J Davis
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There are rumours that bingo is being banned in the US, is that true?
In the UK, bingo has suffered in recent months due to the ban on smoking in public places, causing smoking customers to either go outside for a cig and face the harsh cold (not a good move for the aged) or stay at home and not play, thus reducing the Bingo Cash prizes and the money for charity. But banning bingo completely is ridiculous! It is a very mind form of gambling at the most! If you’re going to ban bingo then the lottery has to go too surely? Isn’t that gambling?
Bingo is a number game, based on pure luck, so really it’s not even similar to other gambling games such as poker and sports betting. It’s just like buying a lottery ticket just you have to get more numbers! So then why is it such a problem? Its just takes away the older generations entertainment while the younger generations indulge in perfectly “legal” things like DRUGS! Can they not see which the bigger problem is?
Great blog – found you via DollyMix.
Great blog! Found you via Steve Clayton.
Plus…I like that Sarah spells her name the proper way…