Episode 70: Playing It Forward

Michelle (0:01)

Welcome to Mahjong & Mics, where tiles click, the stories flow, and strategy meets laughter.

Tina (0:06)

I'm Tina.

Michelle (0:07)

And I'm Michelle.

Tina (0:08)

And we're here to bring you all things Mahjong. Whether you're a seasoned player or just shuffling in for the first time, we've got you covered.

Michelle (0:15)

So grab your tiles, pour yourself some tea, or something a little stronger. And let's get started.

Tina (0:22)

Here we go, everybody.

Michelle (0:23)

Hello, In the Smiles. Yeah, we have a special episode today. It is special.

Tina (0:30)

It is special. We're talking about playing it forward because today is about charity and giving back and how that relates to Mahjong. Yes.

Michelle (0:37)

And I think this is all delicious and exciting.

Tina (0:41)

Oh, exciting. There it was. I know. You just need to listen to know the word exciting is going to come out.

Michelle (0:48)

Yes. And we're very tired because we stayed out past our bedtime last night.

Tina (0:51)

Yeah, we did. I'm so tired.

Michelle (0:52)

On a work night.

Tina (0:53)

I'm so tired.

Michelle (0:54)

It was so much fun.

Tina (0:55)

Yes. I don't regret it.

Michelle (0:57)

Yes. These exciting, tantalizing tips will come to fruition soon.

Tina (1:02)

Wow. That was quite the alliteration.

Michelle (1:05)

Did you like that?

Tina (1:06)

That was extra.

Michelle (1:07)

For a tired brain.

Tina (1:09)

That was good.

Michelle (1:10)

Yes.

Tina (1:11)

Okay. Do we want to get into our Mahjong moments? And yes, I've played so many. There's a ton since the last time.

Michelle (1:17)

You go first.

Tina (1:18)

We record it.

Michelle (1:19)

Well, a lot of it involves you. A lot of it does.

Tina (1:22)

Yeah, so there's one day, excuse me, listeners, frog in my throat. You and I played at lunch, and you won three, and I won two.

Michelle (1:30)

That beat me. That's good news for me.

Tina (1:32)

It is. We're fighting for odds, I think, together, I feel like.

And oh, I got a dot. I got a new hand. I had never gotten the one with the sextet of flowers. I tried. I was won away many times. Never got it. So I finally got it. That was good.

Michelle (1:46)

I love that.

Tina (1:47)

So then we played again, and I won two, and Michelle won zero.

Michelle (1:54)

But, do we want to talk about the third game, listeners, that Tina conveniently left out of the story? So, she was going for any numbers, and I didn't realize it, so she lays out three eights. Yes. Were they bams?

Tina (2:09)

Sure.

Michelle (2:10)

Great. So, and we were down to the wire.

Tina (2:13)

Yeah, we were.

Michelle (2:13)

Where we were just looking at the boom, boom. It was like coming down to luck.

Tina (2:17)

One of us was gonna draw what we needed.

Michelle (2:18)

So she yells, Mahjong, and I'm kind of annoyed. So I flipped my tiles off. Well, guess what, ladies and gentlemen, she was D-E-A-D dead. I was. She did the bojong.

Tina (2:33)

I think I was operating off of an old card, and that's my fault, listeners. I didn't even look at the card. I just dug in on the hand. I knew what I was gonna do.

Michelle (2:40)

You got over skis.

Tina (2:41)

Yeah, guess what? That any like numbers? It's not a punk in the middle. That's a pair of friends.

Michelle (2:46)

It is.

Tina (2:47)

I really screwed up.

Michelle (2:49)

And she stole a win from me, because in my temper tantrum, I threw my tiles up. Yeah, so there is that delicious story.

Tina (3:00)

That was fun.

Michelle (3:01)

It was fun.

Tina (3:02)

What else you got?

Michelle (3:04)

Okay, a lot. I have a pair of lunch Thursday tied to with Tina.

Tina (3:09)

I don't know about it. We must have played a different way all the time. Yeah.

Michelle (3:12)

Then lunch Friday, me too, Tina won, and I got a concealed 2468

Tina (3:17)

Oh, we played a lot of Mahjong together.

Michelle (3:19)

I know. If I hadn't read it, and then I do need to tell the listeners the Forgetful Tristey story.

Tina (3:24)

Oh, it's good.

Michelle (3:25)

So ladies and gentlemen of the jury, she has now used menopause as an official ADA disability, which that part I agree on. But she's trying, so Tristey's really sweet, but she's like, I don't know, she really is sweet. But she uses, like, her sweetness.

Tina (3:45)

She butters you up so that she can get her way.