I worked as a volunteer for many years for a Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus. A lot of people (mainly older women) in this country take their bingo very seriously, too.
I took a visitor from another country (where I guess Bingo isn't played) to one of our church's bingo games. He didn't play but only observed. He was quite fascinated by it.
When we got back home, his wife asked what he'd seen. He told her (in excellent English):
Man: It's a game that I guess is called Bingo. It should be called "Bingo Tear Ash It."
Wife: Bingo Tear Ash It? How does it work?
Man: Well, a machine spins and blows balls around inside a glass box. Then one ball pops up and a man takes it out and calls out a letter and a name. After that, everybody stamps their papers quickly with bottles of colored liquid.
Wife: You're making that up!
Me: No, that's what's happening.
Man: Anyway, that goes on for a while. The machine pops up a ball, the man calls a letter and number, and everybody stamps their papers. They look like chickens pecking at grain.
Wife: So how is it named Bingo Tear Ash It?
Man: I'm getting to that. After the man has called a certain amount of letters and numbers, somebody hollers "Bingo!", everybody tears the top sheet of their papers off and throws it away, and two dozen old women say "Ahhhhshit!"
