Playing BANG!

BANG!, at Amazon

Have any of y'all ever played BANG!? If so, you will smile and nod as you finish reading this post. If not, well, hitch up yer holster there and git to it.

This Italian card game is - how do you say - hilarious. BANG! can be played with anywhere from 4 to 8 people but please make sure you play at least one hand before passing around the cocktails because this game can get confusing.

In an odd international twist, BANG! is a card game about the Wild West (think Doc Holliday and Jesse James) but it's Italian in origin so each card is translated. Just as with the classic French car racing game, Mille Bornes, each player is given the chance to butcher another language. I don't want to get too deep into the details but the basic point (as Sheriff, Deputy, Outlaw, or Renegade) is to eliminate the competition by taking shots at or BANG!ing your opponents. Do you see what kind of fun this can lead to...?

Cardboard, 4-18-2009

What makes this game special, and worth all the rulebook consultation, is the oft-taboo phrases you'll find spilling from your mouth. Favorites include: "I wanna BANG! Mom" and "You can't BANG! me 'cause of the Appaloosa" or just plain "Indians!"

Gift Catalog: Sahalie

I'm not sure how I got on this mailing list because I've never heard of this company and I don't regularly mail order canteens and fleece. But there it was, the catalog, standing tall in my mailbox and begging to be blogged.

Check out our picks from Sahalie...

Cardboard: Dissolving Soap (Hand, Body, Shampoo, Conditioner, or Laundry)

I love paper soap! No other product in existence reminds me more of my baby backpacker years. Well...paper soap...and maybe Tang...and definitely blue tarps. But that's it! I'm also thoroughly impressed that Sahalie sells formulas for hairs and laundry.

Porcelain: Farkel

Porcelain chose this dice game simply because it's called Farkel and "...that's fun to say."

Anything strike your fancy from Sahalie?

Couch, Heroic

This (real) pic is from a (real) accident in North Hollywood last week. Rumor has it that the curbside couch cushioned the impact, allowing the driver to walk away totally unharmed.

This selfless act is just another reason to love abandoned furniture. That dirty and forgotten couch is truly a Good Sofaritan.

Photo Credit: Curbed

Tell Me, Sony, You Feelin' Lucky?

Gunslinger TV Remote, at LatestBuy

This TV remote might make watching Olympic skeet shooting a little more exciting. In the very least, the bonus Sheriff's badge will put an end to any household remote wars.

Bonus Bone: Property of Fancy

Property of Fancy, at Amazon

'Nuf said!

For these reasons, I, Porcelain, declare this a Design Boner.

A Wordy Trendle

Jumping on the Wordle bandwagon, I put together a "beautiful word cloud" of design boner's recent posts.

"Violet smells" and "wash entire plate" indeed.