Talk:Spoons

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[edit] Formatting

This article really needs formatting- I've removed a lot of unnecessary wikilinks, but this article still could do with some TLC! It's on my to-do list, anyway. EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 16:47, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Done. – Morganfitzp 16:09, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

Spoons has the same exact rules as Pig (card game), the only differences being the placing of the finger on the nose and the spelling out of P-I-G instead of S-P-O-O-N-S. The Pig variant is already mostly mentioned in the Spoons article. I call for a merge. – Morganfitzp 16:09, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

I think that marginalizing the game of Pig by merging it with Spoons would be a travesty. I don't believe Pig is a variant of Spoons. I think that Spoons is a variant of Pig and, as such, the merge should happen the other way if at all. It seems that there is enough room in the wikiverse for independent listings and a link. Badrob 20:21, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Most of what is contained in Pig is present in the Spoons article, a merger of Pigs to Spoons is the right course of action. Chillinspinner 03:40, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Spoons is the only card game I've ever played that's entertained both young adults and their parents for hours. As such, it is unique, and desrves its own entry. My husband has played Pig and is against merging the articles. Not the same game.

[edit] Spoons/Pit hybrid

I was first introduced to spoons using cards from the game Pit. Play has more in common with Pit, the only exception being the first person to corner a market grabs a spoon, then all players scramble for the spoons, and the one without a spoon gets -50 points. The mad turnless trading in Pit makes it much easier to sneak a spoon. I'm posting this here to see if this is a local/family variant I just happened to come across, or if it widespread enough to warrant inclusion in this article (or perhaps that of Pit). – Fëaluinix 06:32, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Running / Physical Contact

"Grabbing a spoon and running from the table isn't allowed". What is this supposed to mean? It doesn't make sense in the context of the game! HiraV 09:55, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] See Also

Is a "See Also" link to the bokee group dot com relevant here? Novac 20:18, 10 August 2007 (UTC) yeah thats truejijiji jaxxxxxx

[edit] Spoon

Is there a reason this page isn't at Spoons (game), with Spoons being a redirect to Spoon or to Spoon (disambiguation)? One would think that the kitchen utensil would be far more notable than a card game.--VectorPotentialTalk 19:54, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Broken game?

Maybe this is a question about the game and not the article, but what incentive is there to keep looking at your own cards? I recently played this by leaving my own cards face down in front of me and, on being handed a card from the person to my right IMMEDIATELY passed it to the person to my left without looking at it. My eyes were at all times on the spoons and I was easily the second person to grab the spoon. We assumed that we had forgotten a rule that provides an incentive to look at our cards, but this article mentions none. Is our understanding of the rules incorrect? If so, where in the article is the rule that prevents this strategy, and if not, should the strategy be added to the article? --Some Internet Lurker —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.99.147.225 (talk) 03:55, 1 January 2008 (UTC)