st.helier wrote:
> "Bill S." wrote .....
>
>> Otherwise very similar rules. Either way a great
>> game to play while drinking wine.
>
> Particularly if employing two local rules
>
> (1) Players MUST have glass in hand at all times whilst playing
> (2) Automatic loss of game if player either (a) throws while glass is
> empty, or
> (b) spills wine whilst playing

From my misadventures playing petanque with the locals in the South of
France, another rule is to always have a Gauloise dangling from the
lower lip. FWIW, I'm much more attuned to your two rules ;-)

Mark Lipton


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