- To finish up the comments in response to the question asked on the posting https://mahjonggandme.com/2016/09/27/what-do-you-think-3/ , I received the following comments below from a few of the top Mah Jongg teachers in the country. After looking at these comments and all of the responses from this initial comments posting – https://mahjonggandme.com/2016/10/17/heres-what-you-thought/ – I am afraid that the majority of people truly do believe that this person should not be allowed in this group any longer. What a sad and difficult situation.
- Call her dead every time she has 14 tiles. She’ll figure out they are on to her after you’ve called her dead a few times..
- Easy one. Make a rule, no touching the discarded tiles unless you’re calling it. Also, hands should be behind your rack unless you are drawing a tile. Explain that it makes it hard to keep track of discards when they get rearranged a lot. IF this is happening, she may have the beginnings of dementia, it’s a very abnormal behavior. I say IF because it’s an extremely obvious thing to do, and a player “noticing” it kind of makes me suspicious that maybe it’s not really happening she just suspects it. It’s pretty hard to palm a tile put it on your rack and slip another off.
- I think it is very kind of you ladies to consider that it could be dementia, but I don’t think dementia usually involves intentional deception like this. Dementia could explain her inability to recall discards without touching tiles, but palming tiles??? I agree that calling her dead when she has 14 and establishing a table rule that hands must be behind racks are the best bet. Every time I hear these stories of people cheating at MJ, it really makes me shake my head. I wonder if maybe it is some sort of mental illness like kleptomania where they cheat simply for the thrill of getting away with cheating.
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MAH JONGG MAKES MIRACLES…
YOU’RE NOT PLAYING ENOUGH MAH JONGG!
Last week I ran an article warning that Mah Jongg was bad for your health. The next day I was able to post an article refuting that theory. And now, just a few more reasons why you need to play Mah Jongg more often!
But first, enjoy this video by Rebecca Davis of a group of women who know the benefits of our beloved game and are playing in a Mah Jongg Marathon.
I KNEW IT COULDN’T BE BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH!
I knew it was nonsense when I read the article about Mah Jongg causing epilepsy, etc. I believe Mah Jongg is nothing but good for you – for socialization, brain power, and memory, at the very least. And then I found the following article supporting my beliefs – so, play to your heart’s content – doctor’s orders!!!
Read on…
Happy and healthy Mah Jongg players (unknown location but it sure looks as if they are having a great time!).
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