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| SUN LAKES LIFESTYLES | MAY 2021 | 59 From Courtney Taylor, publisher: Last month's joke was for Blindfolded Billiards (at right). I thought of the joke and can honestly say it wasn't as hilarious as I would have liked. For that, I apologize. We've been doing the Get the Joke contest for 342 years and may have hit a wall. We try. But if anyone has some funny suggestions for a bogus group or ad or notice… please email us. If we use your idea, we will give you full credit. Just keep in mind it can't be offensive (and you know how easily offended people are these days) and should be very funny - at least funnier than Blindfolded Billiards. Thank you! If you would like to win a free dinner, find the ad, article or just weird, out- of-place, completely made-up (and hopefully funny) item in this month's Lifestyles. When you find it, fill out the box below and (new!) EMAIL IT TO sunlakesnews@yahoo.com before noon on the sixth of the month. If you are the first correct guess chosen at random, you will win a free dinner. Good luck! Congratulations to this month's Dinner Winner: CLIFF & NEVA NELSON Please call Kelly in the Admin. Office for your Sun Lakes Restaurant dinner. My husband says a lot of players already seem to be blindfolded! Barbara C. Love the idea of using your mask for a blindfold! Linda V. I would love to get together with friends; perhaps they can teach me the game of billiards. I couldn't see the billiard balls even if I was not blindfolded. Do you provide eye glasses made for seeing the balls? Lee C. EYE SEE how this could be a lot of fun! What's the scent for the cue ball EYE wonder? Jack R. I don't mind the blindfold but the choice of essential oil scents certainly leaves one asking "WHY those?" Sharon R. Let's play blindfolded darts too. Lynette S. Blind billiards? Wrong! Pool halls are supposed to smell like cigars and stale beer are they not? Desmond D. I might do better blindfolded. Dan C. Blindfolded golf might help my putting. Nancy B. I'm pretty sure that I would need more than 45 seconds to determine my next shot! Laurie W. Nothing like playing Blind Mans Bluff! Jay J. When I play pool, I feel like I'm blindfolded! Helen K your comments: GET THE JOKE! I found the joke! Resident name (first & last): ________________________________________ This was the joke: _______________________________________________ Comments (we LOVE your notes - about anything!): _______________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Send your entry to sunlakesnews@yahoo.com OUR ADVERTISERS ARE Payment for the production of Lifestyles (and the reason it's free to homeowners) is due to the generous support of our advertisers. Please thank them by visiting their place of business or calling them first whenever you need their service or product. THE BEST! Blindfolded Billiards was recently approved as a new club by the Board. We are excited to get together with our friends and neighbors and share this amazing sport. It's pretty straightforward. We play billiards blindfolded. Listening to where the balls go, from the initial break to each subsequent shot, by ourselves and our opponents, is an important skill to mastering this fun game. We also allow players to have an assistant "flavor" the balls after the break. What's that? Well, say you are playing solids. Your assistant can sprinkle one of the three pre-approved, professionally-sanctioned essential oils on the solids so those balls smell like either lavender, pickle juice, or a field of cows - all very strong, distinctive scents. When it's your turn, you are allowed 45 seconds to sniff the table to determine what your next shot will be. You say you don't have a blindfold? Ha! Yes you do - you can use your face mask if you've been vaccinated. Waste not, want not! So join us every Tuesday and Thursday from 1 to 5 pm in the Billiards Room. We look forward to "seeing" you there! Blindfolded Billiards

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