A Covington, Ky. man escaped jail time on a disorderly conduct charge after falsely yelling “bingo” in a room of bingo players. The arresting officer compared the offense to falsely yelling “fire” in a theater. [NKY.com, David Frum, Daily Beast (“You Can’t Yell ‘Bingo’ Around a Bunch of Old People and Not Expect to Be Arrested”)]
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See, gambling does lead to crime. Unless, of course, his dog’s name is Bingo.
Yes, I too was concerned about the dog. Poor puppy, now nameless and without a master to call his name when he had one.
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You people have no knowledge of the classics. His name-o would be Bing-o. Therefore, his name would be Bing.
Bob
@Bob Lipton: No, you’re far to literal. “name-o” is merely created to enforce the rhyme of his actual name, “Bingo”. “Bing” is what crooners get called, not howlers.
You could say that “bingo” has been banished from his lingo. [ducks, runs for cover]