The Knicknackery Issue Six | Page 22

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Planet bingo

P. C. Vandall

I call Planet Bingo to let him know

his mother has gone to the hospital

and is not expected to live. He says,

at the bingo hall there’s a box full of balls

and there’s an engine that produces wind

which makes the balls fly up. It’s called the ball

blower, The Ball Blower Automatic.

He used to be called a floor walker. He's not

called that anymore. I can figure out

why it’s not called floor walker and why it’s not

ball blower, Ball Blower Automatic.

They've got these new one dollar games they call

Hot Balls and some people don’t like saying

‘Hot Balls.’ It’s based on the machine, the ball