Poker: Better than TV?
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This week we’re going to be talking about poker, and poker in American English. But the reason we’re talking about poker is a little bit unusual. We’re talking about poker because I don’t like TV.
You can say TV irks me, or bothers me, or TV is my pet peeve. But, the fact of the matter is, I don’t like it, and I don’t like to be in the same room as a TV that’s turned on. Not watching TV means finding something else to do in the evenings. When I was single, it was easy: I read books or visited friends. Now that I’m married, though, my wife likes it best—and so do I—if we do something together. It’s really hard to read books together.
So, we’ve started playing more games. We play all kinds of games and, when we can, we play with other people. That’s how I started playing poker.
Do you think that playing games is a better way to spend time than watching TV? Do you think I’m crazy to try not to watch TV? If you didn’t watch TV, what would you do with your time?
