and so to bed

backgammon: tidying up, yes; but also inshallah, un coup de des jamais n’abolira le hasard.

Although ‘traditional sports’ makes me wonder whether Shrove Tuesday games (again, the day for tidying up the larder) are late inventions with an eye on formalised sports. They’re kids’ games, football matches without boundaries, where rules are invoked in the playing.

Mornington Crescent.