This past week, on Wednesday, game afficianados celebrated "National Scrabble Day". (The date it took place on [April 13th] marked the birthday of Alfred Butts - the creator of the popular word game [and yes, that's his real name].)

To commemorate the occasion, when I went to the latest Wednesday meeting of Scrabble Club 276 (in Lauderhill, Florida), I'd brought the prize for that week (a task usually observed by club president Sandee Bloom). Said prize was two small boxes of Belgian chocolates - with each sweet treat shaped like a Scrabble tile (with a different letter on the foil wrapper around each one) - which were given out to the winners of the first two games that night. (The prize for Game One went to the player with the highest-winning score, and the prize for Game Two went to the player with the lowest-winning score.)

One month ago, when I'd attended the March 16th meeting, one of our club's other members (named Angel) brought a prize of her own design: a pair of 'potato head' figures - in conjunction with St. Patrick's Day (which took place the very next day). Each 'potato head' figure has a hand-painted face, corrugated green ribbon on top (to simulate hair), and a small clay pipe in its mouth... all supported by four toothpicks.

Once again, the winners of Game One (with the highest-winning score) and Game Two (with the lowest-winning score) each got a 'potato head'. That night, I was the winner of Game Two. Sandee used her digital camera to take a picture of me with my prize. I'd asked her to include my 'Mr. Big' T-shirt (which I'd just purchased at a local Disney Store, following my latest viewing of their animated feature "Zootopia") in said picture...

'Mr. Big' and "Zootopia" (C) Disney Animation

ADDENDA: During 2017, Angel passed away. So I won't be winning any more 'potato head' prizes on future St. Patrick's Day meetings of Scrabble Club 276. She will be missed by me and other club members... R.I.P.