Re: If you could only pick six tiles...

From: Karen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>bracelets are typically 6-8 tiles.
>should I just pick random tiles that look good,
>or should I go for a "high-scoring" bracelet?  Or would that even have
>meaning without the full complement of tiles?

It takes 14 tiles to make a complete hand - there's no score without 14
tiles. If your Mom plays American-style mah-jongg, you could put in one each
of the wind tiles and make them spell NEWS. Or you could make the bracelet
spell out something else. Your letters are limited, though, to NEWS, RG, 0,
F, and I.  The white dragon is "zero" which can be thought of as an O. And a
1 looks like an I.  There aren't a whole lot of things you can spell with
these - FRIENDS, WINGS, RING, SWORGIF, stuff like that...

>(Unrelated aside:  she's kicked around the idea of buying her own set, but
>has been told that no stores carry them locally (northwest Arkansas)
>because it's illegal... they're used for gambling.

Does Arkansas law also prohibit the sale of playing cards and dice because
those too are used for gambling? Does Arkansas law state that playing cards,
dice, and mah-jongg tiles cannot possibly be used without any gambling
involved?

>She's skeptical, as am
>I

OK, well, I wouldn't expect to find mah-jongg sets for sale in Arkansas
anyway. The only place you can find them here in Los Angeles is in
Chinatown, Little Tokyo, and the really big board game chain stores.  Most
of middle America has to buy mah-jongg sets on the internet. See FAQ 7k. The
FAQs are at http://www.sloperama.com/mjfaq.html

Tom