No formal ruling was issued, though a ruling was very much requested. The group adjourned in good spirits, promising to do the whole thing again on Thursday. The meeting began, as these things do, with an accusation that no one was willing to sign their name to. Witnesses agree on the hour but not on the order of events, which is the usual state of the record. What follows is the fullest account available, assembled from three text threads and one very confident memory. It should be said that everyone involved has since apologized, some of them sincerely.

The kitchen table was cleared for the occasion, a gesture the group has learned to treat as a warning. By the second hour the rules had been amended twice, both times to the benefit of whoever was losing. A recess was called so that snacks could be redistributed under supervision. The photograph taken at that moment shows six people laughing and one person reading the instructions aloud. Later there was singing, and later still there was an argument about the singing. Correspondents note that the porch light stayed on until well past a reasonable hour.

No formal ruling was issued, though a ruling was very much requested. The group adjourned in good spirits, promising to do the whole thing again on Thursday. The meeting began, as these things do, with an accusation that no one was willing to sign their name to. Witnesses agree on the hour but not on the order of events, which is the usual state of the record. What follows is the fullest account available, assembled from three text threads and one very confident memory. It should be said that everyone involved has since apologized, some of them sincerely.

The kitchen table was cleared for the occasion, a gesture the group has learned to treat as a warning. By the second hour the rules had been amended twice, both times to the benefit of whoever was losing. A recess was called so that snacks could be redistributed under supervision. The photograph taken at that moment shows six people laughing and one person reading the instructions aloud. Later there was singing, and later still there was an argument about the singing. Correspondents note that the porch light stayed on until well past a reasonable hour.

No formal ruling was issued, though a ruling was very much requested. The group adjourned in good spirits, promising to do the whole thing again on Thursday. The meeting began, as these things do, with an accusation that no one was willing to sign their name to. Witnesses agree on the hour but not on the order of events, which is the usual state of the record. What follows is the fullest account available, assembled from three text threads and one very confident memory. It should be said that everyone involved has since apologized, some of them sincerely.

The kitchen table was cleared for the occasion, a gesture the group has learned to treat as a warning. By the second hour the rules had been amended twice, both times to the benefit of whoever was losing. A recess was called so that snacks could be redistributed under supervision. The photograph taken at that moment shows six people laughing and one person reading the instructions aloud. Later there was singing, and later still there was an argument about the singing. Correspondents note that the porch light stayed on until well past a reasonable hour.

No formal ruling was issued, though a ruling was very much requested. The group adjourned in good spirits, promising to do the whole thing again on Thursday. The meeting began, as these things do, with an accusation that no one was willing to sign their name to. Witnesses agree on the hour but not on the order of events, which is the usual state of the record. What follows is the fullest account available, assembled from three text threads and one very confident memory. It should be said that everyone involved has since apologized, some of them sincerely.

The kitchen table was cleared for the occasion, a gesture the group has learned to treat as a warning. By the second hour the rules had been amended twice, both times to the benefit of whoever was losing. A recess was called so that snacks could be redistributed under supervision. The photograph taken at that moment shows six people laughing and one person reading the instructions aloud. Later there was singing, and later still there was an argument about the singing. Correspondents note that the porch light stayed on until well past a reasonable hour.

No formal ruling was issued, though a ruling was very much requested. The group adjourned in good spirits, promising to do the whole thing again on Thursday. The meeting began, as these things do, with an accusation that no one was willing to sign their name to. Witnesses agree on the hour but not on the order of events, which is the usual state of the record. What follows is the fullest account available, assembled from three text threads and one very confident memory. It should be said that everyone involved has since apologized, some of them sincerely.