I was reading “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” the other night and one of the chapters involved a game of Mahjong. It was really fun to read because the players played a lot like my family (and I’m sure many other families) plays. The characters were discussing the murder, but also throwing out phrases like “pung”, “chow”, “concealed kong”, etc. And then one complained about “chowing” too early, and how her hand wouldn’t be worth anything. One was of the opinion that you should go for a big hand, the other was of the opinion that you should “go out” quickly. I could imagine my family gathered at the kitchen table at 11pm some of us going for a limit hand, while others looking to go out quickly. Such fun!