So if someone asks you to join in a goofy game called Chicken Feet, just explain that you’re color-blind and you left your magnifying glass at home. http://www.pagat.com/domino/chicken.html For the record, it’s a domino game for 20-20 eyesight players only, and anyone who can accurately tell azure from royal blue, and toffee tone from butterscotch. Yikes. These dominos have the teeniest-tiniest circles, the most obscure tints and shades, and a multitude of different dot groupings. Wow, it’s pretty hard for someone who can’t even read the newspaper or a prescription bottle without her specs. And don’t even think about scattering the million plastic pieces on anything other than a plain white tablecloth; using a circa 1985 crazy print throw as a background will almost certainly send you straight to the optometrist. Although the official goal of the game is to produce a lifelike looking poultry foot by matching up colors, I found just retaining my sanity was worth a gold medal alone.
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