Just having this pack will make you feel safe and comfortable. Popular with those around you. Sexier and more attractive. Confident, kind and considerate. They are happiness when there is sadness. Friendship when there is loneliness. And toilet paper when there is none. Colourful language is not the same as a colourful picture. A picture can paint a thousand words (or thereabouts) whereas a word can't paint at all. It is just a word, and in a phrasebook probably the wrong one.
Some say they are an ancient set of pictures dating from before the first known cave paintings. The period of history known as clipartian. Once only available to the privileged few, they have over the centuries helped invaders, pillagers, conquerors in fact whole civilisations; get a cup of coffee when they arrived in the land of the soon to be oppressed. Others think they originated from 'outer space' and were found hewn into beaches around the world, unaffected by the tides. Some claim 52 (54 with the jokers) solid gold tablets were discovered under nearly a centimetre of earth near a library in South America. Who cares? Where ever they came from just buy a packet and they'll be in your pocket. But if you think you know the truth of their mysterious origins let us know.
There are things that you probably shouldn't do, but each to his own. You can play regular card games or make up your own. Did you know that there are at least 47 and a half card games. Probably. With a bit of pointing, facial expressions and dancing you might just about be able to express the inner sadness of the human condition to a complete stranger in a foreign land. Also:
You can't play chess, discuss the intricacies of the special theory of relativity or use them for food.
They don't work. People and animals in employment work. They are a pack of cards for leisure.
We suggest you resort to older methods of communication. Speaking more slowly. Increasing the volume of you voice. Repeating yourself. Grimacing and pulling expressive faces. Body language it is after all 70% of communication (so why do women talk so much instead just keeping quiet when the football is on?).
Pointing is always good, at random things if necessary. As a last resort try and use that phrasebook and good luck.
