Great - now we're half as fun

When I look back upon days of yore, seeing our closet full of board games, I can easily recollect those magical times when anyone in the neighborhood just knew that we were the house to come play "Parcheesi" at. I can almost relive those wondrous occasions when our friends would call us to tell us how they could barely wait to come to our house and play a rousing round of "Texas Hold-em Yahtzee". Or those boisterous times when our house was so full of people that we needed to break out our extra box of "Tri-Ominos". And then I remember something very important - not a single one of those things ever happened. Which begged the question of why our "gaming closet" looked like this yesterday morning:

I can't remember the last time we played 50% of these games - which made it quite easy to get rid of just over 50% of them; we started with 101 games, and got rid of 51. Here's the loot that will soon be arriving at a Goodwill near you (if, of course, you live near us):

And that's just the stack of stuff we are donating. We also have a game that wasn't ours, and a few we are throwing out - because it turns out "Scene It" games aren't as fun if you can't find the DVD, and, well, a couple of games we apparently bought after hopping in the way-back machine with Mr. Peabody to 1953, and they are indeed showing their age and/or missing pieces. But it turns out we don't need two "Harry Potter Scene It" games (or one, since we got rid of them both), 11 decks of cards, or a slew of games we either never played or played once.

So, what does the closet look like now, you ask? Like this, I answer:

As you can see, we're much less fun now. Sorry, all you mythical "Pictionary" fanatics that are our dear friends, you are gonna just have to find somewhere else to spend hours playing your favorite game every Thursday night. No more all-night "Trivial Pursuit" parties, either. They just aren't happening anymore (never did), so please, stop calling (keep calling, please - we're still fun, we swear!).