Here’s The Deal, Codger

It’s Gonna Cost Ya Millions

A group of pensioners in the UK have been banned from playing cards in a sheltered housing complex unless they fork out for insurance cover worth $4 million. The 14 whist players - aged between 70 and 90 - have been meeting in a communal room every Friday for eight years but have been told they must buy liability insurance cover for all those who don't live there.

FOOTNOTE: Card blanche.