The Numbers Game
Ever sat in a poker game and listened to people going on about ponies, apples and carpets?
"It stands me a monkey, but I’m doing a bottle".
WHAT???
Nearly every number has it’s own nickname. It’s friendlier that way. After all nobody wants to lose five hundred quid, but "Doing a Monkey" almost sounds like fun. In case you don’t know, here are some of the most common names for numbers…
| 
 1  | 
 Allen/Strawberry  | 
 15  | 
 Rabbit  | 
| 
 2/200  | 
 Bottle  | 
 20  | 
 Apple  | 
| 
 3/300  | 
 Carpet  | 
 25  | 
 Pony  | 
| 
 4  | 
 Nelly/Rofe  | 
 50  | 
 Bull’s-eye/Nifty  | 
| 
 5  | 
 Ching  | 
 100  | 
 Ton/ Long ‘un  | 
| 
 6  | 
 Half a stretch  | 
 350  | 
 Rhino  | 
| 
 7  | 
 Nevis  | 
 500  | 
 Monkey  | 
| 
 8  | 
 Garden  | 
 1000  | 
 Gorilla/Bag of Sand/Balloon/  | 
| 
 9  | 
 Nina  | 
 
  | 
 Gooley/Large  | 
| 
 10  | 
 Cockle  | 
