Plastic Birds

Buddy's Bird Friends

View assorted pictures of Buddy's friends in their natural habitat

Fun

A Buddy Adventure

Easter Island Captured by aliens or willing visitor? Buddy the Gourd goes to Easter Island.
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Visit Buddy's Blackjack Emporium!

Visit Buddy's Gamelan Practice Space!

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Literary Corner

The Smuf Chronicles!

Smuf the Cat One of Buddy's best friends! A rare chance to read a cat's journal -- the day to day exploits of a cat named Smuf.
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Buddy's Poem of the Week!

Dogs! Bacteria! Yoko Ono! Toasters! Spend some time reading Buddy's favorite poems.

Read Buddy's Movie Reviews!

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Buddy's Store

Buddy's Blackjack Emporium!

I. How to Play

  1. Place your bet by placing orange and green poker chips into the yellow rectangle.
  2. When you're ready to play, press the "Bet Final" button.
  3. Cards will be dealt automatically. If you're happy with the cards you're holding, press the "Hold" button. If you would like additional cards, press the "Hit" button.
  4. Continue play by pressing either the "Hit" or "Hold" button until an outcome is reached.
  5. Buddy will announce whether you've won or lost and your cash total will be updated to reflect your new cash total. The number of chips you've bet will be either added to your stack (if you've won!) or subtracted (if you've lost).
  6. Press the "New" button, if you would like to play again

II. Rules of the game

  • The goal of the game is add together the point values of the cards to equal 21.
  • Kings, queens and jacks count as 10 points. Aces are either 1 or 11 points. The rest of the cards count as their face value.
  • If no one reaches 21, the person with the highest point total without going over 21 wins.
  • If you get Blackjack (an ace and a face card totaling 21 points) on the first deal, you win automatically.

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