Talk:Happy families

Linking to definitions of common words

"Grotesque" needs a link? Just what level of English do we expect people to have? Same goes for "occupation". Mikething (talk) 11:12, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

Original Families?
"The eleven families indicated by italics are from Jaques's original edition.", but there are no italics, so which are the original families? Kiltpin (talk) 19:27, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

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Merge proposal
I propose to merge Quartets (card game) here. I see no difference at all in the rules, so it is merely a different name for the same game. The info at Quartets who invented/created it is contradictory and unsourced. It likely means that Quartets was merely a reissue of an old game with new marketing and name. --  P 1 9 9  ✉ 18:34, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose on the grounds that the same is similarly similar to Go Fish, so the target is uncertain. There are no references support equivalence one way or the other; this probably needs someone to track down some card game history! Klbrain (talk) 09:02, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

other Quartets?
how do you find now Wikisites about other meanings of Quartet, like movies and songs? Quartet redirects to Happy Familys and there are just disambiguations about Happy Family. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2a02:810a:3bf:f95f:4dd6:86fa:a38c:7ef6 (talk) 10:30, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
 * By looking at Quartet (or even Quartets), which gives the primary meaning; and also has a hatnote to Quartet (disambiguation) in case you're looking for something else. Klbrain (talk) 09:08, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

In the movie A Night to Remember (Titanic Sinking)
This movie about the sinking of the Titanic has some high-stakes card players continuing to play even after the iceberg struck and when one player suggests that they may be in real trouble, another player says, What should we play now, Happy Families?

I assume this game is not played for money or if so, for big money. It sounds like the remark is meant humorously but I do not understand why this is supposed to be funny unless perhaps the gambler meant that Happy Families might lighten the mood or something. 50.230.251.244 (talk) 13:42, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

"In Popular Culture" section removed entirely
I don't agree with the "in popular culture" section being removed because the "Entire section is unnecessary and uninteresting". This is entirely subjective and wrong. It shows that an old card-game still has popular relevance today. It should be brought back and the references added/updated, but I don't really feel like getting into an inevitable edit war. Lawrie (talk) 22:54, 25 June 2023 (UTC)