I desperately need those plastic cards:
* I am looking forward for the flight sitting next to Merry and playing bridge with those cards
* at my age, and having missed all body-building courses lately, it is the only thing left for me to impress others when I (not very discretly) look at them - only when others are watching
* if I don't speak the local language, and may be even the writing is not latin, how could I communicate my so very important VIP-status?