new metapost package bbcard

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+Bullshit Bingo
+
+This is a metapost implementation of Bullshit Bingo. It's based on
+http://www.perkigoth.com/home/kermit/stuff/BullshitBingo. I've taken
+additional phrases from http://www.lssu.edu/banished.
+
+To be perfectly honest, I wrote this because I needed a meaningful,
+client-focused playing card which could be the best of breed. I
+basically felt that I could use my best practices to bring a total
+quality approach to the challenge. Having said that, the actual fact is
+I also wanted to control the list of words. This version is not
+web-enabled, but it has a few value-added features which should empower
+employees, and put them on the critical path towards realising their
+core competencies:
+
+-- dynamic logo-style heading
+-- four grids per card -- speaks to serious play
+-- user-friendly method of generating many cards at once
+-- more than 100 very unique bullshit phrases
+-- it's easy to add and remove phrases, so you can be proactive,
+   not reactive
+
+--
+
+To generate a single card:
+  mpost bbcard
+and the card will be written to bbcard.ps
+
+To generate 12 cards:
+  mpost '\nocards:=12; input bbcard'
+and the cards will be written to bbcard.1, bbcard.2, .., bbcard.12
+
+Those command-lines assume a recent Unix installation. On your
+machine, metapost might be called mp rather than mpost, and the
+single-quotes might not be necessary. bbcard requires your installation
+to be configured to use the font ptmr8r (Times Roman). It is not
+suitable for use with the CM fonts.
+
+bbcard.mp contains instructions for adding additional phrases.
+breakwidth.mp can be used to perform simple-minded line breaking
+with other metapost routines.
+
+bbcard.mp is released to the public domain
+breakwidth.mp is copyright by patrick mcphee, but there are
+no limitations on its use
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/metapost/bbcard/README.calendar b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/metapost/bbcard/README.calendar
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+Calendar
+
+This is a metapost calendar, which I use to mark down appointments. 
+It prints one month per page, and can generate an entire year's
+with one command.
+
+To generate the next month's calendar:
+  mpost calendar
+and the card will be written to bbcard.{number}, where {number} is
+the month number. One drawback: some common metapost implementations
+don't determine the month dynamically, but instead report the month
+of compilation or the month of the last change to the code or something
+like that. In that case, you must set theyear and themonth as indicated
+below:
+
+To generate a year's worth:
+  mpost '\theyear:=2003; themonth:=-1; input calendar'
+
+To generate April 2003:
+  mpost '\theyear:=2003; themonth:=4; input calendar'
+
+Those command-lines assume a recent Unix installation. On your
+machine, metapost might be called mp rather than mpost, and the
+single-quotes might not be necessary. calendar requires your installation
+to be configured to use the font pplr8r (Palatino). It is not
+suitable for use with the CM fonts.
+
+I've included a few holidays, which I called brands for some reason
+I don't recall. You can remove them or add more by setting the values
+of the approriate element of the `brands' array. For instance:
+
+  brands[7][4] := "Independance Day";
+
+sets the US independance day, which is July 4.
+
+You are free to enhance this file or integrate it with other packages
+if you like. If you do something splendid like adding support for
+floating holidays, send them to me and I'll update the package on CTAN.
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/metapost/bbcard/README.scorecard b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/metapost/bbcard/README.scorecard
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+Baseball score card
+
+This card can be used to score any baseball game which lasts fewer
+than twelve innings. Dave Rebnord added the little grey diamonds.
+
+To generate:
+  mpost scorecard
+and the card will be written to scorecard.ps.
+
+You are free to enhance this file or integrate it with other packages
+if you like.