DevotedWalnut wroteMan when I was in highschool we played asshole all the time. Pretty much an everyday thing. i have never heard of King though.
King is played mostly in Portugal, Brazil and France, so i guess it's normal that most people don't know it. great game, though.
Asshole is the one where you try to dump your cards before everyone else, right? if so then awesome.
Sueca is the most popular card game in Portugal i think, similar to Chakri (popular with Indians). the "italian" sueca variation is my favourite.
talk about primitive games, i just finished my first ever game of Monopoly. it only took some 6 hours, but we got there. it sucked. you win if you're lucky enough to land on available squares, and buy everything you can, especially the last two.