[UA] Kirk is the Comte?

[James McGraw]

>>> chadu at yahoo.com 01/14/02 05:46am >>>
>Check this:
>
>
>====================
>[from ST ep "A Piece of the Action"]
>
>Kirk: The name of the game is called... Fizzbin. Each player
>gets 6 cards, except for the player on the dealer's right, who
>gets 7. 
>
>Thug: On the right. 
>
>Kirk: Yeah. The second card is turned up, except on Tuesdays. 
>
>Thug: Tuesday. 
>
>Kirk: Ohh! Look what you've got- 2 jacks. You got a half-fizzbin
>already. 
>
>Thug: I need another jack? 
>
>Kirk: No. If you got another jack, why you'd have a shralk. 
>
>Thug: A shralk? 
>
>Kirk: Yes, you'd be disqualified. No, what you need now is
>either a king and a deuce, except at night, of course, when
>you'd need a queen and a four. 
>
>Thug: Except at night. 
>
>Kirk: Right. Oh, look at that, you've got another jack! How
>lucky you are! How wonderful for you! Now if you didn't get
>another jack, if you had gotten a king, why then you'd get
>another card except when it's dark , when you'd have to give it
>back. 
>
>Thug: If it were dark on Tuesday. 
>
>Kirk: Yes, but what you're after is a royal fizzbin, but the
>odds of getting a royal fizzbin are astron - Spock, what are the
>odds on getting a royal fizzbin? 
>
>Spock: I have never computed them, Captain. 
>
>Kirk: Well, they're astronomical, believe me. Now, for the last
>card, we'll call it a kronk. You got that? 
>
>Thug: What? 
>(chaos ensues) 

But what's a Go Johnny Go Go Go Go?

james the cat

"I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards.
I got a full house and four people died."
                       Steven Wright


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