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[dolari]

"The name of the game is called, uh...fizzbin."
"Fizzbin?"
"Fizzbin. It's, uh ... not too difficult. Each player gets six cards, except for the player on the dealer's right, who gets seven."
"On the right?"
"The second card is turned up, except on Tuesdays."
"On Tuesday."
"Mm-hmm. Oh, look what you got, two jacks! You got a half fizzbin already."
"I need another jack."
"No. If you got another jack, why, you'd have a sralk."
"A sralk?"
"Yes. You'd be disqualified. You need a king and a deuce, except at night, when you'd need a queen and a 4."
"Except at night."
"Right. Oh, look at that. You've got another jack! How lucky you are! How wonderful for you. If you didn't get another jack, if you'd gotten a king, why, then, you'd get another card, except when it's dark, you'd give it back."
"If it were dark on Tuesday."
"But what you're after is a royal fizzbin, but the odds in getting a royal fizzbin are astron -- Spock, what are the odds in getting a royal fizzbin?"
"I've never computed them."
"Well, they're astronomical, believe me. Now, for the last card. We'll call it a kronk. You got that?"