Brevity by Dan Thompson for May 09, 2021

Trouble is, he never learned to think outside the box.

But can he go up the hill and fetch a pail of water?

He’s a real card.

He’s still a knave at times.

They misspelled “off”.

… and he’s funny – he’s quite a card.

… but he’s not playing with (anything near) a full deck.

looks like diamonds are a girl’s best friend…

…and jokers are wild!

He always plays 52 pickup …..

Those aren’t trades….They are skills

She got quite a deal when she drew him.

He plays the hand he’s dealt.

I have to keep one eye on Jack all the time.

In England and America, the jack in playing cards was previously known as the knave — named for ‘a male servant in the royal household with no specific role or skill’. This was before ‘knave’ became a derogatory term (which was due to the rowdy, swaggering, bullying behavior that many knaves exhibited). ‘Jack’ was the term used in England and America to refer to a man in general terms (e.g., jack-of-all-trades, jack-in-the-box). Jack became the official card name in 1864 when American cardmaker Samuel Hart published a deck using “J” instead of “Kn” to designate the lowest-ranking court card. It caught on because it was much less confusing (Kn for knave, K for king).

My Jack was my Jack of Hearts, though he did give me a diamond.

Damn Jacks! In poker they say there are 3 ways to play pocket Jacks.

And they are all wrong.

As opposed to a one-eyed Jack.

No big deal, I do all that. Except I don’t zoom, I run to work while the baby is napping.

And when he starts yelling, he’s a jack of all tirades.

A Jack of all trades, but master of none…

He’s such a card!

A Jack of all chores.