Ralston: Ready? Zero serving zero... aaaand, I win again, twenty-one to nothing. Captain Victorious: I don't get points for hitting you?? What a rip-off...
A man shoots a duck on a farmer’s land. He walks past the fence, keeping the cows and chickens inside. He picks up the duck and starts to leave when the farmer says, “What are you doing with my Duck?”
The hunter protests, says, “Look, I shot it, it’s my duck!”
The farmer says, “My land, my duck!”
So, the farmer says, “look, let’s have a contest, winner takes the duck.”
The hunter says, he is game (bad pun) and asks what the contest will be. The farmer tells him it would be a punching contest whoever hits the other in the face the hardest without giving up, wins. And since he wasn’t trespassing on the hunter’s property, he should go first. The hunter agrees.
The farmer lines up and gives the hunter a heavy haymaker, knocking him off his feet. A few minutes later, the hunter rises, and says, “OK NOW IT IS MY TURN!”
The farmer scoops up the duck and throws it at the hunter. “I give up, YOU WIN keep the damn duck!”
I remember my first ping pong game against a Taiwanese exchange student. He just kept hitting the ball back until I finally hit it out of bounds. It had never occurred to me that overpowering your opponent wasn’t the only viable approach.
LawrenceS over 2 years ago
Captain Boffo: People Unclear on the Concept
JDP_Huntington Beach over 2 years ago
Reminiscent of that old joke:
A man shoots a duck on a farmer’s land. He walks past the fence, keeping the cows and chickens inside. He picks up the duck and starts to leave when the farmer says, “What are you doing with my Duck?”
The hunter protests, says, “Look, I shot it, it’s my duck!”
The farmer says, “My land, my duck!”
So, the farmer says, “look, let’s have a contest, winner takes the duck.”
The hunter says, he is game (bad pun) and asks what the contest will be. The farmer tells him it would be a punching contest whoever hits the other in the face the hardest without giving up, wins. And since he wasn’t trespassing on the hunter’s property, he should go first. The hunter agrees.
The farmer lines up and gives the hunter a heavy haymaker, knocking him off his feet. A few minutes later, the hunter rises, and says, “OK NOW IT IS MY TURN!”
The farmer scoops up the duck and throws it at the hunter. “I give up, YOU WIN keep the damn duck!”
ChessPirate over 2 years ago
Yup, there’s 21 of ’em… ☺
willie_mctell over 2 years ago
I remember my first ping pong game against a Taiwanese exchange student. He just kept hitting the ball back until I finally hit it out of bounds. It had never occurred to me that overpowering your opponent wasn’t the only viable approach.
knight1192a over 2 years ago
Let me guess, never once touched the table?
Course I’m assuming the ball is supposed to touch the table when it goes back over the net, then go off without being returned for a point to count.