[!CrackMonkey!] well, austr-AL-ia *started* as a penal colony . . .

[Overlord of Minnesota Protector of the Dakotas and Subjugator of Wisconsin]

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commence  Chancellor of the Republic  quotation:
> Inspired by the Overlord of Minnesota, who seems to be cowering in
> the corner:
> > The problem with dice is that they usually come in pairs, or if
> > you're playing Yatzee, quintuplets.  It's generally not a good idea
> > to attack until you know where all of them are.
> 
> Dice is plural, simpleton.

That means nothing, sure we know where at least two of the dice are, but
what if they're from a game of RISK?  For all we know, there's one more
defensive die out there, as well as TWO ATTACK DICE?  Now I personally
don't want to start fighting a battle unless I know that there are or
are not attack dice, and if there are attack dice, I want to know their
precise whereabouts.  There's nothing quite so horrifying as being
ambushed by attack dice.

Back when I was merely a Corporal in the Grand Army of Minnesota, I took
part in what was supposed to be a minor skirmish with the Wisconsinite
forces.  We didn't know it at the time, but they had the dice from
SEVERAL DOZEN sets of RISK.  Luckily, I managed to roll a six, but the
other members of the Platoon weren't so lucky.  Even now as Overlord the
screams of those men as they rolled ones and twos haunts me at night.

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Brian Hicks <hick0142 at umn.edu> <http://eight.dhs.org> <PGP:0xADDD1F16> 
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