pick a card, part two

by genghis gilgamesh

to read part one, click here

well, did you get it yet? get what? that check for a billion dollars for that story. oh, that. no, i have not got it yet, i don’t know what the holdup is. maybe that story really was not that good, maybe the gypsy saw you coming and sold you a bill of goods. sold you a bill of goods - that is another expression you do not hear much any more. you know what lord acton said. no, what did lord action say? he said what is amusingly old-fashioned to one generation is simply meaningless to the next. so, time goes by. exactly. i already knew that. but, back to the gypsy. you want me to go back to the gypsy? if you can find her. i can find her, this is a real gypsy, she stays right where she is. i thought gypsies took to the highway. that shows what you know. the road doesn’t go anywhere, and neither does the gypsy.. how well do you know this gypsy? i know gypsies, my friends. if there is one thing i know, it is gypsies. so don’t go telling me about gypsies. i know the stars. i know what is written in the stars. that is where the truth is written, for those who have eyes to see. look, why don’t we just try again. pick a card, any card, and we will get another story, and if this one does not make a billion dollars, i will go back and see the gypsy, how is that? oh, all right, i am easy to get along with. (picks a card). the nine of spades. ten men went out to the desert with nine spades. one man returned wtih ten bags. what was in the bags? a). 9 cheeseburgers and a side of fries b) a side of fries, and 9 packets of ketchup c) 3 nuns, 3 popes, 3 horses, and a bartender d) 9 ladies dancing, and a partridge in a pear tree e) 9 puppies, and a sad clown f) 9 prayers for peace, and the ultimate weapon part three