Jack Ascii

Three Backgammon Terms

Beaver - An immediate redouble by a player who just accepted a double. A player who beavers turns the cube up one level and retains possession of the cube

Jack Ascii’s Redirect: This is an unacceptable term.

Clear from the Rear -  A good general strategy to use when bearing in or bearing off against opposition. You clear your highest point (1) first and avoid creating gaps.

Jack Ascii’s Rebuttal: This is also an unacceptable term.

 Cock Shot -  Entering from the bar with a roll of 6-2 and hitting a blot on the eight-point when the only open point is the two-point.

Jack Ascii’s comment: I am embarrassed for Backgammon players everywhere.

Bonus Term’s (presented by JackAscii.net at no extra charge)

Kibitzer - Spectator to a game. Good etiquette dictates that kibitzers not discuss the game within earshot of the players.

Jack Ascii’s Observation: I recommend never talking about Backgammon. 

Mammy Wong Proposition - The player on roll has two checkers on each of his lower three home board points, and three checkers on each of upper three home board points. The opponent has one checker on the bar, six checkers borne off, and the remainder on his one-point and two-point. Should the player double? Should his opponent accept the double?

Jack Ascii’s Interjection: Never in a hundred years would I have guessed a Manny Wong Proposition had anything to do with Backgammon. I think I’m looking at a broken Backgammon glossary. 

Double Bonus (a video)

This guy is actually talking about backgammon and someone actually filmed it. Nice pink hanky by the way.

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Whenever I go to one of those sit down restaurants where you have to get your own soda (i.e. where they just give you an empty cup), I always struggle with choosing a lid. That is because whenever you select a lid, in most cases you have to touch 3 or 4 others. Obviously my problem isn’t with the lids I touch, but the lids others have touched before me. I always picture some guy with lepracy and a bad sinus infection fumbling through the pile of lids minutes before I pick mine out. I think this will one day force me to give up all beverages.

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If you live in Knoxville, Tennessee, this is some need to know information. I just found out about this guy after checking out a recent post over at Les Jones’s spiffy blogtackular site. Allegedly this fella shot out one of Knoxville’s red light camera’s with a .30-06 caliber hunting rifle after falling victim to it a little while earlier. For this he was snatched up by the fuzz and spent a few nights in the pen. He describes the whole event on his website (cliffspeaks.com). Excellent read which I highly recommended. Here is a sample of the story which I particularly was fond of:

“I shared a cell with an illegal alien.  He didn’t speak English, and mi Espanol es mui malo.  So we engaged in mutual language lessons.  Before we parted, I tore paper from a bag lunch and I wrote the message, “Guest of Clifford Clark.”  I included my contact information.  I stuffed the note in his shirt pocket since he was about to be deported and I anticipate he will be coming back to the U.S.  I hope he doesn’t run any red lights on the way back.” 

The original story can be found at KnoxNews. 

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