Hi! I'm grateful to everyone who's been using Twitter as a way to stay friendly and connected. This morning @briankoppelman and @thinkingpoker encouraged me to share my morning coffee. I mentioned I was reading Jonathan Swift. [1/N]
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I didn't mention that I was specifically reading Swift's "Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift, D.S.P.D.," which I delighted in not only because it's funny and wise but because there's card-playing in it. So I'll try to channel
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It's good pandemic reading: Swift imagines the reactions to his own death (as he contemplates ego, rivalry, and legacy more generally). About halfway through, he imagines what some card-playing members of high society might say. Don't try to tell me it's not funny: [3/N]pic.twitter.com/rWBf4R6nCD
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...and I'll Google so you don't have to. I'll assume you know what "trumps" are, generally, but if you don't, go read Wikipedia about bridge or whist or any trick-taking game. [4/N]
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Re: "knew what king to call," this and the "vole" thing suggest that the game at hand is Ecarte,* where "before playing the first card, if either player holds the king of trumps, they can mark an extra point for themselves by announcing it." [6/N] *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cart%C3%A9 …
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