AGL 39.58 Decreased By ▼ -0.42 (-1.05%)
AIRLINK 131.22 Increased By ▲ 2.16 (1.67%)
BOP 6.81 Increased By ▲ 0.06 (0.89%)
CNERGY 4.71 Increased By ▲ 0.22 (4.9%)
DCL 8.44 Decreased By ▼ -0.11 (-1.29%)
DFML 41.47 Increased By ▲ 0.65 (1.59%)
DGKC 82.09 Increased By ▲ 1.13 (1.4%)
FCCL 33.10 Increased By ▲ 0.33 (1.01%)
FFBL 72.87 Decreased By ▼ -1.56 (-2.1%)
FFL 12.26 Increased By ▲ 0.52 (4.43%)
HUBC 110.74 Increased By ▲ 1.16 (1.06%)
HUMNL 14.51 Increased By ▲ 0.76 (5.53%)
KEL 5.19 Decreased By ▼ -0.12 (-2.26%)
KOSM 7.61 Decreased By ▼ -0.11 (-1.42%)
MLCF 38.90 Increased By ▲ 0.30 (0.78%)
NBP 64.01 Increased By ▲ 0.50 (0.79%)
OGDC 192.82 Decreased By ▼ -1.87 (-0.96%)
PAEL 25.68 Decreased By ▼ -0.03 (-0.12%)
PIBTL 7.34 Decreased By ▼ -0.05 (-0.68%)
PPL 154.07 Decreased By ▼ -1.38 (-0.89%)
PRL 25.83 Increased By ▲ 0.04 (0.16%)
PTC 17.81 Increased By ▲ 0.31 (1.77%)
SEARL 82.30 Increased By ▲ 3.65 (4.64%)
TELE 7.76 Decreased By ▼ -0.10 (-1.27%)
TOMCL 33.46 Decreased By ▼ -0.27 (-0.8%)
TPLP 8.49 Increased By ▲ 0.09 (1.07%)
TREET 16.62 Increased By ▲ 0.35 (2.15%)
TRG 57.40 Decreased By ▼ -0.82 (-1.41%)
UNITY 27.51 Increased By ▲ 0.02 (0.07%)
WTL 1.37 Decreased By ▼ -0.02 (-1.44%)
BR100 10,504 Increased By 59.3 (0.57%)
BR30 31,226 Increased By 36.9 (0.12%)
KSE100 98,080 Increased By 281.6 (0.29%)
KSE30 30,559 Increased By 78 (0.26%)

Cards, the playing type, of course, are used by man, since time immemorial, to play games of chance. A pack of cards consists of a deck of 'fifty-two' regular cards and an extra 'two', interestingly called, jokers.
The total number of cards in a pack is 'fifty-four'. Games are played on a flat surface and one of the players is designated as a 'banker' to note the 'points'.
The 'banker' in our land of the pure, coiffed and gelled (wonder who his stylist is) has selected a pack of 62 to play with on a surface held in place by 'brass' tacks.
Wonder if he has been, as he is wont to claim, jotting down 'points' scored by the members of the pack.
The pack he has is a bit of a wonder. Here, the mathematics goes awry which considering the 'banker's' background, is a bit difficult to understand. He shuffles with a pack of 52 plus 10 jokers who at times weigh down upon the whole deck. This is lent credence by the mutterings and utterings by some of the pack, bordering perilously close to being insanely hilarious (challenging and insulting the intelligence of the citizens). Amazing, isn't it, that such 'twos' have multiplied to 10 and have made it to the pack.
But then again, we of the 'enlightened' land are expected to stay quiet and listen/read the endless meaningless banter and shake our heads in disbelief of having such 'twos' foisted upon the citizens of the 'enlightened' republic.
Pure meandering rhetoric doesn't gel no more with the pack. It's now physical too. The civilian bureaucracy would be well advised to hire the services of a WWF (World Wrestling Federation) coach or of a Korean grandmaster holding atleast a 7th dan blackbelt in tae-kwon-doh for training in the art of self-defence for its members (make it a compulsory subject in the Civil Services curriculum) keeping in view the bizarre happenings in the capital. And us mortals would do well unto ourselves to steer clear of the buildings housing the members of the 'twos' in the pack.
Does the 'banker' know what's happening while he is away enjoying the cool and pleasant climes in a beautiful part of the world (this only been made accessible due to 'glasnost' of the Gorbachev era).
That's the scenario in which, it seems the 'brass' tacks, are the only consistent and tolerant part of the gaming arena letting the game continue to benefit whom, Heavens know.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2006

Comments

Comments are closed.