May 02, 2003
Time to play cards!
Remember that new feature I was talking about last night? Well, it's here! Get ready, hold on to your hats, because for the next two weeks, you will see, for the first time anywhere, Axis of Weasel Playing Cards! Yes, now you too will be able to play poker with the likenesses of the world's greatest weasels on the cover, just so you can remember who were the ignorant, hateful f*cks who were willing to let millions of Iraqis suffer under Saddam. For the first teaser, take a look at the back:
OK, now here are some interesting tidbits about the list, and how it was created.
- I picked 53 weasels to the best of my recollection and ranked them. The lowest ranking of the bunch would be removed from the list
- I took the list of weasels, and ranked them subjectively according to the level of weaseliness, and their ability to entice other prospective weasels to their point of view.
- The ranking was done by taking the list, and splitting it in half. In Computer Science terms, I did either a heapsort or binary sort on weaseliness.
- The Ace of Spades is pretty much who you would expect it to be, but there are some surprises in the list.
- Alec Baldwin didn't make it. He's the 53rd weasel.
- Jean Chretien is not the highest ranking Canadian weasel.
- Phil Donahue did make the list, but not by much.
- No institutions are mentioned. Sorry BBC!
Some final notes. The ranking of cards is the same as is used in a poker game Spade, Heart, Diamond, Club. The deck has no joker(wildcards are for pansies!). There are probably dozens, if not hundreds of people I could have put in this list, and didn't, and doubtless, someone will remind me of that. Sorry. The list wasn't done by committee, and is now final.
OK, now that all the preliminaries are done, let me present to you, the first cards in the Axis of Weasels deck, the deuces:
Update: OK, now I've got the treys up. Other cards will be coming, four a day.
Update: I know I've been a bit slow on the updates, but the fours and the fives are now up. I'll be posting the sixes some time tomorrow night.
Update: Sixes are up now.
Posted by John Bono at May 2, 2003 11:03 PM | TrackBackHello I am interested in buyin some of these decks of cards. Hell I think it would even be great if I could set up a web page to sell them but anyway can you tell me were I can purchase these cards. Thank you for your time Tom Koegler
Posted by: Tom koegler on May 9, 2003 01:13 PMwhen you have some for sale , let me know.
When will these cards be available for sale??
Posted by: Dave Chandler on May 10, 2003 11:30 AMWhen you get the Axis of Weasel Playing Cards completed I would like to purchase 20 to 24 decks of cards.
Need: cost
delivery
These cards would be excellent gifts for my democratic friends
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE WEASEL CARDS THAT NEIL CAVUTO HAD ON HIS SHOW TODAY????? IF SO I'D LIKE TO GET SOME.
Posted by: SHERRY LINDEN on May 10, 2003 12:06 PM Please let me know were i can buy these on line and send me a link.
thank you! Brian Jarvis
How about fixing the btm right number on the rest of the cards...they need to be flipped left to right
