I associate cribbage with the fishing hut waiting for the rain to stop. There could be no other reason to play that stupid game. “Hell, who’s for getting wet?”
Simple rule of cribbage: deal 6 cards, each player discards 2 of those cards into the “crib” which becomes a second hand for the dealer. The non-dealer then cuts the remaining cards and the dealer turns over the resulting top card which is used as a 5th card in all hands for scoring purposes. A jack or “His Nobs” gets the dealer two points if it is turned over. “His Heels” (or the “right” jack – one that matches suit with the turned over card) gets you one point if it is in your hand. I’ve never heard it called “high jack”, although it could be a colloquialism. You’ll have to read Hoyle to get the scoring rules – way too complex… (although I will say it is impossible to get 19 points in a cribbage hand.)
My guess; the high jack would be colloquial for the one that’s worth 29. Never got that one, but I’ve had 28, with a queen.I’ve had 19 point hands, too often.(Because of the impossibility, that’s what nothing is called.)
To clarify for our non-cribbage players, 29 is the highest hand you can score. It requires you to have three 5’s in your hand and a jack, and the other 5 has to be the top card on the deck. Moreover, your jack has to be the same suit as the flipped over 5 (or you only get 28). Suffice it to say, very rare hand, though I think it’s not quite as rare as the royal straight flush (depending, of course, on the style of poker).
My father once got stopped by a traffic cop in Springfield Mass, only to be told that his license plate was “An almost perfect cribbage hand!” Some people have nothing better to do. 15-2, 15-4, an a pair is six.
It doesn’t really matter that the term “high jack” is not a “proper” cribbage term. The joke involves the role that “His Nobs” plays. Like most jokes, it falls flat if you get TOO analytical.
comicgos over 13 years ago
As apposed to “lo-jack” I suppose!
EarlWash over 13 years ago
Hi, Jack. How ya been?
DGWillie over 13 years ago
Frequently, a Jackalope gets eaten by a coyote, if he isn’t careful. For one thing, the horns mean he needs a very tall burrow.
jewels.4him over 13 years ago
I play too, and I never heard it refered to as a high Jack.His Nibs or His Nobs, never High Jack.
jewels.4him over 13 years ago
two points if you turn over a Jack.
GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago
Wait! what would you call the jack that nets you 13 points?
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DesultoryPhillipic over 13 years ago
I thought it was the first think he heard from friends after his girlfriend told him to “Hit the road”.
TexTech over 13 years ago
Very nice Phillipic and with a tip of the chapeau to Ray Charles.
lewisbower over 13 years ago
I associate cribbage with the fishing hut waiting for the rain to stop. There could be no other reason to play that stupid game. “Hell, who’s for getting wet?”
Neanderthal over 13 years ago
hey jack, the guy on the tractor. simple yet filling.
MontanaLady over 13 years ago
Since I don’t know about “cribbage”, I’ll pass on the comments today. :((
mark63 over 13 years ago
What I have forgotten about cribbage would fill a book , what I can remember would not start one, or was it 15 for two
freeholder1 over 13 years ago
Uncultured dictionary, Euchre is the true high jack game!!!!
freeholder1 over 13 years ago
Where do you think Jack Bauer (bower) got his name?
boldyuma over 13 years ago
Hi..Jack..Hi..Johnny..Hi..Jim with my good friend Bud weiser…how does the rest of that George Thorogood song go..1 scotch,1 bourbon, 1 beer?
JanLC over 13 years ago
Simple rule of cribbage: deal 6 cards, each player discards 2 of those cards into the “crib” which becomes a second hand for the dealer. The non-dealer then cuts the remaining cards and the dealer turns over the resulting top card which is used as a 5th card in all hands for scoring purposes. A jack or “His Nobs” gets the dealer two points if it is turned over. “His Heels” (or the “right” jack – one that matches suit with the turned over card) gets you one point if it is in your hand. I’ve never heard it called “high jack”, although it could be a colloquialism. You’ll have to read Hoyle to get the scoring rules – way too complex… (although I will say it is impossible to get 19 points in a cribbage hand.)
ChukLitl Premium Member over 13 years ago
My guess; the high jack would be colloquial for the one that’s worth 29. Never got that one, but I’ve had 28, with a queen.
ChukLitl Premium Member over 13 years ago
My guess; the high jack would be colloquial for the one that’s worth 29. Never got that one, but I’ve had 28, with a queen.I’ve had 19 point hands, too often.(Because of the impossibility, that’s what nothing is called.)
Nakor over 13 years ago
To clarify for our non-cribbage players, 29 is the highest hand you can score. It requires you to have three 5’s in your hand and a jack, and the other 5 has to be the top card on the deck. Moreover, your jack has to be the same suit as the flipped over 5 (or you only get 28). Suffice it to say, very rare hand, though I think it’s not quite as rare as the royal straight flush (depending, of course, on the style of poker).
ghretighoti over 13 years ago
My father once got stopped by a traffic cop in Springfield Mass, only to be told that his license plate was “An almost perfect cribbage hand!” Some people have nothing better to do. 15-2, 15-4, an a pair is six.
adubman over 13 years ago
Hi Jack, Lo Jack, Black Jack…..keep your hands off my stack…..eeeerrrrrrr…..morphing two metaphors together. Sort of like sampling music!!!
Cuddleman over 13 years ago
What you absolutely don’t say in an airport.
gocomicsmember over 13 years ago
It doesn’t really matter that the term “high jack” is not a “proper” cribbage term. The joke involves the role that “His Nobs” plays. Like most jokes, it falls flat if you get TOO analytical.