Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for February 22, 2018

Heard it was a blast.

He never saw it coming…

Eights and aces – a dead man’s hand.

And here I thought he died of lead-poisoning. A .41 caliber rimfire Derringer “lead injector” in the back, if I recall my history correctly.

I wonder how many non-poker players know he’s why “eights and aces” is called the dead man’s hand.

Being that I live in South Dakota and LOVE word play, Bravo!

Now “Fire Lake” has become an earworm.

With that ‘comment’, ‘Cosmo’ did nothing to ‘endear’ himself to ‘Roz’(expression on her beak’) ! ! !

With that ‘comment’, ‘Cosmo’ did nothing to ‘endear’ himself to ‘Roz’(expression on her beak’) ! ! !

I wonder how many poker players fold with aces and eights? Just wondering.

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James Butler Hickok was born in Homer Illinois (present day Troy Grove). It’s a very small farming community.

His grave is right next to “Calamity” Jane’s. After his death, she claimed to be his wife (which would be a surprise to his real wife back East) and asked that she be buried next to him.

We visited Deadwood, and it’s a nice little town. The bar in which Hickock was killed has a sign out front pointing out this fact.

The deck was stacked against him.

If you have not seen the TV series called Deadwood, I recommend it. However, you might want to look at the Wikipedia article first, if you are squeamish about so-called “bad words.” They are very plentiful in this series.

Yes, he was dealt a bad hand.