B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for July 02, 2011

As apposed to “lo-jack” I suppose!

Hi, Jack. How ya been?

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.

I play too, and I never heard it refered to as a high Jack.His Nibs or His Nobs, never High Jack.

two points if you turn over a Jack.

Wait! what would you call the jack that nets you 13 points?

Good Morning, Fellow Cave Dwellers.

I thought it was the first think he heard from friends after his girlfriend told him to “Hit the road”.

Very nice Phillipic and with a tip of the chapeau to Ray Charles.

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?”

hey jack, the guy on the tractor. simple yet filling.

Since I don’t know about “cribbage”, I’ll pass on the comments today. :((

What I have forgotten about cribbage would fill a book , what I can remember would not start one, or was it 15 for two

Uncultured dictionary, Euchre is the true high jack game!!!!

Where do you think Jack Bauer (bower) got his name?

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?

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.

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.

Hi Jack, Lo Jack, Black Jack…..keep your hands off my stack…..eeeerrrrrrr…..morphing two metaphors together. Sort of like sampling music!!!

What you absolutely don’t say in an airport.

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.