Talk:The Deck of Cards

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Rewrite[edit]

I have completely re-written the article, with a better introduction. I have also removed the full lyrics to the song since I have concerns they may be WP:COPYVIO, and replaced it with a summary of what this recitation is about. [[Briguy52748 03:17, 3 March 2007 (UTC)]][reply]

365 Spots?[edit]

I counted 2 on each of the face cards, three on each of the four aces (for a total of 12) and n+2 on each of the number cards (including the identifying "pip" below K, Q, 10, or whatever on each card). This gives a total of 328--without the two Jokers. What gives? Dougie monty (talk) 04:59, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is covered in at least one version of the 19th C text. http://i-p-c-s.org/images/faq/prayer-book.jpg Rich Farmbrough, 00:45, 22 September 2012 (UTC).[reply]

If you take the term "pip" very loosely, as if the soldier were simply counting the values of the cards while treating the knave, queen and king as 11, 12 and 13, respectively, then each suit adds up to 91, or one fourth of 364. 72.76.109.50 (talk) 05:36, 1 May 2014 (UTC)npetrikov[reply]

Penn & Teller version[edit]

Penn Jillette mentioned on Twitter [1] [2] on April 4, 2012 that he's working on a "pro-science version" of the bit as a trick for Penn & Teller. Not worth putting in the article yet, but once they perform it publicly it should probably be added. I'll keep an eye out. --Krelnik (talk) 19:56, 4 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]