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Paul: Welcome back, everyone, it’s been an exciting day here in the arena, and I have a feeling we’re just getting started. I predict this could go to, what, eighteen, nineteen pages.
Stan: Maybe more, Paul, this thread looks unstoppable!
Paul: We should be returning to play here any moment now, buuut it looks as though there’s some sort of delay, though I’m not sure –
Stan: There seems to be some sort of commotion courtside…
Paul: It appears that Drewbert is having some sort of argument with the ref.
Stan: I didn’t know there was a ref in Ultimate Rochambo.
Paul: There isn’t except in this post. A minor detail considering the nature of this thread.
Stan: True.
Paul: Can we get a camera in there? … Great. It looks like Drewbert has just been handed an official Ultimate Rochambo Rule Book.
Stan: Now for the folks at home, we should point out that the term “rule book” is something of a misnomer. In fact, the entire sum of the rules is so small, they actually fit on a convenient bi-fold pamphlet, with lots of large colorful illustrations.
Paul: Can we get a tighter shot on the rule the ref is pointing to?
Stan: Oh, my -
Paul: Oh, now he should know better than that! Drewbert apparently seriously believed the rules allowed him to summon Cecil Adams! Unbelievable! The crowd can see it now on the Jumbo-tron, and they don’t like it!
Stan: That’s a rookie mistake, Paul. He just can’t do that, it’s like… it’s like… oh, I don’t know…
Paul: Quick analogies were never your strong suit, are they Stan?
Stan: Well… ah…
Paul: That’s why they pay him the big bucks to do the color commentary, folks!
Stan: Aaaanyway. You hafta wonder where Drewbert got this preposterous idea, though I did notice him in a heated discussion with his staff while the pinworms were at center court. It does make some sort of comsic sense in that case, to have Cecil Adams defeat the little buggers, but you have to think of the ramifications. Remember, nobody is in this game to actually win once and for all - at least not this early into the thread. And if you even presume to suggest that Uncle Cece can in fact be beaten, well… it’s like…
Paul: Yeah?
Stan: Um… well it’s like suggesting the Commissioner of Baseball’s mother wears combat boots?
Paul: You’re just not cut out for this job, are you?
Stan: Hi Mom!
Paul: Now the ref can go two ways here. He could just rule that Drewbert forfeit a turn…
Stan: That’d be too easy.
Paul: Or, there is, of course… the Ultimate Embarrassment… The ref is about to announce the penalty, let’s take a listen:
Ref:* Summoning Cecil Adams… Automatic penalty… Fighter must yield nothing at all.*
Paul: Unarmed! Oh, the indignity!
Stan: Now, there is a rarely-used clause in the rule book that says that wielding nothing at all may not be semantically altered to make the opponent disappear. He’s really going to have to go out there with nothing to defend himself. The Ultimate Embarrassment indeed.
Paul: Drewbert walks onto the court… to face Deee-Lite!
Stan: Now I talked with Drewbert last week, and I found out he kindof used to like that song, but would be too embarrased to actually admit it in public. What’s the worse embarrassment, standing up to it or falling to it unarmed?
Paul: He’s down! He falls over and plays dead just like Colin Mochrie does when asked to rhyme!
Stan:: Looks like someone else will have to defeat Groove is in the Heart.
Paul: They’re carrying him off the court now, but I predict he’ll be back soon. Wasn’t a serious injury… And we have to take a time out now for these important messages…