What's the "red nine" in today's Mr. Boffo? 3/11/4

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http://www.ucomics.com/misterboffo/

What is the “red nine”?

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I’d think it be either the nine of diamonds or the nine of hearts. Seems to me Tolstoy is playing Free Cell or maybe some Solitare.

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That’s it, but more important is the fact that he’s not working on War and Peace on his computer; he’s playing games!

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I wish I had gotten that right away, it would have been much funnier. I thought he was wrestling with the word processor which makes it sort of a non-joke.