Nov 20
2008

The Dice Man

<p>Woke up in a cold sweat again last night, my minds working overtime.</p> <p>You see, my&nbsp;partner and I play Yhatzee every day at five o'clock.&nbsp; It's&nbsp;a dice game that originated&nbsp;in provincial China.&nbsp; The aim is&nbsp;to roll various combinations of dice in order to score highly, the most sought&nbsp;after throw&nbsp;being a 'Yhatzee', a rare 6 of a kind throw.&nbsp; Yes, that's right, &nbsp;'Joe' and I play a rare Scandinavian variation&nbsp;that uses six dice instead of the&nbsp;usual five.</p> <p>'Joe'.&nbsp; I think that's his name.&nbsp; He rarely speaks, he just likes to play.&nbsp; I don't really know much about him, I know that he spent some time in China a few years ago.&nbsp; Maybe that would explain it.</p> <p>Thing is, Joe is starting to win a little too often.&nbsp; It started as a small lead, y'know, only a couple of games in it, good incentive for me to roll premium hands.&nbsp; But the last few days (I dunno, maybe I'm getting paranoid) 'Joe' is starting to pull off.&nbsp; Oh you betcha, I'm really eating his dust.&nbsp;&nbsp;This odd young man is&nbsp;rolling the ol' bones like nothing I've ever seen.&nbsp; He can turn an average toss (2,4,2,5,1,1) into a powerhouse rack of bones like 1,2,3,4,5,6 (a large straight!) with only a flick of his skinny wrist.</p> <p>Is it possible that 'Joe' is cheating?&nbsp; Something's on his mind.&nbsp; Last night as I left his damp bedsit he made a strange noise, almost like a cat.&nbsp; It was like he wanted me to stay with him a while.&nbsp; But I didn't, I went home a made a pizza from scratch.</p> <p>I dunno, we'll see, I guess.</p> <p></p> Read the rest...