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Tarzan

Tarzan

Banned
#1
#1
I have read things off bj21.com but have never posted anything there. Just for the heck of it I made a user name on there the other day, "Ivan Yerkanoff" and made a little introductory "hello all!" friendly sort of post... seemed like the right thing to do---WRONG!!!! Well... my very first post there got deleted by a moderator! I thought it was the greatest blackjack related post I have ever made in my life though; Apparently tastes vary in some circles but at least I saved the post. A moderator deleted it citing that it was "nonsense". Here it is as follows:

BJ21.com Free Message Board
Howdy Buckaroos!
Posted By: Ivan Yerkanoff
Date: 22 Mar 11, 12:18 am

Hi there fellow blackjack players! I live near Atlantic City and play 20-60 hours of blackjack a week, have been playing nearly 30 years, have played all over, use a DHME style system, like tacos and burritos and have been known to hang out on the Atlantic City boardwalk with a one-eyed Catalunian gypsy girl.

Now I am a total "by the math" sort of guy but some time back I met a one-eyed Catalunian gypsy woman out on the boardwalk that explained to me that if she is near a blackjack table and her eye starts twitching uncontrollably, aces are about to start coming out of the deck! As far-fetched as this sounded, I was somewhat intrigued and despite an overpowering garlic odor that appeared to be emitting from her, I asked her to accompany me to the tables (as a fluke for my personal amusement) since I was on one heck of a losing streak that day.

I have been working on tracking clumps of aces through the shuffle for some years now but it's incredibly difficult due to the neccessity of being properly focused on a proper count simultaneously. Just as sure as the sun rises in the east, her eye began twitching and groupings of aces were coming out of the blackjack shoe in quantities that defied statistical probabilities during this time! I began increasing my bets accordingly when I saw the eye twitching uncontrollably and was stacking up chips like crazy.

In the last few months, I find myself unable to play a blackjack game without her by my side but besides that, I feel a strange "connection" with her of sorts and think I have feelings for her. Sure I get a few odd looks when out in public with her as she is possibly not the "caliber" of woman that I am normally with, dresses in an archaic fashion that you would have seen in central Europe about 50 years ago and sports an unusual amulet... not to mention the garlic-like odor but... are these feelings of love for this woman? Do I try to "take it to the next step"? Just what is a one-eyed Catalunian gypsy woman looking for in a man anyway? Do I break down and tell her how I really feel? Do I tell her "I think I love you but you really have to do something about that garlic odor"? Is this lust, love and my true soul mate or is this simply a side effect from the sense of exhilaration I feel when I am stacking up casino chips during her convulsive episodes?
 
Tarzan

Tarzan

Banned
#2
#2
My response

Although a few thought the post quite noteworthy it was deleted. I typed in a response to the questioning of where the post went to but found my password to be no longer functional! My response would have been as follows:

It's tragic to find that a blog post conveying so many tangents and layers of relevant thought could be deleted. I will try to avoid complex trains of thought in future posts so what I write can make sense (rather than "nonsense") to the most limited of intellectual capacities. I apologize for typing anything of significant literary value containing profound thought and will try to avoid making this mistake in the future, Thank you, Ivan Yerkanoff
 
HockeXpert

HockeXpert

Well-Known Member
#3
#3
Mr. Yerkanoff:

I've found bj21 to be quite stuffy and yet they allow members to post anonymously which defies logic. If it weren't for my great respect for SW and the ability to glean a little bit of knowledge from the site, I would have abandoned it some time ago.

Btw...if I were a mod I would have deleted your post. It was a little far out but it did have me laughing.
 
B

BJgenius007

Well-Known Member
#7
#7
Tarzan said:
I have read things off bj21.com but have never posted anything there. Just for the heck of it I made a user name on there the other day, "Ivan Yerkanoff" and made a little introductory "hello all!" friendly sort of post... seemed like the right thing to do---WRONG!!!! Well... my very first post there got deleted by a moderator! I thought it was the greatest blackjack related post I have ever made in my life though; Apparently tastes vary in some circles but at least I saved the post. A moderator deleted it citing that it was "nonsense". Here it is as follows:

BJ21.com Free Message Board
Howdy Buckaroos!
Posted By: Ivan Yerkanoff
Date: 22 Mar 11, 12:18 am

Hi there fellow blackjack players! I live near Atlantic City and play 20-60 hours of blackjack a week, have been playing nearly 30 years, have played all over, use a DHME style system, like tacos and burritos and have been known to hang out on the Atlantic City boardwalk with a one-eyed Catalunian gypsy girl.

Now I am a total "by the math" sort of guy but some time back I met a one-eyed Catalunian gypsy woman out on the boardwalk that explained to me that if she is near a blackjack table and her eye starts twitching uncontrollably, aces are about to start coming out of the deck! As far-fetched as this sounded, I was somewhat intrigued and despite an overpowering garlic odor that appeared to be emitting from her, I asked her to accompany me to the tables (as a fluke for my personal amusement) since I was on one heck of a losing streak that day.

I have been working on tracking clumps of aces through the shuffle for some years now but it's incredibly difficult due to the neccessity of being properly focused on a proper count simultaneously. Just as sure as the sun rises in the east, her eye began twitching and groupings of aces were coming out of the blackjack shoe in quantities that defied statistical probabilities during this time! I began increasing my bets accordingly when I saw the eye twitching uncontrollably and was stacking up chips like crazy.

In the last few months, I find myself unable to play a blackjack game without her by my side but besides that, I feel a strange "connection" with her of sorts and think I have feelings for her. Sure I get a few odd looks when out in public with her as she is possibly not the "caliber" of woman that I am normally with, dresses in an archaic fashion that you would have seen in central Europe about 50 years ago and sports an unusual amulet... not to mention the garlic-like odor but... are these feelings of love for this woman? Do I try to "take it to the next step"? Just what is a one-eyed Catalunian gypsy woman looking for in a man anyway? Do I break down and tell her how I really feel? Do I tell her "I think I love you but you really have to do something about that garlic odor"? Is this lust, love and my true soul mate or is this simply a side effect from the sense of exhilaration I feel when I am stacking up casino chips during her convulsive episodes?
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Moderator, please move this thread to the Voodoo category.
 
metronome

metronome

Well-Known Member
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#8
No, no ,no ...move to the Visigothic section.
And did the mystery lady speak Franco, Spanish or some Romanian dialect ?:grin:
Maybe Voodoo section would suffice.
 
FLASH1296

FLASH1296

Well-Known Member
#10
#10

I believe that the buxom gypsy lady hails from the Pyrenees of Andorra,
and is a certified pick-pocket; fluent in Catalan, Romani, and Yiddish.
She has flaming red hair and wears a modest emerald-studded golden tiara,
complimenting her hazel eyes. She favors purple culottes, flowered peasant
blouses and 8" spike heels.

She keeps an inconspicuously low profile so that she can track Aces for Tarzan.
 
Sharky

Sharky

Well-Known Member
#12
#12
hadn't been to bj21.com in quite a while and after returning I quickly remembered why...that message board is hideous...F'ing bullet point style from Stanford? WTF?
 
Southpaw

Southpaw

Well-Known Member
#13
#13
Blue Efficacy said:
I found the bj21 crowd to be quite insufferable.
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What about the green-chip boards? I imagine the quarterly fee has the favorable effect of weeding out the trolls, progressionists, wannabe counters, and other nonscientific, nonsensical persons.

Spaw
 
Tarzan

Tarzan

Banned
#14
#14
The world is just not ready for me

Ever go to a cocktail party or a corporate meeting in which there's a tough time finding anyone there with a personality anything beyond that of a turnip or a rutabaga? I have... so why should I rule out encountering a few of these along the way on the internet? Hey, it's no big deal really--- as long as we don't attend the same pool and hot tub parties is all...
 
Tarzan

Tarzan

Banned
#15
#15
FLASH1296 said:

I believe that the buxom gypsy lady hails from the Pyrenees of Andorra,
and is a certified pick-pocket; fluent in Catalan, Romani, and Yiddish.
She has flaming red hair and wears a modest emerald-studded golden tiara,
complimenting her hazel eyes. She favors purple culottes, flowered peasant
blouses and 8" spike heels.
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That's the very one! Are you telling me that she is useful at a spanish21 table also?
 
M

MARILLION

New Member
#16
#16
Hey, Tarzan,

Tarzan said:
I have read things off bj21.com but have never posted anything there. Just for the heck of it I made a user name on there the other day, "Ivan Yerkanoff" and made a little introductory "hello all!" friendly sort of post... seemed like the right thing to do---WRONG!!!! Well... my very first post there got deleted by a moderator! I thought it was the greatest blackjack related post I have ever made in my life though; Apparently tastes vary in some circles but at least I saved the post. A moderator deleted it citing that it was "nonsense". Here it is as follows:

BJ21.com Free Message Board
Howdy Buckaroos!
Posted By: Ivan Yerkanoff
Date: 22 Mar 11, 12:18 am
Hi there fellow blackjack players! I live near Atlantic City and play 20-60 hours of blackjack a week, have been playing nearly 30 years, have played all over, use a DHME style system, like tacos and burritos and have been known to hang out on the Atlantic City boardwalk with a one-eyed Catalunian gypsy girl.

Now I am a total "by the math" sort of guy but some time back I met a one-eyed Catalunian gypsy woman out on the boardwalk that explained to me that if she is near a blackjack table and her eye starts twitching uncontrollably, aces are about to start coming out of the deck! As far-fetched as this sounded, I was somewhat intrigued and despite an overpowering garlic odor that appeared to be emitting from her, I asked her to accompany me to the tables (as a fluke for my personal amusement) since I was on one heck of a losing streak that day.

I have been working on tracking clumps of aces through the shuffle for some years now but it's incredibly difficult due to the neccessity of being properly focused on a proper count simultaneously. Just as sure as the sun rises in the east, her eye began twitching and groupings of aces were coming out of the blackjack shoe in quantities that defied statistical probabilities during this time! I began increasing my bets accordingly when I saw the eye twitching uncontrollably and was stacking up chips like crazy.

In the last few months, I find myself unable to play a blackjack game without her by my side but besides that, I feel a strange "connection" with her of sorts and think I have feelings for her. Sure I get a few odd looks when out in public with her as she is possibly not the "caliber" of woman that I am normally with, dresses in an archaic fashion that you would have seen in central Europe about 50 years ago and sports an unusual amulet... not to mention the garlic-like odor but... are these feelings of love for this woman? Do I try to "take it to the next step"? Just what is a one-eyed Catalunian gypsy woman looking for in a man anyway? Do I break down and tell her how I really feel? Do I tell her "I think I love you but you really have to do something about that garlic odor"? Is this lust, love and my true soul mate or is this simply a side effect from the sense of exhilaration I feel when I am stacking up casino chips during her convulsive episodes?
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As I said before in my deleted reply, you should consider writing carrier, if you haven't yet. The other day you made my day with this very original and funny short story.
I was also curious about what "DHME" means?

Cheers
 
Jack_Black

Jack_Black

Well-Known Member
#17
#17
Southpaw said:
What about the green-chip boards? I imagine the quarterly fee has the favorable effect of weeding out the trolls, progressionists, wannabe counters, and other nonscientific, nonsensical persons.

Spaw
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LOL! They're all trolls! sure the progressionists are gone, but it's funny how most high stakes players still resort to childish name calling and internet bullying. Kinda like Maz does on here. and seems that no one stops any of it from happening over there.

actually, I admit, my first post over there was confrontational. when in rome....
 
kewljason

kewljason

Well-Known Member
#18
#18
I find great value in both boards. There is a lot to be learned (and I have) from many member at both sites. I value the experience and information sharing aspect, and I am not referring to specific information about a specific game, but rather knowledge and experiences. I probably participate on this site more than the other, because I was a member here first and perfer the format here. Over there threads get buried quickly. Even threads that are generating a lot of responses. You have to go dig them up. But I do like the green chip aspect over there. It weeds out a small portion of the nonsense from trolls unwilling to pay the nominal fee.

I didn't find your post that spectacular, Tarzan. :eek: Although set in a blackjack environment, it didn't have all that much to do with blackjack. Not sure it was worthy of deletion, but I personally, didn't find much value in it. I do respect Al's judgement to make that call, much as I do the mods here. It's somebody else's board and they can make the rules. :laugh:

I do wonder what you see as the point in raising the issue on this site? :confused:
 
Southpaw

Southpaw

Well-Known Member
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#19
Jack_Black said:
LOL! They're all trolls! sure the progressionists are gone, but it's funny how most high stakes players still resort to childish name calling and internet bullying. Kinda like Maz does on here. and seems that no one stops any of it from happening over there.
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kewljason said:
But I do like the green chip aspect over there. It weeds out a small portion of the nonsense from trolls unwilling to pay the nominal fee.
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Thanks for the heads up regarding the green chip boards.

Spaw
 
kewljason

kewljason

Well-Known Member
#20
#20
Jack_Black said:
LOL! They're all trolls! sure the progressionists are gone, but it's funny how most high stakes players still resort to childish name calling and internet bullying. Kinda like Maz does on here. and seems that no one stops any of it from happening over there.

actually, I admit, my first post over there was confrontational. when in rome....
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I don't think it is fair to bring Maz into the discussion. He has been a good boy, at least by BJinfo standards. Mostly choosing not to particiapate, for which many of us are not better off. I do wish there was some happy median. :sad:
 
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