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Aw, that's it? I thought we were getting into a good rhythm there. Anyway, you missed out on like half the pairings. WHAT. HALF. NO WE DID MOST OF THEM DIDN'T WE. No, we did three, and there are three possible matchups left. Don't you know anything about shipping science? THAT'S A THING? HOW THE FuCK COuLD THAT BE A THING. Believe me. It's a thing. Total number of pairings for a group of n people is (n^2 - n) / 2. You divide by 2 to cut the grid in half, eliminate duplicate pairs. Minus n is so you don't pair people up with themselves. That wouldn't make sense. AND WHY THE FuCK NOT?? Well, because... I don't know. Maybe you're right. Maybe I was being close-minded about self-pairing. What do I know? JACK SHIT OBVIOuSLY. ANYWAY. FuCK ALL THAT. YOu DON'T SPOIL GOOD DEBAuCHERY. WITH A LOT OF STuPID MATH. YOu MAY THINK YOu'RE SMART. BuT EXCESSIVE SMARTNESS CAN MAKE YOu BE MORE OF AN IDIOT. INTELLIGENT IDIOCY CAN BE EASILY EXPLOITED BY THE CuNNING AND RuTHLESS. JuST A TIP FOR YOu. BRO. I'll make a note. So you sure you don't want even one more drawing? You used Jane and Roxy in two pairings. But me and Jake only got one. How is that fair? I DECIDE WHAT IS FAIR IN MY GAMES. IF YOu ARE PROPOSING TO ILLuSTRATE THE JAKE HuMAN BEHAVING AMOROuSLY WITH THE DIRK HuMAN. THE ANSWER IS NO. Why not? THAT ENCOuNTER DOES NOT SEEM AS REPREHENSIBLY SCANDALOuS. FIRST OF ALL. I ASK OF YOu. WHERE ARE THE BITCHES AT? I REST MY CASE. Lame. SECOND OF ALL. I DON'T WISH TO LANGuISH IN THE PuMPKIN PATCH. What? ORANGE AND EMERALD. uNPLEASANT TOGETHER. I HAVE NO TASTE FOR PuMPKINS. OR ANY HORRID VEGETABLE MATTER. MEAT OR CANDY. THAT'S WHAT'S GOOD. THE GAME IS OVER. Fine. I'll keep all my illustrated debasements to myself, then. GOOD. DO THAT. Ok. I will. So did I win? I WILL SAY. YES. YOu WERE COOPERATIVE AND GENERALLY ENTHuSED ABOuT MY GAME. CONGRATuLATIONS DIRK. Thanks. So what's the shitty twist? AH! BuT NOT SO FAST. YOu SEE. THERE IS A TWIST TO MY SHITTY TWIST. A twisted twist? Like... a double mobius handjob or something? YES. PROBABLY. Ok. What is the twist to the twist?
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