Oddity
By Mike Rogers
There
is an oddity with cards from the U.S. Playing
Card Company that has bugged me for several
years. Even though I've singled out USPC the
oddity also exists with cards from other companies.
It's simply this: Look at the six cards in the
picture below. The three cards in the top row
are Bicycle Cards Poker Size. The three cards
in the bottom row are Bicycle Cards Bridge Size.
Notice
that the large corner pips on the poker size
cards are all in the upper left corners and
lower right corners. Now look at the same pips
on the bridge size cards. The large pips on
the King of Spades are located in the same corners
as on the poker size King of Spades. However,
the large pips on the Jack and Queen are in
the upper right corners and lower left corners.
Also,
on the poker cards all the people are looking
to their left. On the bridge cards the Jack
and Queen are looking to their right while the
King is looking to the left.
Though
I've shown only the spade face cards, this oddity
exists with the pips of the face cards on all
four suits. Moreover, it's this way on every
deck of cards I've seen from USPC, not just
Bicycle.
United
States Playing Card Company has exhibited in
several trade shows where I've worked. I have
always visited their booth and asked if anyone
could explain this oddity. Not only has no one
been able to explain it, not one person I've
spoken to even knew about it until I pointed
it out to them.
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