Noah’s three sons, Ham, Shem and Japheth shuffle in. They all look pale and thin. “C’mon, fellows, we’ll do a little online gambling and forget this boredom for a while. Who knows how long we’ll still be floating around like a cork in a pond? Blackjack, everyone? Good ! Blackjack it is then. Here’s a fancy looking online casino, the Silver Seashell. Okay, who’s first to play? Ham, you go. How much are you betting? One hundred shekels! Big bet! Click on the dealer. Hey, you got an ace and a jack - that’s a blackjack. You win! Shem, your chance. How much are you betting? What was that noise?” He looks up as they hear a wild tapping on the side of the ark. “Japh, be good chap and see what’s going on over there. The animals are bored out of their minds as well. This rain doesn’t let up for a minute.”

Japheth shambles off and comes back a minute later. “It’s nothing, Pop, just some old pigeon flapping around outside. Getting some exercise, I guess. The stupid bird is even carrying an olive branch in its beak. How’s the online gambling coming?”

“Shem busted. Your turn, Japh. Place your bet, boy and click on the dealer. That’s it. You got a pair of eights. Maybe you should split?” the game goes on and Noah and his boys all bet. They win some hands and lose others. And the online gambling gets their minds off the numbing boredom of the ark. From time to time they hear the trumpeting and roaring of animals as they too vent their frustration. It grows dark. Noah goes off to make sure the animals get food and water and comes back with a board loaded with fruit and food that he had brought from the storerooms and they eat and drink and continue with their online gambling.

“This is a great game of online gambling. I am really enjoying it,” says Noah. “Oh hell, there’s that pesky pigeon with its olive branch again. Will someone please go and shoo it away?” 

Posted on: June 8, 2007

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