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The unbeatable card in [[Top Trumps]]. There's no way anyone can beat the Boeing [[B-52]] Stratocruiser, | The unbeatable card<ref>Known in poker as “the nuts” - when you know based on the cards on the table that your hand can’t be beaten.</ref> in [[Top Trumps]]. There's no way anyone can beat the Boeing [[B-52]] Stratocruiser, because there is not an aircraft designer in history who would be foolish enough to try to fit ''nine'' engines on a plane - these days, four is considered profligate - and unlike with the [[top Trumps]] [[supercars]] edition there is no magnificent flying machine equipped with [[one wankel engine]] to “queer the pitch”. | ||
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*[[Top Trumps]] | |||
*[[One wankel engine]] | *[[One wankel engine]] | ||
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Revision as of 15:43, 24 April 2017
The unbeatable card[1] in Top Trumps. There's no way anyone can beat the Boeing B-52 Stratocruiser, because there is not an aircraft designer in history who would be foolish enough to try to fit nine engines on a plane - these days, four is considered profligate - and unlike with the top Trumps supercars edition there is no magnificent flying machine equipped with one wankel engine to “queer the pitch”.
See also
- ↑ Known in poker as “the nuts” - when you know based on the cards on the table that your hand can’t be beaten.