Dumbest scorekeeper question ever

[Mark Padgett]

Last night before my game, the scorekeeper told me that two players had the same number and wanted to know if that was OK. I asked her what the number was and on which team. She said that there was a number 3 on each team.

I asked her to repeat that. She did. She wanted to know if it was allowed for the same number to be used by each team.

I decided to have some fun and I told her that since it was number 3, it was OK. She then said "so, if it's a number other than 3, it's not allowed - right?" I told her only even numbers divisible by 2 and odd numbers not divisible by 2 were OK, plus there was an exception to allow 0 and 00 as long as there wasn't a 0 and a 00 on the same team. I then said I thought the rule was different for games played on days that didn't end in "Y" unless you were playing by international rules. She looked very puzzled.

We got a different scorekeeper.