Mating the Tuna in Deep Water At the Flea House of the August Moon

Submitted by GreenLaser on Fri, 05/02/2008 at 1:39pm.

The Flea House designated the Chess and Checker Club of New York, which was located on 42nd Street near Times Square. It was a place where players could come and play chess, checkers, Russian checkers, Spanish checkers, dominoes, go, backgammon, scrabble, gin rummy, and bridge. The strength of the chess players ran the gamut from unrated to grandmaster. The range of customers was wide whether from the perspective of social (or antisocial) class or nationality. At times there were organized tournaments, simuls, and team matches. However, the place was best known for unrated chess played with or without stakes. The terms for these were sociable or hustling.

The following game was of the latter type. I was playing a session with an ex-wrestler, who was a retail store owner, giving him odds of eight minutes to one. The day went into night passing through the August Moon into September as I took Charlie the Tuna into deep waters.

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by greatexcalibur - 17 days ago
Melbourne Australia

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Brilliant! Nice Greek Gift sacrifices!

It give me the idea to play creatively and tactically, rather just using "the conventional" moves..

by NM GreenLaser - 40 days ago
Chester, NY United States

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Gentlementalmen,

There is no bestiality involved. Perhaps just a case of piscicide. The story may not hold a candlestick to the game of Clue. A chess loser or customer is sometimes called a fish. A Charlie who is the fish is a natural to be called Charlie the Tuna after the fish in the Starkist commercial of the time. Keeping a customer may require not using that term in person.

For those not discussing the actual chess moves - you deserve this:

A car was parked in the street on the coast when the earthquake of 1989 hit San Francisco. When the owner went to retrieve the car, it was discovered that there was too much tuna in the Mercury.

by depthshaman - 40 days ago
United States

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lol at beastiality comment.

by Evil_Homer - 2 months ago
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by SteveIgnorant - 4 hours ago
California United States

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mating the tuna in deep water at the flea house of the august moon in the conservatory with the candlestick?

i thought we were playing chess. sounds more like a harry potter based bestiallity porno.

lol

by loewenshizzle - 2 months ago
United States

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wow.

by NM GreenLaser - 2 months ago
Chester, NY United States

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ouchimdead wrote, "ok but what about the the opening which leads to this?" --- This was one game in a session of games at 8 minutes to 1 time odds. Scores were not kept. I remembered this position and the follow up.

Others referred to conservatory and candlestick. I thought not of Harry Potter, but Clue.