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Back in the day, I suffered some blistering hangovers from playing beer chess.
I have once thrown a chess set made of lego's I am still finding the pieces two years later when I step on them in the middle of the night
RedSoxpawn wrote:
I have once thrown a chess set made of lego's I am still finding the pieces two years later when I step on them in the middle of the night
Very amusing!
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Unbeliever wrote: RedSoxpawn wrote:
I have once thrown a chess set made of lego's I am still finding the pieces two years later when I step on them in the middle of the night
Very amusing!
Let this be a warning to the rest of us. :D Don't play chess with Lego pieces; if you do, don't throw them unless you're ready to unexpectedly step on them during the night. :D
sounds like something my grandmother's cat did execpt he would sit on it, keep in mind this was a Maine Coon Cat (LARGE CAT)
cmh0114 wrote: Unbeliever wrote: RedSoxpawn wrote:
I have once thrown a chess set made of lego's I am still finding the pieces two years later when I step on them in the middle of the night
Very amusing!
Let this be a warning to the rest of us. :D Don't play chess with Lego pieces; if you do, don't throw them unless you're ready to unexpectedly step on them during the night. :D
HAHAHA 
Reminds me of a story my grandfather told me. Back in the day of one room schoolhouses he got the idea of filling the bell (one of those old hand bells with the long handle) with beans. When the teacher picked it up the next day to ring it beans went flying all over the room. She or he made my grandfather go all around the room and kneel on every single bean.
His "friend" ratted on him.
one day, i was laying on the floor playing someone over the internet via a laptop. I blundered a piece away and out of disgust let my head fall... right into the ground! it frickin hurt!! i had such a bad headache after that. i think i might be the only person to get a mild concussion from playing chess! :D it's a brutal game people...
mhooner wrote:
Reminds me of a story my grandfather told me. Back in the day of one room schoolhouses he got the idea of filling the bell (one of those old hand bells with the long handle) with beans. When the teacher picked it up the next day to ring it beans went flying all over the room. She or he made my grandfather go all around the room and kneel on every single bean.
His "friend" ratted on him.
Well , at least they can not say that your grandfather, "Don't know beans"> lol
We were in an airport in Japan a few years ago, waiting for our return flight to New Zealand, and it just got postponed by an hour, so me and dad decided to play a game of chess. So we got out our fancy chess board and charged my sister with the very important job of taking captured pieces off the board and keeping them safe. Except when we finished playing, those pieces were nowhere to be seen. We looked for them for as long as we could, but since the plane eventually arrived and wasn't going to wait for us, we had to leave them there. I'd really love to know what she did with those pieces...
kembro13 wrote: one day, i was laying on the floor playing someone over the internet via a laptop. I blundered a piece away and out of disgust let my head fall... right into the ground! it frickin hurt!! i had such a bad headache after that. i think i might be the only person to get a mild concussion from playing chess! :D it's a brutal game people...
Lol!
She was about four at the time. I don't think asking her will make a big difference... I guess I'll have to live my whole life without knowing the answer. And without finding my fancy chess pieces... Even if I decide to take a trip to Japan just for that, they are probably far away and buried underneath piles of rubbish.
From a book I have titled; The World of Chess.
"The inevitable paradox of chess persist. It presents a peaceful image, two players quietly hunched over a chess board. But the game is warlike, and the image of chess players is not always peaceful. A certain Duke of Burgundy became so enraged during a game that he picked up a solid gold king and struck and killed his opponent. He was condemned to be hanged. While awaiting his execution, he played a game with his jailer and crowned him too. Pieces had considerable weight in medieval times.
Later a nobleman equal in rank to the Duke visited the prison to play against him. They were quite engaged when the hangman and two guards injudiciously attempted to lay hands on him whereupon "enraged, he did slay one guard with his bishop, the other guard with his knight, and with his king he slew the hangman" Following witch, the worthy Duke quietly sat down to finish his game."
I must say I admire that man's dedication.
Aristokatt wrote:
From a book I have titled; The World of Chess.
"The inevitable paradox of chess persist. It presents a peaceful image, two players quietly hunched over a chess board. But the game is warlike, and the image of chess players is not always peaceful. A certain Duke of Burgundy became so enraged during a game that he picked up a solid gold king and struck and killed his opponent. He was condemned to be hanged. While awaiting his execution, he played a game with his jailer and crowned him too. Pieces had considerable weight in medieval times.
Later a nobleman equal in rank to the Duke visited the prison to play against him. They were quite engaged when the hangman and two guards injudiciously attempted to lay hands on him whereupon "enraged, he did slay one guard with his bishop, the other guard with his knight, and with his king he slew the hangman" Following witch, the worthy Duke quietly sat down to finish his game."
I must say I admire that man's dedication.
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Aristokatt wrote:
From a book I have titled; The World of Chess.
"The inevitable paradox of chess persist. It presents a peaceful image, two players quietly hunched over a chess board. But the game is warlike, and the image of chess players is not always peaceful. A certain Duke of Burgundy became so enraged during a game that he picked up a solid gold king and struck and killed his opponent. He was condemned to be hanged. While awaiting his execution, he played a game with his jailer and crowned him too. Pieces had considerable weight in medieval times.
Later a nobleman equal in rank to the Duke visited the prison to play against him. They were quite engaged when the hangman and two guards injudiciously attempted to lay hands on him whereupon "enraged, he did slay one guard with his bishop, the other guard with his knight, and with his king he slew the hangman" Following witch, the worthy Duke quietly sat down to finish his game."
I must say I admire that man's dedication.
hmmm..... one man's dedication is another man's psychopathy...
what is the worst thing that ever happened to a chess piece or a board like if you dropped a glass chess set or threw a piece in frustration and hit you and you went to the hospital?