i'm not quite certain the exact question being asked here. However i think chess and a sense of humor is an oxymoron, no??? Just thinking outloud here...
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tonydal wrote:
Personally, I find this list kinda funny (or even the idea of a list of humorous phenomena...yep, I'm snickering again).
So you think that's funny, do you? {Rhetorical question}
wormrose wrote:
"Just to clarify my comments before you guys think I've gone off the deep end; I have studied Ants on and off for about twenty years as a layperson. I have read several books and have had several colonies in captivity in my home where I could observe them and I have many, many hours of video-taped behavior. "
- You may have read the book "The Soul of the White Ant" by Eugene Marais. If not, I strongly recommend it.
And as you say, young animals like kittens, cubs moneys etc playfully practice how to hunt:I playfully picked up a neighbour's young cat and she practiced how to kill me by hissing like a snake and burying her fang teeth between my knuckles and writhing like a crocodile while I was practicing friendship.My hand swelled up and needed double anti biotics for tooth and claw.
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xqsme wrote:
And as you say, young animals like kittens, cubs moneys etc playfully practice how to hunt:I playfully picked up a neighbour's young cat and she practiced how to kill me by hissing like a snake and burying her fang teeth between my knuckles and writhing like a crocodile while I was practicing friendship.My hand swelled up and needed double anti biotics for tooth and claw.
You got off lightly! I picked up an ant recently because it wasn't in the right position for my magnifying glass to set it on fire (by focussing the suns rays on it), and it not only spat formic acid in my eye, it also sent a bunch of its soldier buddies to eat my house to the ground and steal all of the sugar.
kissinger wrote:
i'm not quite certain the exact question being asked here. However i think chess and a sense of humor is an oxymoron, no??? Just thinking outloud here...
Perhaps so - the "ego" factor in chess makes many players suffer from a lack of humour (U.S."humor"). This post is exploring the humour aspect, which is good.
"So I was having dinner with Garry Kasparov - Problem was, we had a checkered tablecloth and it took him two hours to pass the salt!"
PrawnEatsPrawn wrote:
Telling someone they look good .... for their age!
The next step is to ask how they got on when they played Ruy Lopez.
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nqi wrote: The next step is to ask how they got on when they played Ruy Lopez.
He's easy enough to get along with ... but his missus!
The best idea I can think of is to snicker every time your opponent makes a perfectly logical move.
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I am not too sure about this thread, does it mean telling a blonde babe "a blonde babe joke" ?
artfizz wrote:
xqsme wrote:
And as you say, young animals like kittens, cubs moneys etc playfully practice how to hunt:I playfully picked up a neighbour's young cat and she practiced how to kill me by hissing like a snake and burying her fang teeth between my knuckles and writhing like a crocodile while I was practicing friendship.My hand swelled up and needed double anti biotics for tooth and claw.
You got off lightly! I picked up an ant recently because it wasn't in the right position for my magnifying glass to set it on fire (by focussing the suns rays on it), and it not only spat formic acid in my eye, it also sent a bunch of its soldier buddies to eat my house to the ground and steal all of the sugar.
That's hilarious!! - lol. I had the same experience! He sank his fangs into my hand and wouldn't let go. The vet said it's a "hormonal" problem in young cats. That's the best joke I've heard in a long time.
Back to the OP: My Hungarian chess friend (my mentor) often tries to psyche me out while I'm deeply pondering my next move by suddenly exclaiming over his coffee mug "Is it you or me to move?!" I get my revenge by taking an extra 5 minutes to decide. My claim to fame is: he's rated around 1900 while I'm in the mid 1600's, and my last two games with him were drawn (beat him several times last year as well).
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kenneth67 wrote:
... My claim to fame is: he's rated around 1900 while I'm in the mid 1600's, and my last two games with him were drawn (beat him several times last year as well).
It's not that hard to beat someone rated a lot higher than you, provided:
- they are a lot smaller than you, and
- you have a baseball bat handy.
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kco wrote: I am not too sure about this thread, does it mean telling a blonde babe ...
Oh dear! Now you've gone and done it.
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DPenn wrote:
I love irony and sarcasm. For example, Steven Colbert; He's the best. He did such a good job of portraying a right wing nut that he was invited to a George Bush dinner. It was hillarious.
DPenn is mightier than D'Sword.
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xqsme wrote:
And as you say, young animals like kittens, cubs moneys etc playfully practice how to hunt:I playfully picked up a neighbour's young cat and she practiced how to kill me by hissing like a snake and burying her fang teeth between my knuckles and writhing like a crocodile while I was practicing friendship.My hand swelled up and needed double anti biotics for tooth and claw.
That's the other type of inflaming.
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Have I read "The Soul of the White Ant" - Actually no! As facinated as I am by Ants, I have very little interest in termites (or any other insect for that matter).
wormrose wrote:
Have I read "The Soul of the White Ant" - Actually no! As facinated as I am by Ants, I have very little interest in termites (or any other insect for that matter).
That seems a bit contradictory judging from your previous post:
"I have studied Ants on and off for about twenty years as a layperson. I have read several books and have had several colonies in captivity in my home where I could observe them and I have many, many hours of video-taped behavior."
kenneth67 wrote:
wormrose wrote:
Have I read "The Soul of the White Ant" - Actually no! As facinated as I am by Ants, I have very little interest in termites (or any other insect for that matter).
That seems a bit contradictory judging from your previous post:
"I have studied Ants on and off for about twenty years as a layperson. I have read several books and have had several colonies in captivity in my home where I could observe them and I have many, many hours of video-taped behavior."
"contradictory"???????
How to inflame - upon greeting a pair of women, ask one if the other is her mother.
Actually there are so many ways to inflame women. This is too easy.
tryst wrote: Really? As if that can't be said for you people?
MAKING A FACTUAL STATEMENT ...
I don't know which of you is sillier.