SMUGGLED SET FROM IRL PROVES EN PASSANT IS NOT REAL!!!

Thanks for the post, interesting.  Of course, "passed pawn" can also mean a pawn with no other pawn or impediment on its way to promotion across the board.  This is certainly a good reason for this Reporter and Dr. Chattie to schedule a trip to the Philippines to investigate.  Please send us all pertinent  rules pamphlets in advance ... it's gonna be a whole new "Thrilla in Manilla" up in here!!! 

And now, back to our Regularly Scheduled Program:

Dr Chattie was awash in the joy of a new Scientific Discovery.  " That's the set we're looking for!  How much?"

"That chess set is $1.35, plus tax."

Sanjay reached out for the set with clawed hands, "Great, we'll take it!"

The old proprietor snatched it back behind the counter.

"Not so fast, whippersnapper, the chess part of the set is $1.35 plus tax.  The checkers part is One Million Dollars, plus tax.  It's extremely rare.  And before you ask, no, they don't come separate, hell no."

The black helicopter continued to circle overhead , "whup, whup,whup,whup...."

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"So you're saying..."  Even this Reporter was nonplussed.

"Yup. A hybrid. An extremely abnormal amalgam, a cobbled-together chimera of discontinuous board games with some similarities, one 'solved' the other, not."  Sanjay said, waxing philosophical. "Incredibly uncommon. Fascinating." 

One of his eyebrows rose to an astonishing degree.

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"You mean it's like Magnus and Marion Franklin Tinsley had a baby?!?" this Reporter exclaimed, gobsmacked.

" Conjoined twins, actually.  Highly illogical."  Sanjay's reply evidenced perplexity. 

"Help meeee Spock!" the shopkeeper keened, his lip curling in derision.

The shopkeeper took out his smartphone, "This is Chuck E. They're here, they fell for the trap."

The phone was on speaker, so we could hear the reply.  "Excellent, we're landing on the roof right now."

"WHUP,WHUP,WHUP...."

"Not on the roof, dunderhead, it"ll never hold!!!"

But the drone of the rotors was too loud, they couldn't hear, and the copter set down.

This Reporter looked up at the ceiling as it began to crumble, while the pernicious proprietor ducked into the back of the store.

"Sanjay, we're gonna get crushed! I love you, man!"

"Never mind all that now, let's grab the set and scram!"

"Rome has fallen!  Repeat, Rome has fallen!"  We could hear the old man yelling in the back room as we made it out just in time.

The set in Sanjay's clutches, we ran as fast as we could down the street, the building collapsing behind us.

We turned a corner and stopped to catch our breath.

"Whew, you know this is a great Scientific opportunity in in so many ways, I've always wanted to the first Doctor to operate, and successfully separate conjoined sets.  Let's get to the lab!" Sanjay said.

A figure jumped from the roof of the nearest building.

There standing in front of us was a buxom vision clad in low-cut black spandex, voluptuous, gorgeous, albeit with a hint of five-o-clock shadow.

"Who... who are you?" this Reported stammered.

"First of all, I'm up here", the statuesque beauty replied, pointing at her eyes.  "And I am........ Erika!!!!! 

ive NEVER captured w/ on pissant outta respect for exactly what OP Barney is spewing ! 

true dat.

Dr. Chattie stepped forward.  "Stand aside, Bodacious Brigand, neither I, or my Esteemed Colleague are susceptible to your charms!"

"Wait, this Reporter just might be suscep––"

Sanjay wheeled about.  "Will you shut your bleeding gob, you twit!"

"Boys, boys, take a chill pill.  We're gonna get you back to the lab forthwith.  You've got two procedures to do today.  The first, a relatively simple binary uncoupling of the set you have in hand."   The ample bosom heaved with the effort of the extended monologue.  "But the real surgical challenge will be the five-way deconstruction/reconstruction of an advanced multiple game system... including Yahtzee!!!"

"Yahtzee!" this Reporter exclaimed.

"Oh gawd." Sanjay said.

The Mahjong tiles continued to click in the background.... 

Dun dun dun

Does Barney actually think this is for real funny? Cause im pretty sure that makes him an idiot....

later dudes

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It is funny. Barney is doing this as a joke. Ignore the haters Barney!

"Scalpel."  Dr. Chattie's tone was serious, direct.

"You mean the rusty Xacto® knife, right?"  this Reporter was in uncharted territory.

"Boys, boys, forget about that.  There's a new Rooster in the Henhouse –– this set":

"Erika's" newly starched nurse's uniform crinkled as she put the New Discovery into play. .. 

"It's safer to open it up outside, I know, because I'm a Doctor!" Sanjay said.

"It looks like it may be about to burst ... let's heave it out!!!!"  This Reporter shrieked.  

ok soo...

The pieces are "streamlined" for forward blitz attack profiles, according to the instruction booklet.   

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