A good song? And any comedy skit ideas? - Chess Forums

weir96

Oct 19, 2008

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Well, any sugesstions?

Vance917

Oct 19, 2008

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#2

Plenty of good songs -- no, make that GREAT songs! Check out my music forums, and maybe cast your votes?

weir96

Oct 20, 2008

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#3

Thanx vance! I'm still open please suggest something because I'm doing a comedy skit act for school!

artfizz

Oct 20, 2008

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#4

Something educational - that also highlights the dangers of alcohol ...

http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/books/philo.html

Are you planning to write the material yourself - or re-use existing funny stuff? There's some hilarious discussions on chess.com - about resigning, rudeness, resource use, rapidity of play, reticence to chat, right openings to use, resisting advice, retreating into groups, ragging an opponent, reading during play, rook openings, ... These illustrate how quickly reason departs and irrational ranting takes over.

weir96

Oct 20, 2008

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Thanx artfizz, I'm re-using funny stuff, scripts and what not. And, yes I will read funky discussions (lol)

artfizz

Oct 20, 2008

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Imagine this: 3 simultaneous, interleaved discussions about:

resigning (http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/is-it-rude-not-to-resign-when-youre-beaten) - see post #19 for a list of resignation threads. This one ... http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/resignation-etiquette2 was a classic.
rudeness (http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/rude-players)
resource use (http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/a-tally-of-database-users--non-users) see, for instance, post #656 - analogical & metaphorical highlights

A. The fact that you disparagingly refer to someone who consults a database as a "user" is ridiculous all on it's own.

B: I like rude players; you dont have to talk to them

C: The massive support that the 'nonresigners' receive here, shows that USA is not a country of much chess tradition and culture.

D: And I would compare not using a database with trying to study for an exam without using books.

E: Why don't you only play the computer then? When you play with your friends OTB, do you just play in silence the whole game?

F: You can keep your opinion, but you have also to live with the fact that there is a huge community of good chess players who does not share your view at all.

MAYBE IT'S NOT SO FUNNY, AFTER ALL!

Fascinating material also in these discussions ...

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/whats-the-time-mr-wolf - heated discussion about trivial clock facility

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/another-group-to-destroy-chesscom-with - discussion about grouping or not grouping

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/fun-with-chess/songs-about-chess - chess-oriented songs