motherinlaw wrote:
winerkleiner wrote:
For Mother's Day I'm having roast pork and koan on the cob.
Your mother will be proud.
Chess Koans
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May 10, 2014
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#23
electricpawn wrote:
The family patriarch taught his daughter and 2 sons to play chess at a very early age. The daughter was considered a dork and died an old maid. The younger son was driven to distraction by the complexities of the game and killed himself. The older son became wealthy winning tournaments and selling books, buy he was hard hearted and stingy and didn't share any money with hicfamily,
I sense a personal story here .... are you the dorky old maid who bought the farm? Might you be a member of the "Hic" family? Is there an actual Hic Farm? I'm just speculating....I could be wrong about parts of this.
May 10, 2014
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#24
electricpawn wrote:
A chess hustler was playing game for $10 with black. The white knight delivered a smothered mate and put him in the red. He renounced his name.
Excellent koan. I am now enlighted.
motherinlaw wrote:
electricpawn wrote:
The family patriarch taught his daughter and 2 sons to play chess at a very early age. The daughter was considered a dork and died an old maid. The younger son was driven to distraction by the complexities of the game and killed himself. The older son became wealthy winning tournaments and selling books, buy he was hard hearted and stingy and didn't share any money with hicfamily,
I sense a person
al story here .... are you the dorky old maid who bought the farm? Might you be a member of the "Hic" family? Is there an actual Hic Farm? I'm just speculating....I could be wrong about parts of thi
I am married, but we do get the "'hick ups."
"If you are looking for a master, Zen you are in the right place," he said. "Chess is a punny game, sometimes you're going to feel rooked..." at this point the student whacked the "master" over the head with his own wooden board, and the master staggered out the door.
May 11, 2014
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#27
electricpawn wrote:
"If you are looking for a master, Zen you are in the right place," he said. "Chess is a punny game, sometimes you're going to feel rooked..." at this point the student whacked the "master" over the head with his own wooden board, and the master staggered out the door.
Sorry to learn that the master was bored -- not to mention hit up pawn the head! Wooden it be funny if the board was made of oak, so it was groan from something small -- akoan, maybe?
motherinlaw wrote:
electricpawn wrote:
"If you are looking for a master, Zen you are in the right place," he said. "Chess is a punny game, sometimes you're going to feel rooked..." at this point the student whacked the "master" over the head with his own wooden board, and the master staggered out the door.
Sorry to learn that the master was bored -- not to mention hit up pawn the head! Wooden it be funny if the board was made of oak, so it was groan from something small -- akoan, may
The master was board, but at least he found the missing piece. He should have practiced Nimzowitch's doctrine of over - protection. He wouldn't have been zugzwanged and zwiechenzugged!
That was amazing!
May 12, 2014
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#31
Thank you tkbunny, for fulfilling a lifelong dream. I used to think I'd never get the clap.
I'm speachless (for once).
May 12, 2014
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#33
winerkleiner wrote:
I'm speachless (for once).
I wonder just how long That will last .... "2 " ...."3" .... "4" .... ?
Omg how long was that? Once again mil was right!
Since when is the clap fun?
We must be talking about the same thing.
May 15, 2014
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#39
Today's Koan: If you clap a criminal in jail and no one witnesses it, is he still incarcerated? 
Corollary: Is "nothing left to lose" actually the True definition of "freedom?" (I plan to spend the second half of my day on that one. ... ...)
The family patriarch taught his daughter and 2 sons to play chess at a very early age. The daughter was considered a dork and died an old maid. The younger son was driven to distraction by the complexities of the game and killed himself. The older son became wealthy winning tournaments and selling books, buy he was hard hearted and stingy and didn't share any money with hicfamily,