Aren't all swords double edged or am I talking rubbish?
Is Chess Bad for your Brain?
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Jul 24, 2013
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#143
Cavalry sabers are only sharp on one side and come to a nasty point. Swords used by knights in ground combat are usually long, straight things sharp on both sides and with a point, in case you didn't hack quite well enough with the long sharp sides and needed to get a poke in.
Nonetheless, the idiom is a strange one -- actual swords of the double edged variety are still useful to the one who wields them whichever side is used.
Similarly, anything that "cuts both ways".
Maybe we should say "double ended dagger" and "stabs both ways" instead.
Jul 25, 2013
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#146
Epees are just too silly to consider a sword, more like something you'd find an olive on.
AlCzervik wrote:
owltuna wrote:
Motorcycle day trips and swing dancing are better therapy. Chess can stimulate but also aggravate. It's the sharpest of all double-edged swords.
Golf is that way, too.
And macramé. (seriously, just don't get me started on macramé!)
motherinlaw wrote:
AlCzervik wrote:
owltuna wrote:
Motorcycle day trips and swing dancing are better therapy. Chess can stimulate but also aggravate. It's the sharpest of all double-edged swords.
Golf is that way, too.
And macramé. (seriously, just don't get me started on macramé!)
I had to google that to find out what the hell it is! I know this forum has gone off on weird tangents, but macrame isnt a tangent, its off in outer space somewhere.
Nooooooo!!!!!!! I'm talking about space and tangents. Anybody played chess in space? What would that do to your brain? Maybe turn it into scrambled eggs.
Well.....Im a sore loser and i know people with face spawn. ( i dont do that... ) but it can be bad for your brain. So yes
owltuna wrote:
Oh dear, he's gone and got her started.
(tee-hee!)
Henryk1 wrote:
Aren't all swords double edged or am I talking rubbish?
Do I Have to choose just one? (-- and come on Henry, you Had to see that coming, right? LOL! --
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I was expecting a great piece on your macaroni, but it didnt happen. Oh well, never mind, maybe next time.
Henryk1 wrote:
I was expecting a great piece on your macaroni, but it didnt happen. Oh well, never mind, maybe next time.
Sorry --- maybe this will help: "Yankee Doodle went to London / Just to ride a pony / Stuck a feather in his hat and / Called it macaroni"
That's a genuine 200+ year old song, btw, and it's the only thing I really know about "macaroni." As for "macramé," I think I was pretty Clear about not wanting to get started on That. It's a pretty tedious craft. And like chess, it can be very bad for the brain.... so don't ever say you weren't warned about it.. If someone asks you "Were you ever warned about macramé?" you tell them the truth and say "Yes, I was."
5 things that are worse for your brain than chess:
Boxing
Checking your messages every 2 minutes
Watching your team play sport(in particular Preston North End)
Commuting
Thinking of things for lists
Henryk1 wrote:
5 things that are worse for your brain than chess:
Boxing
Checking your messages every 2 minutes
Watching your team play sport(in particular Preston North End)
Commuting
Thinking of things for lists
Kayak21 wrote:
All of the above, plus some lead between the ears. 
There's a game?
Motorcycle day trips and swing dancing are better therapy. Chess can stimulate but also aggravate. It's the sharpest of all double-edged swords.
Golf is that way, too.