the sad tale of the pawn

Now Metallica "Whiskey In The Jar" a great Irish tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o81OKc7IwBA

Who cares?

that was brilliant Hess!

lets take some time to celebrate Cork being the cultural capital of Europe for what ... the 28th year in a row ? hip hip!!

pawns may be the only piece that can't go backwards and have a tough life but they are the only ones capable of international stardom in irish dancing.

http://youtu.be/fGdodXCnQ7k

reposting the videos from warrior & chairman

now the chairman will realize why i posted this topic in off topic in the first place ;-)

even in ireland pawns are traded like slaves.  so i don't know what you guys are celebrating about ...

pawn shop, brass balls, all on a book cover that looks like guinness ....

speaking of Guinness, why are the South East Asia 🍻 beer ads from the 80's so weird? 😱? 

maybe it is the 70's

so macho.  we used to sing along to this as kids

😂😆😄

could Malaysia do worse than this? 

and specifically targeting the indians (mostly tamils) who were probably then the heavier drinkers

This is the great message of beer and chess: the pawn and the king goes into the same box.

At the end of the day the heart surgeon and the construction worker enjoy the same beer in the same pub as great friends. 

Which is of course all an illusion and BS because it doesn't happen. The real message is that the pawn and king end up with the same massive hang-over,  unhappy wife , domestic trouble, drunken driving , loss of motor skill, loss of dignity, loss of self respect and a huge beer gut but this gets swept under the rug of sneaky advertising.

Same with chess, everybody basically ends up frustrated, depressed  and miserable and especially so if don't know at least 5 good openings but you still cling to the illusion that chess might be good for you somehow.

Chess truly is like drinking beer.

Ewwww 😂 

the moustache, and the guy wiping his face 

and DD, happy Independence Day😊

(aren't the Americans supposedly to be on a looong holiday weekend, yes? ) 

☺️ 

Why are you on the forums 

ducks don't do holidays

this is apparently a dublin chess meet up ... hopeless ... but i like it ;-)

The forums are like a holiday to me. Like when you book a ticket to some wonderful place place but the train breaks down and you end up having to stay over in some dismal war torn country in a flea bag motel drinking tepid water that is yellowish in color and eating meat that is a week old and never saw a fridge in that time. Eventually you get stuck there, they never fix the train and your embassy ignores your pleas for help and assistance. 

Airconditioning, service, quality, hygiene all become forgotten words, you are not sure if you should set yourself on fire or marry a local woman and just be totally absorbed into the culture.

reminds me of mutiny on the bounty - how many versions of the movie are there???

Exactly like that, if you take away the half naked hoola girls, the sea, the palm trees, the flowers, the fun , the beach , the happiness, the clean clothes, the understanding and the love.