"Murray outs Berdych, makes Monday's U.S. Open final"

She was telling me a funny story. Years earlier she was in the park on a cold, late winter afternoon, the sun was setting. The park was empty in that area, and she was headed back west, after taking a walk among the snow and trees. Suddenly out of nowhere comes John and Yoko, he with his dark horn rimmed glasses, walking towards her. I think that's when they walked, in a late afternoor with the sun setting, so there would be fewer people around.

She "got really nervous" as they approached. When they got near, in a big voice, John says "Hi!" and they both gave her a big smile. She said "Hu-hu-hi-hi-hu...." and tried to get out a solid word.

That would be strange, being in a huge park, alone at sunset, and John and Yoko are walking towards you. Maybe the world's most recognizeable coulple, John with his beret and horn rimmed glasses.

What need you, being come to sense,
But fumble in a greasy till
And add the halfpence to the pence
And prayer to shivering prayer, until
You have dried the marrow from the bone;
For men were born to pray and save;
Romantic Ireland's dead and gone,
It's with O'Leary in the grave.

Yet they were of a different kind,
The names that stilled your childish play,
They have gone about the world like wind,
But little time had they to pray
For whom the hangman's rope was spun,
And what, God help us, could they save?
Romantic Ireland's dead and gone,
It's with O'Leary in the grave.

Was it for this the wild geese spread
The grey wing upon every tide;
For this that all that blood was shed,
For this Edward Fitzgerald died,
And Robert Emmet and Wolfe Tone,
All that delirium of the brave?
Romantic Ireland's dead and gone,
It's with O'Leary in the grave.

Along w/the regular sets, players would have to carry around a bunch of Kings of varying values. What King you put up was actually part of the stakes. Sure, you could use the cheapies that are part of most tourney sets when you didn't want to risk much or were playing offhand or tourney-only games, but you could have them made from various materials, of various designs & sizes, all the way up to some really expensive, badass looking ones engraved w/your name for Candidate's Matches & World Championships or even Challenge Matches. Sort of like scalping your enemy. You'd have to play to win it back.

I imagine there'd be some that once won, would never see circulation again. I mean, who's going to risk losing a Tal/Fischer/Kasparov/Kramnik King once won? Unless you're a gentleman and put it up against the original owner...

I'd even forsee trading and selling of these items, both for their monetary value, and more likely, the intrinsic value of the original holder, if deignated on the piece.

And we could also add some more.

1.When a pawn is captured,put it in the bin and destroy it.

2.After move 40,the horses are allowed only to move bakwards.

3.If some player make a gross blunder,give him an electric chock.

4.The minor pieces are only allowed to give check once,the rooks trice and the queen five times.

5.Allow the king to underpromote.

Just to give a few improvements.>

A man who performs as a children's birthday party clown tries to piece his life back together after being gang-raped.