<tamar> Brilliant! :D The room temperature would also have to be carefully controlled, so as to avoid the players going into slaughter mode just because they are too hot (I mean, 15 articles of clothing??? That's a lot, especially if you count the items sold in pairs as 'one'!) And then, as the game progresses, the temperature would have to be raised, so the players won't be forced to agree to a draw or rush the game because they are cold...

<euripides>, First, it seems you are correct as to Arifattar not having made a previous post here; I retract that claim and apologize for it.

However, it still stands that this strip chess conversation has been going on for well over a week, and anybody who found it offensive had ample time to express their displeasure; jumping in with a "this page is getting sick" comment, long after it began, but shortly after the suggestion that such games might include male players as well, raises a perfectly valid question as to just what the complainer finds "sick".

<In any case, smileys or no smileys, you were obviously making a point ->

I have no idea what point you assume I was making; FTR (= for the record), I find the conversation quite fun, as long as anybody can play, and don't particularly appreciate ambiguous prudery with a questionable timing.

FYI (= for your information) :p and ;p are "sticking-tongue-out" smileys, commonly used to indicate teasing. Granted, ;p is "friendlier" than :p, but both indicate a lighthearted tone. As for the attitude that "smileys or no smileys" are one and the same, that is simply wrong. The use of smileys arose on the net in response to a real need to indicate the social-emotional nuances that IRL (= in real life) would be conveyed by facial expression and tone of voice. Ignoring them is the online equivalent of autism (no offense intended for autistic persons).

<which anyone, I think, is entitled to reply to.>

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Try something from my wine selection
We'll put out the cat and straight after that
Go searching for vintage perfection !!??

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There's troubles with all forms of booze
When you're lying in bed with a thumping great head
It's damn hard to know - what to choose?

So this drinking has many a problem,
There's troubles with all forms of booze
When you're lying in bed with a thumping great head
It's d--- hard to know - what to choose?>