Domdaniel Member since Aug-11-06 · Last seen Jan-10-19 no bio

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Jan-08-19 Domdaniel chessforum    Domdaniel: Blank Reg: "They said there was no future - well, this is it."      Jan-06-19 Kibitzer's Café    Domdaniel: Haaarry Neeeeds a Brutish Empire... https://youtu.be/ZioiHctAnac      Jan-06-19 G McCarthy vs M Kennefick, 1977    Domdaniel: Maurice Kennefick died over the new year, 2018-2019. RIP. It was many years since I spoke to him. He gave up chess, I reckon, towards the end of the 80s, though even after that he was sometimes lured out for club games. I still regard this game, even after so many years, as the ...      Jan-06-19 Maurice Kennefick    Domdaniel: Kennefick died over the 2018-19 New Year. Formerly one of the strongest players in Ireland, he was the first winner of the Mulcahy tournament, held in honour of E.N. Mulcahy, a former Irish champion who died in a plane crash. I played Kennefick just once, and had a freakish win, ...      Jan-06-19 Anand vs J Fedorowicz, 1990    Domdaniel: <NBZ> -- Thanks, NBZ. Enjoy your chortle. Apropos nothing in particular, did you know that the word 'chortle' was coined by Lewis Carroll, author of 'Alice in Wonderland'? I once edited a magazine called Alice, so I can claim a connection. 'Chortle' requires the jamming ...      Jan-06-19 chessgames.com chessforum    Domdaniel: <al wazir> - It's not easy to go back through past Holiday Present Hunts and discover useful information. Very few people have played regularly over the years -- even the players who are acknowledged as best, <SwitchingQuylthulg> and <MostlyAverageJoe> have now ...      Jan-05-19 Wesley So    Domdaniel: Wesley is a man of his word. Once again, I am impressed by his willingness to stick to commitments.      Jan-04-19 G Neave vs B Sadiku, 2013    Domdaniel: Moral: if you haven't encountered it before, take it seriously. Remember Miles beating Karpov with 1...a6 at Skara. Many so-called 'irregular' openings are quite playable.      Dec-30-18 Robert Enders vs S H Langer, 1968   Domdaniel: <HMM> - Heh, well, yes. I also remembered that Chuck Berry had a hit with 'My Ding-a-ling' in the 1970s. I'm not sure which is saddest -- that the author of Johnny B. Goode and Memphis Tennessee and Teenage Wedding - among other short masterpieces - should sink to such ...      Dec-30-18 T Gelashvili vs T Khmiadashvili, 2001    Domdaniel: This is the game I mean: Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922

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Frogspawn: Levity's Rainbow

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 117 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-22-07    Domdaniel: <dictionaries> So, anyhow, regardless of all the brilliant and highly entertaining stuff you've all been posting here, I *still* hadda go see what Chambers Dictionary said about 'unawares', didn't I? But I never got that far. I was waylaid nearby by 'unbarked' (quick -- is that about a tree or about a dog?) The dict. def. goes: "adj. Not deprived of bark. Deprived of bark." Well, that's clear... Mar-22-07    Domdaniel: <WBP> Both Jessica and, indeed chessgames.com in person have warned me off Limericks. Still, your t-f story means that the following should go on record... A healthy young woman begat Three sons she named Nat, Pat and Tat But a problem ensued When they all yelled for food And she found there was no tit for Tat. Mar-22-07    jessicafischerqueen: <Dom> yer playin' with fire, but LOL! Brilliant!! Mar-22-07    Eyal: Another version: There was a young girl who begat Three brats, by name Nat, Pat, and Tat. It was fun in the breeding, But hell in the feeding When she found she had no tit for Tat. Mar-22-07    Domdaniel: <WBP> You got that old comet Schumacher-Levy bang to rights, I think, though it might have been Schumaker (I know that his first name was Gene, not Michael, if that helps any) ... however, <Jupiter> tripped you up. Just as Jessica herself recently mistyped <paradox> while reeling off gobbets of much more abstruse terms. It's always the smell ones you lave to hook out for... Mar-22-07    Domdaniel: <Eyal> How come we know these slightly different versions of so many limericks? Alternative universes? One or more defective memories combined with one or more abilities to plug the gaps? Some kind of Morphological Constant in the universe, dragging us towards equifinality (with small but plausible violations of 'reality' en route)? A.E. Noether Mar-22-07    Eyal: <How come we know these slightly different versions of so many limericks? Alternative universes? One or more defective memories combined with one or more abilities to plug the gaps? Some kind of Morphological Constant in the universe, dragging us towards equifinality (with small but plausible violations of 'reality' en route)?> D (All of the above) Mar-22-07    Domdaniel: <Jess> Math humour is very like chess humour, as one might expect -- it just uses a different set of in-house obscurities with weird names -- Lie Groups instead of Sicilian Dragons, etc. Beyond that there's the same delight in bad puns, plus the inexplicable pleasure caused by one thing mapping onto another thing. Oh, great heaving rook sacs, you know what I mean... Heh. Mar-22-07    WBP: <Dom> <Eyal> I can't stop laughing at those limericks (I know, I should use one of the acronyms: LOL ROFL,or my favorite, ROLF); <How come we know these slightly different versions of so many limericks?> Jungian archetypes? <Jupiter> Man, it's been a tough day--grading all day. Brain is shot (not that it was anything otherwise anyway). One day--and I have my heart set on this--I will send an email, post a post, make a shopping list, or whatever, that doesn't have a typo. Oh, and <Dom> thanks for the explanation for GM in <Jess's> page; helps explain GASH. Mar-22-07    Domdaniel: <WBP> Careful with those LOLs and lollery in general. I've previously calculated that if everyone who posts the letters LOL were to actually laugh out loud, the planet would lurch chaotically in orbit, and we'd all spiral into the sun, lolling like maniacs. But whatever lights your torch, I guess. Mar-22-07    Eyal: <I've previously calculated that if everyone who posts the letters LOL were to actually laugh out loud, the planet would lurch chaotically in orbit, and we'd all spiral into the sun, lolling like maniacs.> LOL Have you done similar calculations regarding LMAO and ROLF? Mar-22-07    WBP: <Dom> Yeah, I'm thinking of some alternatives: CQ (chuckles quietly), MA (murmers approval), AEID (arches eyebows in delight), and LUPV (laughs until projectile vomits) Mar-22-07    jessicafischerqueen: I used to hang out with a guy at Uni. named Rolf-- Does he count in the experiment? (very nice guy) Mar-22-07    Domdaniel: LOL, who said anything about an experiment? *8 minutes pass* The Moon seizes its opportunity and jumps into orbit round Venus *22 minutes pass* The atmosphere ignites. LOL. Mar-22-07    WBP: Things seem to be getting a little testy in the grudge match--the exchanges are getting a little hotter. Mar-22-07    jessicafischerqueen: <Bill> Just to let you know how much I'm enjoyiing your periodic "play by play" updates on the <grudge match>... You'd make a good sportscaster, though I'm sure you're an excellent professor... perhaps some moonlighting? At present, <Frogspawn> duties pay 0.0 dollars per hour American.... But we can dream... (secretly schemes of employing giant brain pool here to create an internationally notorious humor-chess Zine) Mar-22-07    WBP: <Jess> Yeah, looks like they may have to work their way through a few of these little things before they have the breakthrough which you've predicted (I think correctly)--maybe a few anger management sessions or an afternoon of show-and-tell. <Frogspawn> as long as <Dom> proofreads my stuff for errors (see above!) I'm on board! Have a great night on the town, and congrats on getting the paper done. Bill Mar-22-07    Domdaniel: <Jess> We can now offer improved payment rates to our contributors. Instead of the old rate (0.00 US dollars per hour) we can now pay a staggering 0.00 US dollars per second. Frogspawn Euros and <Canadian Kroner> also available. Mar-22-07    WBP: <Dom> Enough to hire a proofreader? One may be needed, you know. Mar-22-07    Domdaniel: <WBP> Think I'll go for that AENEID option -- Arches Eyebrow Neurotically, Expressing Incomprehensible Delight. Or VIRGIL -- Vomits In Rage, Glossing Ironic Laughter LENDL [Low Expectations, No Driver's License] Mar-22-07    WBP: <Dom> I think we may have too much free time on our hands! Bill (And actually, I must get back to work. Just put something in <Danielpi> for you. I'll probably look in before hitting the sack. Mar-23-07    Domdaniel: <Achieve> That 'historic' post by Jessica is a true gem. Well done. Oh, the good old days when Her Majesty ended her messages with "Peace" rather than "I'm gonna whup yer ass" (or whatever endearments her opponents are currently receiving). Peace. Mar-23-07    mack: <Beyond that there's the same delight in bad puns> You ever read that Asimov short story, 'Jokester'? <'All the jokes are old! That's why jokes exhibit such a social lag, they still deal with seasickness, for instance, when that's easily prevented these days and never experienced. Or they'll deal with fortune giving weighing machines, like the joke I told you, when such machines are found only in antique shops. Well, then, who makes up the jokes?' Trask said, 'Is that what you're trying to find out?' It was on the tip of Trask's tongue to add: 'Good Lord, who cares? He forced that impulse down. A grandmaster's questions were always meaningful. 'Of course, that's what I'm trying to find out. Think of it this way. It's not just that jokes happen to be old. They must be old to be enjoyed. It's essential that a joke not be original. There's one variety of humour that is, or can be, original and that's the pun. I've heard puns that were obviously made up on the spur of the moment. I have made some up myself. But no one laughs at such puns. You're not supposed to. You groan. The better the pun, the louder the groan. Original humour is not laugh-provoking. Why?' 'I'm sure I don't know.'> Mar-23-07    mack: Asimov, of course, was the one who confusingly said, 'In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.' You wot? Mar-23-07    Eyal: <the same delight in bad puns> The goodness of the true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability. (Edgar Allan Poe) Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 963) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 117 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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