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| Apr-12-07 | | mckmac: <Dom>,<As for the other thing, "White to play and win" won't suffice, because there's at least one mate in one available on every single turn.
"White to play and deliver smothered mate with the Black King in the centre of the board", perhaps?> <Or maybe just "White to play and win?"> Not even with the question mark suggesting that the proceedings might be slightly mysterious?
Thats a tricky puzzle you posted.After the nifty tactics I had to set the mighty Chessmaster10 to work,and it's still working.So far (at 220secs/move),finding only repititions.Must need more time.Maybe someone should tell Josh. 'The Jack of Hearts'was simply born on the day of 'The Jack Of Hearts'(see link) according to this thesis(pressed on me by someone not quite sober),although <The Mexican Connection> sounds promising.Great riff on 'Rosemary' too. "Be careful not to touch the walls,there's a brand new coat of paint". Genius mate. Will His Bobness' version of"Froggie went A-Courtin'"(also known as "King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O) be considered for <Frogspawn-The Musical *Starring Jess The FisherQueen*>? Its first known appearance is in Wedderburn's Complaynt of Scotland (1548) under the name "The frog came to the myl dur." There is also a reference in the London Company of Stationer's Register of 1580 to "A Moste Strange Weddinge of the Frogge and the Mouse." 1. Frog went a-courtin', and he did ride, Uh-huh,
Frog went a-courtin', and he did ride, Uh-huh,
Frog went a-courtin', and he did ride.
With a sword and a pistol by his side, Uh-huh.
2. Well he rode up to Miss Mousey's door, Uh-huh,
Well he rode up to Miss Mousey's door, Uh-huh,
Well he rode up to Miss Mousey's door.
Gave three loud raps and a very big roar, Uh-huh.
Now that's a frog on the move:lyrics at:http://bobdylan.com/songs/froggie.h... |
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| Apr-12-07 | | hitman84: <Domdaniel>Did someone spray/spill peanut butter solution on your forum ? <opening for fighters>I hope frogs don't go extinct. As a Gandhian, I don't like fighters. Reading Dawkins I'm beginning to dislike frog thighs and threads. But this is one interesting thread you are bearing. |
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| Apr-12-07 | | hitman84: <What is the first book a tadpole reads?
Metamorphosis by Kafka.>
Sorry <Eyal> if I made you unhoppy. |
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| Apr-12-07 | | Knightlord: <hitman84> Maybe someone spilled spam on this forum. <As a Gandhian>, you have a strange username. |
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| Apr-12-07 | | hitman84: <Knightlord>
<you have a strange username.>
For me that's the height of intimidation, aggression etc. BTW there is something common..
http://www.eidos.co.uk/img/db/gamel...
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/hi... < Maybe someone spilled spam on this forum>Technology these days..
http://www.markdrew.co.uk/UserFiles...
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| Apr-12-07 | | Knightlord: <hitman84> I liked the first two pictures, as for the third...yikes! |
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Apr-12-07
 | | Domdaniel: Um, in no particular order...
<Hitman>: <Domdaniel... Did someone spray/spill peanut butter solution on your forum ?> Dunno, I wasn't here at the time. But something weird certainly happened. Frog pheronomes, maybe. We've been experimenting with them in the basement, and somebody may have dropped a peanut butter sandwich in the mix... <Best Bill> is presumably the one where instead of asking you for money, they pay you. American readers may think I'm confusing a check and a bill, but remember -- nobody ever drew a chess game with perpetual billing. On second thoughts, that's probably not true.
- You want draw? One hundred US dollar?
- No.
- One hundred fifty?
- No, thank you.
- Two hundred?
- Sshhh. Make it four.
- Three hundred dollars?
- OK then. Cash.
- Deal.
<Masons> Actually, I'm a Dixon. Being peaceful Geordie Quaker surveyors at heart, we eschew handshakes as being too violent (except between consenting adults). We have a neat secret eyebrow wiggle, but have you ever tried opening doors with an eyebrow? T.Pynchon
Somewhere on the Dixon-Mason line. |
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Apr-12-07
| | Domdaniel: <Hitman> As a Gandhian, you may be amused by this (true) story: Quizmaster on Irish radio quiz:
- What was Gandhi's first name?
Contestant:
- Er, Goosey-Goosey?
[and we never even found out whether the 'correct' answer was Mohandas or Mahatma ...] |
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Apr-12-07
| | Domdaniel: <Jess> - <The craft of "bread sculpture" is unknown to the Frenchman.> Can this be vraiment true, ma reine?
After all, genius is pain.
"La genie, c'est du pain"
Charles Genevieve Louis Auguste Andre Timothee d'Eon de Beaumont, Chevalier d'Eon. |
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Apr-12-07
| | Domdaniel: Why are there no monkeys in the Arctic? Because they were exterminated by the French, is why... perhaps trying to produce a hardier breed of cheese-eating surrender monkey... "There was a film on TV about a team of French scientists trying to load a polar bear onto the fantail of what looked like a Caribbean tourist yacht. The beast was howling and thrashing, but they had it wrapped up in a steel mesh-net -- and then a woman wearing a topless bikini came out and shot it in the back with a tranquilizer gun." - Hunter S Thompson, Generation of Swine |
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| Apr-12-07 | | WBP: Hey, <Dom.> I guess we sullied things up a bit herre yesterday, but we had no Cat in the Hat to clean up afterward. He was too busy trying to fan out ethnic violence in Central America (see <Eyal's> for an explanation. Best, Jess |
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| Apr-12-07 | | WBP: <The beast was howling and thrashing, but they had it wrapped up in a steel mesh-net -- and then a woman wearing a topless bikini came out and shot it in the back with a tranquilizer gun> I once saw Marlin Perkins wearing a topless bikini on Wild Kingdom. Been unable to eat white meat (chicken, pork, frog) or chopped spinach since. |
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| Apr-12-07 | | Tomlinsky: <Why are there no monkeys in the Arctic?> To get to the other side.
Best, Buy |
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Apr-12-07
| | Domdaniel: 1.a3
Best, By Test |
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Apr-12-07
| | Domdaniel: <WBP> This isn't a 'sullying' ... this is just the kind of mess I like to come home to. Gaffer, Rigger and Best Boy |
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| Apr-12-07 | | WBP: <Dom> some bad news: Kurt Vonnegut just died. Quite disheartening and sad. |
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| Apr-12-07 | | Eyal: <WBP> Yes, isn't it? And I'm just in the middle of reading again "Slaughterhouse Five", one of my favorite novels (at least of the last half century). |
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Apr-12-07
| | Domdaniel: There will be a moment of silence on Tralfamadore, and the Chrono-synclastic Infundibulum will be closed for the day. Kurt, he was Vonnegutsy.
And now a reading from the Book of Revelation, the craziest document ever penned by human hands. "Then I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the beast and from the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs." |
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| Apr-12-07 | | WBP: <Kurt, he was Vonnegutsy> and rather curt as well. We'll miss him. <like frogs> those damned frog imposters again! How can anyone on the <Frogspawn> staff be trusted now? But then there's "Their land brought forth frogs, in the chambers of their kings," where "kings" clearly refers to the chess piece(s), as otherwise we'd have "Pharaohs." |
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Apr-12-07
| | Domdaniel: Speaking of dead writers, Michael Dibdin -- author of the brilliant Inspector Zen novels, and a cryptic crossword expert -- also died recently. His last published Zen book, Back to Bologna (although apparently there's one more to come) featured a wickedly funny parody of a certain Italian professor of semiotics. 'Back to Bologna' -- like the infamous 'How to Hug' -- turns out to be a volume of an alphabetical encyclopedia. |
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Apr-12-07
| | Domdaniel: Given the name, I suppose Frogspawn should celebrate Life. Although Life - the magazine, anyway - got shut down permanently as well, didn't it? |
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Apr-12-07
| | Domdaniel: Hoppity hop.
[Frogspawn gives Mortality the finger.] |
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Apr-12-07
| | Domdaniel: <mckmac>
"Be careful not to touch the wall
There's a brand new coat of paint
I'm glad to see you're still alive
You're lookin' like a saint...
Down the hallway, footsteps
were coming for the Jack of Hearts."
The footsteps, presumably, of our old antagonist, the Grim Ripper. |
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Apr-12-07
 | | jessicafischerqueen: Ok <Dominus> here is post 4000 then. Happy now???
(footnote- "Happy Now" is cited from the <Chess classics> Profile, all rights reserved). No letters or lawsuits, please.
Best, Bill |
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| Apr-12-07 | | Knightlord: < jessicafischerqueen: Ok <Dominus> here is post 4000 then. > Just delete it, Dom. Mr. Notlob, Ipswich |
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