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07 July 2008

Chess Boxing. A new entry in my list of reasons why humans are awesome.

post by: seanyboy at: 06:57 | 10 comments

Go Fencing (sabre) would be more my style.

posted by Wolfdog 07 July | 07:03

I'd heard about chess boxing but just wasn't sure it really truly existed.

I'm trying to think of something that would be more my style. Go and fencing and I can see for you, Wolfdog. I need something a little more low-key. Like... pool and beer drinking.

posted by Specklet 07 July | 08:04

Okay, so let's say that some kind of crazy lunatic kidnaps you, and says 'We'll play one game, and you can choose the game. If you lose, I'll kill you. If you win, I'll let you go free.' What do you play?

posted by box 07 July | 08:22

I'd say "fuck you, you crazy lunatic, if you get to kill me, I get to kill you!"

But seriously, what if I choose Scrabble and the lunatic does lots of crosswords in his spare time? Or what if I choose gin rummy, but he can count cards? You never can tell what sorts of random skills these lunatics might have.

posted by Specklet 07 July | 08:36

I'm pretty sure that most lunatics have the two doors, one that leads to certain death and one that leads to freedom. I think that's a new Lunatic Union rule.

posted by Slack-a-gogo 07 July | 08:42

Okay, so let's say that some kind of crazy lunatic kidnaps you, and says 'We'll play one game, and you can choose the game. If you lose, I'll kill you. If you win, I'll let you go free.' What do you play?

Russian roulette.

posted by BoringPostcards 07 July | 08:50

Or you could stock up on iocaine.

But I'm game for anything with swords. Foursquare tic tac toe?

Curling and ...oh, wait.

But this chess boxing - I fail to see how Big Blue could prevail here.

posted by lysdexic 07 July | 08:50

You haven't lived until you've played Mad Libs Boxing.

posted by Slack-a-gogo 07 July | 08:51

Oh great, so not only can the big lug kick my ass, afterwards he is also going to humiliate me in seven moves or something. I'm not sure I like this brave new world.

posted by -t 07 July | 09:21

Of course it's inspired by an Enki Bilal book. And for those Australian editors out there, "Bande dessinee" translates literally to "comic strip", but it really should be "comic book".

posted by ooga_booga 08 July | 00:55

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