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you gotta love it 16 Apr 2012 | 10:09 am
Brilliant joke. The boy narrates: “I planned my move thoroughly, observed her route every day and picked the perfect spot and time. I waited patiently behind the bushes and as she walked past, I jum...
meanwhile, on the Chess board… 16 Apr 2012 | 09:50 am
Here are a couple of my favourite one-liners from the Nigerian Chess Scene. The blitz arenas are simply fantastic; talk of the ‘trash talk’ republic of the world! “If pawns be the food of Chess, eat ...
my definitions… 16 Apr 2012 | 08:37 am
Here are a few of my spins on some terms. Boredom (this one’s a real killer): this is defined as any and all irrelevant whims and fancies of mankind – anything from spending fifteen minutes in the mo...
what’s your view on…? 16 Apr 2012 | 08:34 am
What’s your view/opinion? What do you think about…..? I have come to the sad conclusion that the above lines (one and the same in my opinion) are extremely and irrevocably ‘English’ in more ways than ...
sayings from the basement… 16 Apr 2012 | 08:32 am
Picked these all time greats out of a tangle of grey matter somewhere in my head: “Gboko!!” “don’t put your hand in the finger” “goes finally” “you and who?” “that’s a joke; but I’m not joking” “play...
j’adoube 15 Apr 2012 | 03:10 am
Finally found a popular Chess term that’s not German. This one’s French I think Anyway; the term ‘I adjust’ is meant to be used BEFORE making any attempt to touch (caress? hmm..) your opponent’s piece...
zug! 15 Apr 2012 | 03:00 am
In Chess the term is ‘zugzwang’ – strange how so many contemporary Chess terms have German origins; blitz, luft etc; anyway, I digress as usual ‘Zug’ in Chess describes a situation on the chess board...
at what point is achievement/success enough? 15 Apr 2012 | 01:43 am
When do we feel we have reached ‘the limit’? This is a recurring decimal in human affairs, the ‘hunger for more’, ‘quest for perfection’, ‘search for excellence’, ‘reaching for the sky’ etc etc. This ...
“It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No! It’s…” 13 Apr 2012 | 01:19 am
…just simply Mode9. There’s no other way to cut it. I’ve always been a fan of rap music and of course, as a rap music fan, you’ve to get your boundaries and groups sorted out. When I want to listen to...
nothing out of the ordinary 13 Apr 2012 | 01:14 am
And there I was the other day, driving over to a friend’s place for an afternoon of football and drinks when I found myself being chased and hounded by this extremely ‘horny’ woman. So, eventually, I ...
