Whit a week that was – get it?
Last Bank Hol weekend I did a couple of ten milers – with the lovely Gary – and SPICE - round some lovely parts of the English Countryside – Compton Verney on Saturday and Winchcombe on Monday. Saturday was gorgeous – we found a village fayre - Caroline nearly demolished the Hoopla stand in a concerted effort to hoop the whiskey – see the pohotos.....while Gary, Godfrey and I cunningly liaised to share matching tickets to win a Winnie the Pooh for his sproglets – Monday was a different kettle of fish – we could have been anywhere – and probably was – the mist and the rain wet bits of me that I forgot I had!!
In between these walks on the Sunday I had the old uns round for a Kangaroo casserole – and afterwards, challenged dad to a game of chess – using the Chess set he carved on the cross-stitch board
that I finally got framed this year.
Well, what a cheat he was…. Just cos I was winning (White) he kept swapping from his Black set to move my bits – we were taking so long between moves we both kept forgetting which side we were on…..I noticed he kept scratching his head – deep in thought? No - it was a tactical manoeuvre - I discovered the bugger has scratched a small hole in his head – only dad!! Completely put me off my game – my King thought he was a Knight and my poor Queen was beside herself when his pawn tried to take her from behind – so I declared stale mate – and plonked a plaster on his head, trimmed his finger nails to stop him digging any deeper – but no – up they kept going– so he ended up spending the rest of the weekend looking like Michael Jackson – one glove - Shamoan!!!! Didn’t see him moon walking though ;-)
Have a fab weekend...
Kimmie x
Big chess tournament
The big chess tournament was taking place at the Plaza in New York. After the first day's competition, many of the winners were sitting around in the foyer of the hotel talking about their matches and bragging about their wonderful play. After a few drinks they started getting louder and louder until finally, the desk clerk couldn't take any more and kicked them out.
The next morning the Manager called the clerk into his office and told him there had been many complaints about his being so rude to the hotel guests....instead of kicking them out, he should have just asked them to be less noisy. The clerk responded, "I'm sorry, but if there's one thing I can't stand, it's chess nuts boasting in an open foyer."
Have a fab weekend...
Kimmie x
Big chess tournament
The big chess tournament was taking place at the Plaza in New York. After the first day's competition, many of the winners were sitting around in the foyer of the hotel talking about their matches and bragging about their wonderful play. After a few drinks they started getting louder and louder until finally, the desk clerk couldn't take any more and kicked them out.
The next morning the Manager called the clerk into his office and told him there had been many complaints about his being so rude to the hotel guests....instead of kicking them out, he should have just asked them to be less noisy. The clerk responded, "I'm sorry, but if there's one thing I can't stand, it's chess nuts boasting in an open foyer."
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