FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for September 17, 2014

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Either she has to think doing homework or will she have to think playing chess but she will be using her brain.

I actually like to play chess or do chess puzzles for 10-15 minutes before studying. It gets my brain warmed up and I seem to have a much more productive time studying.

@faramirMy mind would go stale mate after the first 2 moves.

Before one plays chess, one must play the player into playing chess.

“Tic-Tac-Toe, where the only winning move is not to play.”.“War Games” c/o “WOPR”…

A more effective threat would have been, “OK, in that case your mom and I are going out to dinner. Peter is at work, so you get to watch Jason.”

Ironically, you have to be an idiot to think chess idiotic. (You don’t have to LIKE chess, but please recognize the intellect of it.)

Did Page give that last line in her Terminator voice?

Of course, Paige would play chess to avoid doing her homework.

Yes; but Joshua learned this by playing tic-tac-toe!