It may be an unconscious one, but it is a common tactic to pick a time and/or place that is to your advantage. Like teenagers asking for the car keys when you’re fixing dinner. Like being on a road trip and deciding it’s your wife’s turn to drive as you’re winding through the mountains on unfamiliar dirt roads in the rain at dusk.
Back in the day, my friends and I would play chess far into the night. As it got later and later, and we got more and more “messed up” (☺), the games would get really awful. We still had lots of fun, though…
C about 11 hours ago
You’re going to have to put that idea to bed
darkwingdave about 10 hours ago
It’s hard work thinking of those ghastly recipes she subjects them to. And juggling the finances to cover Roger’s…choices.
minty_Joe about 7 hours ago
“Shall we play a game?”
“A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?”
~ Joshua (WarGames)
win.45mag about 6 hours ago
Guess you’ll have to go spray more coffee on the ceiling for her.
kab2rb about 3 hours ago
For me Roger could beat me, never understood the game, when I was a kid was explained and I never caught on.
GreenT267 about 3 hours ago
It may be an unconscious one, but it is a common tactic to pick a time and/or place that is to your advantage. Like teenagers asking for the car keys when you’re fixing dinner. Like being on a road trip and deciding it’s your wife’s turn to drive as you’re winding through the mountains on unfamiliar dirt roads in the rain at dusk.
Angry Indeed Premium Member about 2 hours ago
Roger, that’s not sporting!
sobrown51 about 2 hours ago
Oh, come on. Even tired It’ll only take her 4 moves.
ChessPirate 21 minutes ago
Back in the day, my friends and I would play chess far into the night. As it got later and later, and we got more and more “messed up” (☺), the games would get really awful. We still had lots of fun, though…