Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for September 10, 2020

Which general went by “Chip”, again?

The best kind of “chess” is when it’s followed by “pie”.

PS: I remember when my sister decided it was a stupid game because who would call a game “chest”?

7×7.... interesting

You can’t do that unless the prez allows it.

Go ahead, Chip. I momentarily forgot who’s in office.

Did they replace the chess clock with the doomsday clock?

He was about to be mated, so he used “The Nuclear Option.”

“Mutually assured destruction does NOT apply to board games, Chip.”

Replacing chess sets is a major expenditure at the home.

I am close to doing some research on a type of chess that has many more pieces and places on the board. It has elephants, camels, and all sort of other things. Problem is… I can’t remember it’s name without going into my files… in a completely different location. (Bugger!)

I’m surprised that, being Pentagon types, they’re not playing the world domination game known as “Risk”.;-D

Would “POOF” do?!?

A blast from the past.

Where’s the fun in just saying " CHECKMATE "

Earlier in the game, he castled by conjuring a wall … a big … big … beautiful … wall.

He’s an explosive player, all right!

Could be worse.Could be “pigeon chess”.

https://www.someecards.com/usercards/viewcard/arguing-with-idiots-is-like-playing-chess-with-a-pigeon-no-matter-how-good-you-are-the-bird-is-going-to-shit-on-the-board-and-strut-around-like-it-won-anyway-e3c22/

And another million people bit the dust.

General Malaise.

Shirley you Chess!

Let the Chips fall where they May-Day

Looks more like a draw to me. Nobody wins.

I have a secret move that ensures i never lose- I knock over the game board.

Arguing with right-wingers in 2020 is like playing a game of chess with a chicken. You might have the rule book and know all of the strategies, but at some point, the chicken will knock all of the pieces on the floor, crap all over the board and start yelling, “I won! I won!”

Sorry Wiley, I don’t know where else to take out my frustration

For every 1000 cases of covid 200 need hospital care

10 of those 200 will die

180 will have permanent heart damage

100 will have permanent lung damage

30 will suffer a stroke

20 will have neurological damage that leads to chronic weakness and loss of coordination.

20 will have neurological damage that leads to loss of cognitive function

All of those will be considered a pre existing condition

With a population of 328,200,000 there will be

3,282,000 deaths

62,358,000 hospitalizations

59,076,000 with permanent heart damage

32,820,000 with permanent lung damage

9,846,000 with a stroke

6,564,000 with muscle wekness

6,564,000 with reduced cognitive function

We’re a long way from done

Okay. You KNOW that I would do that if I could. OORAH!!

No, that’s his opening move.

Note the red hat. We all know what it says on the front!

sore loser

Closing with the Nuclear Gambit was bound to cause a certain amount of fallout among Chip’s competitors.

Atlantic Shores… about 2 miles from the Navy’s “Master Jet Base”, a community for those over 60, with homes ranging from independent bungalows and condominiums, to assisted living apartments. Situated less than half a mile from another Naval training facility at the beach on the beautiful Atlantic Ocean… How many senior officers and their spouses reside there? (They underwrite the local PBS station with very enticing images, as does a counterpart situated across the James River near the local Air Force Base… The Chesapeake.) This area is full of military!

Use to play Atomic Chess. When on the verge of losing slap the board sending pieces all over….Nuke Attack. I grew up with the daily threat of annihilation……We had a saying in the Army we copied it….What? Me worry? It’s called MAD.

Surprised their board doesn’t look like Mad’s Modern Chess (from 1963!)

http://chessforallages.blogspot.com/2014/01/chess-comics-no4-mads-modern-chess.html

I just read an article about how artificial intelligence (AI) is changing chess. To keep it interesting for human players, they have had to come up with rule variations, such as no-castling. I didn’t see anything about a nuclear option, though.

Who knew that they’d even let Trump in there!?

Gotta keep those contractors in business!!!

Looks like a Curtis LeMay move to me.

He Could, but where’s the Fun in That?