'Wired' has an article on how playing lots of chess will shrink your brain - which may be a good thing (:
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Chess Will Shrink Your Brian
Fans of Seinfeld are aware that cold water causes brian shrinkage:
It is insupportable that chess causes brian shrinkage too. I, for one, will not stand for it. -
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Doing lots of any one thing will lead to shrinkage somewhere else, be it physically or mentally. But this is chess, some things are worth losing out to chess!Comment
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People are asking, "Who the heck is Brian and where can I get one?". :)Originally posted by Wayne Komer View PostChess Will Shrink Your Brian
Fans of Seinfeld are aware that cold water causes brian shrinkage:
It is insupportable that chess causes brian shrinkage too. I, for one, will not stand for it."We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De QuinceyComment
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Chess Will Shrink Your Brian
In The Wizard of Oz, the Scarecrow expresses similar sentiments when he sings:
I could wile away the hours
Conferrin' with the flowers
Consultin' with the rian
And my head I'd be scratchin'
While my thoughts were busy hatchin'
If I only had a brianComment
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It sounds like an answer to a Jeopardy question. ;)Originally posted by Peter McKillop View PostGary Ruben
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I like your signature! :)"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De QuinceyComment
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Is he from the law firm "Dewey, Dickham and Good"?Originally posted by Gary Ruben View Post...Mike Pence: the Lord of the fly.Comment
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Thank you. I wondered how many would "get it".Gary Ruben
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Dewey Cheatham and Howe, actually.Originally posted by Kerry Liles View PostComment
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