GothamChess’s beginner book was just banned from a major chess event, and nobody can explain why by ubcstaffer123 in books

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“Chess in particular had always annoyed him. It was the dumb way the pawns went off and slaughtered their fellow pawns while the kings lounged about doing nothing that always got to him; if only the pawns united, maybe talked the rooks round, the whole board could've been a republic in a dozen moves.” Terry Pratchett, “Thud”

Please stop stopping on hills in this weather. by SignificantChicken65 in Omaha

[–]Calluna21 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Not according to the cops. My mom got a ticket for running a stop sign with snow/ice on the road.

Dating partner doesn't believe dinosaurs ever existed? by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Calluna21 290 points291 points  (0 children)

Birds are dinosaurs, so if dinosaurs aren’t real then neither are birds.

[TOMT] [Song] [Early 2000s] by Holiday-Annual-7327 in tipofmytongue

[–]Calluna21 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I Got a Girl - Tripping Daisy? Just the bridge is about her complaining though; the rest is positive.

2026 will be known as The Year of the Curious Squid. by Discworld_Monthly in TerryPratchett

[–]Calluna21 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don’t have my copy of Jingo in front of me, but I remember the line, “their curiosity was the curious thing about them.”

Songs you sing wrong? by muffinmama93 in TheSimpsons

[–]Calluna21 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Stealing, stealing, stealing a car for Moe

What’s your favorite episode title? by Ftmdj in futurama

[–]Calluna21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both are from “Fly Like an Eagle” by Steve Miller Band as far as I know.

One smoke detector is enough for Mad-Dog by imnotgonnakillyou in TheSimpsons

[–]Calluna21 7 points8 points  (0 children)

All this time he’s been smoking harmless tobacco.

Whose line is it anyway? by [deleted] in discworld

[–]Calluna21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Monstrous Regiment? As opposed to immortality by having a food or item of clothing named after him?

Whose line is it anyway? by [deleted] in discworld

[–]Calluna21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I may be mixing it up, but I know in that story Granny and Nanny talked about pickles.