Lunch in the Park
Why didn't I think of this sooner?
Got my Starbuck's mango citrus frappe, my pen, my paper, my CD player. I'm all set.
As I entered the park I realised I wasn't the only one with the idea....
Heading for some shade, I noticed a fairly large group standing around and realised they were playing chess. Not on little chess boards on tables - and not quite life size boards - but using the patio stones as squares with pieces 2-3 feet high.
Okay - I've been watching for a while - and although I don't play - (My brothers wouldn't let me play when I was little for a variety of reasons like: I was a girl, or I was too stupid etc. But really, it was because they were trying to get rid of the tag along - and I've refused to play ever since...) - I still know the basic rules. Yet, I don't get what just happened. They just wound up the game - but it didn't look to me like anybody had won... Hmmm, maybe it's a time thing, because a new game just started with new people..
You know what I just realised? It's not because of my brothers I don't play, I don't play because it's boring!!
Actually - hold that thought - watching the last guy have a suck attack because he lost was quite entertaining! Maybe I won't have to buy the latest gossip mag to get me through lunch after all....
Got my Starbuck's mango citrus frappe, my pen, my paper, my CD player. I'm all set.
As I entered the park I realised I wasn't the only one with the idea....
Heading for some shade, I noticed a fairly large group standing around and realised they were playing chess. Not on little chess boards on tables - and not quite life size boards - but using the patio stones as squares with pieces 2-3 feet high.
Okay - I've been watching for a while - and although I don't play - (My brothers wouldn't let me play when I was little for a variety of reasons like: I was a girl, or I was too stupid etc. But really, it was because they were trying to get rid of the tag along - and I've refused to play ever since...) - I still know the basic rules. Yet, I don't get what just happened. They just wound up the game - but it didn't look to me like anybody had won... Hmmm, maybe it's a time thing, because a new game just started with new people..
You know what I just realised? It's not because of my brothers I don't play, I don't play because it's boring!!
Actually - hold that thought - watching the last guy have a suck attack because he lost was quite entertaining! Maybe I won't have to buy the latest gossip mag to get me through lunch after all....
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