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Played chess today in Cooper’s elementary school chess club. Bunch of snotty-nosed punk intellectuals. So we all break up and sit down. One kid is left standing. No one wants to play chess with him. No ONE!
I thought kickball and dodgeball were ego killers - being the last picked! This is CHESS CLUB!!! I had no idea there was a hierarchy to brainiacs.
So, I am in there and they all think I am cool because I am 6 foot 2, wear an earring, and don’t act like a stressed out adult. So I say - “hey, dude. Come on, let’s play.”
He is beaming. I have made this kid feel like a celebrity. Then we play. He checkmates me in 4 moves.
4 FRIGGIN’ MOVES!!!! Not IN 4 moves, like sets me up. Like, 4 TOTAL MOVES. The entire game lasted 30 seconds.
“You see what you did wrong there?” He asked me.
“Yeah, I should’ve let you stayed on the wall by yourself.”
4 responses so far ↓
1 Zack // Dec 14, 2004 at 11:47 pm
Maybe, Grant, it isn’t important that you lost, maybe it is important that you made somebody feel important. But still Dang 4 moves you must suck
2 tom // Dec 14, 2004 at 11:54 pm
Trent (my 10 year old) was taking me out the other night (although not in four moves), when my wife called me to deal with another crisis. SAVED BY THE BELL!!! I was going down, though. Next time we’ll play dodgeball, armwrestling or something.
3 jlo // Dec 15, 2004 at 1:10 pm
Reminds me. Have you seen Napolean Dynomite yet?
If everything goes as planned, I will be in the Rock this weekend having Christmas with Cindy’s parents. We will be at Grace on Sunday. I guess I need to go shopping……
I got your call the other night…I was taking Joel out to eat for his interview trip. You need to talk him into going to Fayetteville. McClure too. See you this weekend.
4 Jerry // Dec 15, 2004 at 3:51 pm
So don’t quit your day job just yet.
Great blog, Grant! Lots of action going on here.
You need to invite Mr. Fourmoves over for some XBox and see who stays Mr. Fourmoves.
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