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| title = Chess Photo | | title = Chess Photo | ||
| image = chess_photo.png | | image = chess_photo.png | ||
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| titletext = We once tried playing blindfold chess on the Aerosmith ride at Disney World. | | titletext = We once tried playing blindfold chess on the Aerosmith ride at Disney World. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | Whimsy. Why do people do most of the odd things they do? When it isn't because of a cruelly in-bred stupidity, it is because of whimsy. There isn't very much that needs explaining in this one, perhaps only {{w|chess}}, a strategy board game much talked about in [[xkcd]], and {{w|rollercoaster}}s, which are amusement park rides filled with twists, turns, rises, falls, loops, and sometimes themed areas of the park to try to tell a story while on the ride. | |
− | + | This comic [http://xkcd.com/chesscoaster/ inspired people to try this in real life], to awesome effect. | |
− | [ | + | ==Transcript== |
+ | :[Friend 2 sits at a desk with glue, chess pieces, and a chessboard while Friend 1 looks over his shoulder.] | ||
+ | :Friend 1: What are you doing? | ||
+ | :Friend 2: Gluing down chess pieces. | ||
+ | :Friend 1: Why? | ||
+ | :Friend 2: Because there's a picture I've always wanted... I'll need your coat to sneak this onto the ride. | ||
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− | + | :[A photograph of a roller coaster ride with Friend 2 sitting in the first car, chin in hand, thinking over the chessboard. The photograph has "Mega Coaster 3000 souvenir photo" written on the margin.] | |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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[[Category:Chess]] | [[Category:Chess]] | ||
[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
[[Category:Photography]] | [[Category:Photography]] |