Thanks for sharing, bumble! In reply: What's black and blue and brown and lies in a ditch?
A brunette who's told too many blonde jokes.

What do brunettes miss most about a great party?
The invitation.

Any more, dear bumble, and the guitarist jokes come out!

CleverHunk: How do you know when a redhead has been using the computer?
There's a hammer embedded in the monitor.

I won't say any blue hair jokes as I might offend a certain auntie that lives in a trailer in Florida.

I reckon we get Saddam, Blair, Bush and the rest of the UN inspectors etc to join BrainKing and argue out their diferences over a few games.
Theres no nationality differences on this site, everyone gets along great, be them from the US, Iraq or the UK. They should take a lesson from us, a couple of games, maybe a fast tourney and they'd all be best of friends and wondering why they were arguing in the first place!!

Katsiki.....Nagging is good, and we are becoming professionals! I say we start with Bumble and Loggerhead!!! Is this going to be a one on one...or a team effort!!! Either way....it is going to be fun!! :)

American checkers...now there is a game that I might be able to beat Cariad at!!!!

Humm.....nude twister: (Hey Katsiki!!!! Think we could talk those two big blokes into this one?????) LOL

Not a floosie - Me, you, cariad and red dragon, we scolds and nags Saddam good yes? We has practise first I think. Now who we picks....?

nude twister...hey fencer what do you think?maybe we can crack a copy of"sims"&make a few changes.
I was only kidding about gypsies,don't believe any stereotypes.especially about men & blondes.

bush,sassam...lets stop worrying about who has the biggest missile(phallic symbolism)...too much tetosterone poisioning.I hope the world grows up & abandon the need for weapons of mass destruction..thro our energies into something more positive...need more good karma.

if there is "liquid-white-out" & a postage stamp on your monitor screen,a blonde has been using your computer trying to send email.

I think Bush, Blair, Saddam and Bin Laden should get the 'Twister' mat out and the whole thing should be televised worldwide. To make it twice as humiliating, make it 'nude twister'.

Joke: (sorry cariad) How do you drown a blonde?
Glue a 'scratch and sniff' card to the bottom of the swimming pool.

Nighthawk1958:....so he's right about gypsies too? I wouldn't want to think what his rules for American checkers are.

fencer..great idea..will watch for honey checkers.
joke:
did you ever play gypsy checkers?
you steal the opponents pieces..lol.

ok,true some of us men couldn't find our butts if we were naked in a hall of mirrors.
but we learn it early.
at the moment of human conception,millions of male sperm cells are released,all looking for the egg cell.not one will stop & ask for directions.
and some men have a handicap,not enough blood to run the brain & the penis at the same time...lol.

seriously,about war:
war is destructive,wasteful,generates more hate& revenge.NO war ever resolved any deep rooted issue.a diplomatic solution must eventually be reached.but also true,we are forced in life sometimes to stand or fall.if do nothing,the terrorrism will spread.saddam is not just going thro a faze,to beleive that is niave.also,we live in a culture that is impatient,instant graitification.I hope we dont rush into anything we will regret.I dont have a solution,I hope the powers that be find the wisdom to find an answer.

AH.....what a wonderful thing to wake up to....a little levity on the board LOL...never has a truer word been spoken..

LOL LOL LOL LOL Good one Ian!!! And how true!!!! :)

This is a little something that i found at Dailygammon.:)

Discussion

Let's lighten the mood! UN Inspectors!

Posted By: Summer Rain
Date: Saturday, 15 March 2003, at 8:55 p.m.

Have you noticed anything fishy about the inspection teams who have arrived in Iraq? They're all men!* How in the name of the United Nations does anyone expect men to find Saddam's stash? We all know that men have a blind spot when it comes to finding things. For cryin' out loud! Men can't find the dirty clothes hamper. Men can't find the jar of jelly until it falls out of the cupboard and splatters on the floor.... and these are the people we have sent into Iraq to search for hidden weapons of mass destruction?
* I keep wondering why groups of mothers weren't sent in. Mothers can sniff out secrets quicker than a drug dog can find a gram of dope. Mothers can find gin bottles that dads have stashed in the attic beneath the rafters.* They can sniff out a diary two rooms and one floor away. They can tell when the lid of a cookie jar has been disturbed and notice when a quarter inch slice has been shaved off a chocolate cake.* A mother*can smell alcohol on your breath before you get your key in the front door and can smell cigarette smoke from a block away. By examining laundry, a mother knows more about their kids than Sherlock Holmes.** And if a mother wants an answer to question, she can read an offenders eyes quicker than a homicide detective.
* So... considering the value a mother could bring to an inspection team, why are we sending a bunch of old men who will rely on electronic equipment to scout out hidden threats?* My mother would walk in with a wooden soup spoon in one hand, grab Saddam by the ear, give it a good twist and snap, "Young man, do you* have any weapons of mass destruction?" And God help him if he tried to lie to her. She'd march him down the street to some secret bunker and shove his nose into a nuclear bomb and say, "Uh, huh, and what do you call this, mister?" Whap!* Thump! Whap! Whap! Whap! And she'd lay some stripes across his bare bottom with that soup spoon, then march him home in front of the whole of Baghdad.* He'd not only come clean and apologize for lying about it, he'd cut every lawn in Baghdad for free for the whole summer.
* Inspectors my eye... You want the job done? Call my mother.

After giving it some thought, my mother would probably say he is just going thru a faze, he will get over it....lolol

Thanks Summer Rain.:)

Many thanks to Fencer, & everyone else here for the birthday greetings. What a nice surprise it was to recieve them all today. (((( big bear hug ))) for you all. LOL.

Thanks Kevin!

Tournament sections will NEVER have more than 8 players, so if 12 players sign up, it will be broken into 2 sections of 6, meaning you will play 5 games. You will not be able to play one tourney of each game at once because of your 50 games at a time limit. That restriction only really applies if you want to enter another chess tournament, for example, if you're already playing in one.

If you don't like that restriction, upgrade to rook :-)

Could someone clarify this please: for a knight, it says that you can enter 1 tournament for each game. It also says to leave at least 5 open spaces for each tournament. So, if I'm playing 35 regular games I could only sign up for 3 tourneys, right? And if one of them has 12 players, I would not be able to participate? In other words, I can not enter one of each tourney unless I have an empty game board?

E.g. Honey Checkers are played on a hexagonal board. Will be implemented later :-)

Cleverhunk: Yep ... me. For an excellent example look at my last Atomic Chess game against grenv ... very sad :(

I do not know what IYT has done, but there site is in a real mess....you cant even get to your games, and it take forever to load...bad luck....more better here :)

whisperz,there is a bunny here¿

There also the game called hex ;-) lol
The only turn based site like this that i have seen it at is http://www.littlegolem.net

there is a game on I Y T called sabotage that would be a good thing to build on !!

there is a game on I Y T called sabotage that would be a good thing to build on !!

Ultimate Stratego!!! Let's get that game here!

I know it is not a hexagon, although i expect a hexagonal version probably exists, but what about something like Stratego ... tank battles with more ranks. Mind you, I still haven't played all the games here yet ... once I lose a few Tank Battles I will move onto Tablut so watch out for the bunny coming your way soon.

..of any good strategy board games based on a hexagon shape instead of a square?anyone else know any?

...its inconsiderate & dumb,as it holds up the game & adds to your opponents BTK without a fight.maybe we should invent a name for those who do this..mmm..lets see,this is brain king..so something beginning with B...mmmm...
how about"botards"?
lol.just kidding..name calling is rude & adolescent.

Sam,
Are you on the digital service which has had the CR3 update.?
I signed up just over a month ago while i was still using NTL. Maybe the problem is an incompatability between the CR2 browser & Swreg sites.!!!-

Fencer: Thank you for the reply. I'll send an email via the info link for your postal address.

CleverHunk, thats very true!! I've had quite a few people time out on me, and hardly any with good reasons or apology! If you can't finish the game.. dont start it!!
If theres a genuine reason, no problem. But for those who can't be bothered.. shame on you!! LOL!

...here truly,as the expression goes,"if you snooze,you loose".ya think Christine,harley?

Sam: There is always a possibility to find a friend with normal computer and use it for the payment. I am afraid that direct international money transfer would cost you too much (bank fees). You can also send cash money to my postal address.

Hello Fencer. I can get to the swreg page that asks 'which currency' but when I press the select button it starts to load but after about 4 seconds an NTL fault page appears. This says 'we are unable to display your request'. This page is very well known to NTL users!

If I can't join this way can I transfer the money from my bank account to yours? I also have a visa card but do not have a pay pal account.

I've already heard about this problem from another NTL user. The page you cannot access belongs to Swreg.org site, not to BrainKing.com, so I can do nothing with it. What error does it show to you?

I want to become a member but I can't get past the 'currency' page to join.
I use NTL. Is anyone else having this problem and any suggestions?

Christine, yes, if someone times out its counted as a win for you, even in a 4 games match :o)
Congrats!! LOL!

Plurds? Who's the one drinking here?? LOL!

HMMMMMM....dint realize my friend ANGUS was a drunk hehehehe...good way on plurds my friend :)

Hmm, as for me, I would rather have a bottle in front-a-me than a frontal lobotamy..... ;+))))

very good, he was only referred to as "His trusty steed", or "HORSE"

...it restores my faith in mankind that some are actually wanting brains...too few have any cleverness ,class or character....brains!brains!..I want to eat your brains!!!..justa foolin' around guys...relax people,you don't labotamy,I don't labota you.
seriously,good luck to all.this has become my fav site.smart games,& most important..descent people.not to many abusive,dysfunctionals.

When someone pays for a membership, you can put another users name (for example: BIG BAD WOLF) and I will get brains when you pay.

And when you go get friends to pay, they can put your name down and you will get brains!

hi everyone... i'm new to brainking... i was reading about how to get brains without paying... i just don't get it.. i guess... could someone be kind and explain a little more about this... do i have to pay in order to accumulate brains???? i'm thinking about paying... a much better site than iyt.....thanx for any help you can give me....
jani

I won the first match in a regular way. I started the next game, and he ran out of time without making a move. Third one the same. Finally went on to the fourth one... same situation. How does this effect BKR? And is this counted as a won game?

That could be one for fencer then :o)
Unless their rating went over the 1500 just after they took the game I cant see how it hapened.

Thanks harley but i did that, it was set for 100=1500 and someone with a rating of 1577 took the game.

The number on the left is the lowest, the right one would be the highest.
So you would set it for 1200 = 1600.

Does anyone know how to use the BKR ratings options when posting a game?
For example, if I want to post a game for someone to take who has a similar rating to my own, what do i select?
Lets say I want to post a game for a rating of between 1200 and 1600, thanks.

in go-moku, there are no captures, so running out of room might be more of a problem. I wouldn't know because I do not play the game, because I find it to be a poitnless and tedious game. In pente, with 5 captures ending the game, running of room is very unlikely. Is it more likely if the starting piece is not in the center? Sure, but it would be a concern for both sides, so I don't think it is a factor even then.

CleverHunk...LOL LOL LOL
I'm so glad you said that and not me!
I don't know if cariad (who just happens to be blonde) can reply to that today - she burnt her nose bobbing for french fries.
She has to take her scarf back to the store today as she thinks it's too tight.