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webofevil ([personal profile] webofevil) wrote2008-11-04 01:56 pm

Chessboxing

No, really.



As the caption to the above photo says, “It’s hard to concentrate after you’ve been punched in the head”.

[identity profile] carrot-rope.livejournal.com 2008-11-04 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't believe this sport isn't entirely inspired by the Wu Tang Clan.

[identity profile] addedentry.livejournal.com 2008-11-04 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
On our recent holiday in Berlin, we walked past the small brass plaque for the Chessboxing Federation on (I think) Leipziger Strasse.

[identity profile] g0ldt00th.livejournal.com 2008-11-04 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Me neither. Da mystery of the origins of chessboxin's.

[identity profile] g0ldt00th.livejournal.com 2008-11-04 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Imagine having to sit next to him at a wedding, the thrills. I actually find him quite endearing.

[identity profile] webofevil.livejournal.com 2008-11-04 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
This is Selsdon, right? Rather than a chessboxer. Although I imagine that they also could be responsible for “thrills” at a wedding—the type the police get called out for.

[identity profile] g0ldt00th.livejournal.com 2008-11-04 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yes, my mistake. The perils of having too many tabs open.

[identity profile] lowlowprices.livejournal.com 2008-11-04 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
It's what Ol' Dirty would have wanted.