I had a similar realization as an adult regarding learning to swim. It was a swimming hole in rural Georgia and while my cousins were having a blast in the water. I was afraid of the water, even though I could swim, so I was messing around with the reddish clay mud, making globby-looking statues and houses and then smashing them like godzilla. My grandpa convinced me to join my cousins and jump off the dock into the water with him. We'd do it at the same time, he said. So we walked to the end of the dock with everyone cheering me on, and he stood there, bent at the knees and ready to jump. We counted to three and I jumped in the water. He didn't.
30-something years later, I realized he was just wearing regular clothes and shoes. That fucker never intended on jumping in with me.
GxZombie on August 3rd, 2020 at 15:33 UTC »
Left handed chess? Is it possible to learn this power? BTW your grandfather was a good guy!
Edit: Switched kin to grandfather.
CurlSagan on August 3rd, 2020 at 16:32 UTC »
I had a similar realization as an adult regarding learning to swim. It was a swimming hole in rural Georgia and while my cousins were having a blast in the water. I was afraid of the water, even though I could swim, so I was messing around with the reddish clay mud, making globby-looking statues and houses and then smashing them like godzilla. My grandpa convinced me to join my cousins and jump off the dock into the water with him. We'd do it at the same time, he said. So we walked to the end of the dock with everyone cheering me on, and he stood there, bent at the knees and ready to jump. We counted to three and I jumped in the water. He didn't.
30-something years later, I realized he was just wearing regular clothes and shoes. That fucker never intended on jumping in with me.
TooShiftyForYou on August 3rd, 2020 at 16:47 UTC »
My grandfather once beat me in chess in 5 moves. He got a real kick out of it but promised to never do that again.
The next match he beat me in 4 moves.