Conquer Club

...you might chuckle.

sully800 wrote:...you might chuckle.

Sully, put the pipe down.

Waring: This thread is for NERDS ONLY. It might not be suitable for children, or anyone with any sense of dignity.

Made me laugh, even though I am more used to belay on, not passant on.

Edit: I believe I just missed the joke. How embarrassing.

Army of GOD wrote:Waring: This thread is for NERDS ONLY. It might not be suitable for children, or anyone with any sense of dignity.

I was unaware rock climbing was for nerds, because that was hilarious.

edocsil wrote:Made me laugh, even though I am more used to belay on, not passant on.

Edit: I believe I just missed the joke. How embarrassing.

dito...anybody want to explain it?

En passant is a obscure chess move that the average person know little about. People who, when trying to fleece another player, illegally capture a queen and say "I took it using en passant" Neither player actually knows what en passant is so the rules about it tend to change and eventually every move is lead by "en passant".

Someone how rock climbs says belay on before doing anything (climbing a face, or resuming movement after a pause) to make sure the person at the other end of their rope is actually holding on in case they fall.

the joke is just drawing the parallels between the two groups and the frequency of use of a single phrase. Army was right, it is a pretty bad joke.

the.killing.44 wrote:

Army of GOD wrote:Waring: This thread is for NERDS ONLY. It might not be suitable for children, or anyone with any sense of dignity.

I was unaware rock climbing was for nerds, because that was hilarious.

But the average rock climber probably doesn't know what "En passant" means as edocsil said. It's more for people who know a lot about chess, aka nerds.

En Passant is easy.

I sort of groaned lol.

MDF is right, en passant isn't too hard, it's just very situational...

edocsil wrote:En passant is a obscure chess move that the average person know little about. People who, when trying to fleece another player, illegally capture a queen and say "I took it using en passant" Neither player actually knows what en passant is so the rules about it tend to change and eventually every move is lead by "en passant".

Someone how rock climbs says belay on before doing anything (climbing a face, or resuming movement after a pause) to make sure the person at the other end of their rope is actually holding on in case they fall.

the joke is just drawing the parallels between the two groups and the frequency of use of a single phrase. Army was right, it is a pretty bad joke.

if you don't get a joke, don't try to explain it.