A chess joke/pun was posted on Twitter by Oluwadamiloju ‘Da UniBrow’ Saliu on December 8, 2019:
“A King caught his Queen watching Pawn one Knight in the Castle and decided to report to the Bishop. What if she was just Board?”
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Oluwadamiloju ‘Da UniBrow’ Saliu
@damilojusaliu
Replying to @ChemicalGrandMa @Alex_Houseof308 and 9 others
A King caught his Queen watching Pawn one Knight in the Castle and decided to report to the Bishop. What if she was just Board?
Magnus Carlsen
5:30 PM · Dec 8, 2019·Twitter for Android
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AKF⚡
@akoji_f
A King caught his Queen watching Pawn one Knight in the Castle and decided to report to the Bishop. What if she was just Board?
3:16 PM · Apr 5, 2020·Twitter for Android
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Ashraf Onimisi
New Member · April 14, 2020 at 2:43 PM
A King caught his Queen watching Pawn one Knight in the Castle and decided to report to the Bishop. What if she was just Board?
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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