China Checker Gifts

"Next time, finish your tea before turning over the cup to check-out the mark."

Sweep the board.

"Colin kept the bar fairly low."

Rumors, lies and innuendo.

The Expert

"I don’t care that muscle weighs more than fat. I only know I work out here and gain 5 pounds!"

"Game of checkers? Okay, but I'm watching every move you make."

Competitive tic-tac-toe

'Every war game scenario I've run has you picking up the check.'

Nearly a third of the earth's life-forms have gone extinct. Cut! Stop with all the facts. This is debate club! But we're using a cable tv talk show format! What should I say? Unsupported opinions

'So glad we ticked the no publicity box.'

Two computers, smaller one labeled DATA, the larger one, HYPE

Earl and Lance struggle with their new invention, Chessers."

'You're so illogical. I can never win an argument with you.'

"This is your great, great uncle Orlando. He was a great mathematician, but a little cheap. He always picked up the check at restaurants...but only to make sure the math was right."

"We will demonstrate that climate change denial blogs cause further global warming."

Conspiracy theories

'Hey, that line's moving a lot faster!'

'We ran a full DNA test, STR and Mitochondrial analysis... and Bob here 'Googled' it just to make sure.'

'Don't give up the day job...'

"Do you have a few unsubstantiated claims I can borrow?"

"Do you have all those things in stock?"

"Stacy. Stacy. Honey... You're not a doctor."

'Queen you? There's no queen in checkers, and never has been or will be.'

"We will indeed be facing numerous enraged customers."

The back of the Taj Mahal.

"Boy, talk about inflation! When I was a little kid, that only cost $2.50!"

"Looks like Dad has finally given up on trying to beat us at chess."

"You forgot to read the small print Mr Burrows. My charges are ten pounds a letter and you have two hundred and thirty three on this page."

Lemme ask you something: Do you care about the quality of information you get? How's you mean? You want professional journalists covering events? If so, you've got to pay them. Bloggers sitting in their jammies at home can't get you the facts from Istanbul. You look extremely bored. You've got a weird hangup with facts.

You Can't Argue With The Facts!

'Your turn.'

The Stat family

Queequeg: Master Harpoonist and Social Director, USS Pequod.

"The truth? With all the fake news and alternative facts now, we're all just guessing."