NACA Political Jokes Page

[matticus]

Finally I know who the 'woke mob' are ...
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Very good. Had to read it twice, way too clever for us lot!

 

[craigwend]

 

[craigwend]

 

[matticus]

Young artists create memorial to General Kirrilov in Moscow:

 

[Ian H]

More Private Eye.

 

[C R]

More Private Eye.
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Somewhat related trivia. In the Indian original chess set an elephant is used in the position we call the bishop. In Farsi that piece is simply called fil (elephant), which in Arabic became al fil, and that's why in Spanish that piece is called alfil and not bishop.

 

[All uphill]

Somewhat related trivia. In the Indian original chess set an elephant is used in the position we call the bishop. In Farsi that piece is simply called fil (elephant), which in Arabic became al fil, and that's why in Spanish that piece is called alfil and not bishop.

And I think I'm right in saying "rook" is the anglicised pronunciation of the Farsi word for "castle".

/SusieDent mode off.

 

[C R]

And I think I'm right in saying "rook" is the anglicised pronunciation of the Farsi word for "castle".

/SusieDent mode off.

That's right, the Farsi name for the corner piece is rookh.

 

[Beebo]

Next you will be telling me the ones at the front aren’t called prawns

 

[glasgowcyclist]

And I think I'm right in saying "rook" is the anglicised pronunciation of the Farsi word for "castle".

/SusieDent mode off.

My etymological dictionary says:
[chess piece], c. 1300, roke, in chess, "one of the four pieces placed on the corners of the board," from Old French roc, Medieval Latin rocus, rochus, all from Arabic rukhkh, from Persian rukh, a name of unknown meaning, perhaps somehow related to the Indian name for the piece, rut, from Hindi rath "chariot."

 

[C R]

My etymological dictionary says:
[chess piece], c. 1300, roke, in chess, "one of the four pieces placed on the corners of the board," from Old French roc, Medieval Latin rocus, rochus, all from Arabic rukhkh, from Persian rukh, a name of unknown meaning, perhaps somehow related to the Indian name for the piece, rut, from Hindi rath "chariot."

I need to confirm with my wife, but I think chariot is right.

 

[Ian H]

Enjoy your Christmases, each in your own way.

 

[craigwend]

Meanwhile in Greenland...

 

[Ian H]

Not political but questionably humorous.

 

[craigwend]