Thursday, November 30, 2006

presidential trivia


presidential trivia
Originally uploaded by suttonhoo.
President John Quincy Adams was a chess fan -- that's why pawns decorate the pediments of the Quincy L stop on Adams in Chicago's downtown Loop.

(At least that's what someone told me.)
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8 comments:

  1. Mikkel30 November, 2006 12:41

    A chess fan you say? Interesting...

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  2. Lisa Johnson30 November, 2006 14:04

    Very interesting. I don't think there is anything like that at the Quincy Adams T station in Quincy.

    Here is a photo. http://www.mbta.com/traveling_t/change.asp?pic=quincyadamsphoto.gif&staname=Quincy%20Adams%20Station

    One annoying thing about this station is that you have to pay to get OUT of the station even though you have already paid to get onto the train.

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  3. suttonhoo30 November, 2006 17:24

    cool photo, Anali.

    (Mikkel: are you still pissed about that other post?)

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  4. Mikkel30 November, 2006 19:03

    WHAT? Did we just have our first fight and I MISSED it?? You sure move fast.

    I just find it funny that you describe him as a chess fan. Not a chess player, but a fan.

    "He goes to all the chess games. Roots for the black team."

    Is that not funny? I think it's funny.

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  5. Mikkel30 November, 2006 19:04

    Maybe I'm wrong.

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  6. Mikkel30 November, 2006 19:05

    Goddammit woman, now you've got me questioning my own jokes. Stop playing your crazy mind games!!

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  7. suttonhoo30 November, 2006 19:56

    your humor, Mikkel, if not flawless, is very nearly always so. I suspect I might find it flawless if I spoke all the same languages that you do -- as it is, I generally don't get the jokes with the oomlots.

    I was just feeling guilty for saying mean things about boys.

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  8. Mikkel01 December, 2006 12:38

    It's all good, as they say.

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