Posted: 11/1/2013 6:11:31 PM EDT
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Never heard that expression before until I read this...
Putin said, off the record: "Negotiating with Obama is like playing chess with a pigeon. The pigeon knocks over all the pieces, #$%$ on the board, and then struts around like it won the game!" Putin never really did say that by the way. 1. Pigeon chess Refers to having a pointless debate with somebody utterly ignorant of the subject matter, but standing on a dogmatic position that cannot be moved with any amount of education or logic, but who always proclaims victory. Origin: "Debating creationists on the topic of evolution is rather like trying to play chess with a pigeon; it knocks the pieces over, craps on the board, and flies back to its flock to claim victory." -- Scott D. Weitzenhoffer (From an Amazon.com book review) Man, trying to explain to those moon landing deniers that the Apollo program was real is like playing pigeon chess -- all they do is knock the pieces over and crap on the board. 2. pigeon chess comes from an anonymous quotation to the effect that "debating a (whoever) is like playing chess with a pigeon - it knocks over the peices, defecates on the board, and then flies back to its flock to brag about how it won" I found it amusing and thought I would share, since it describes debating with Democrats. |