Hilarious / corny / old-fashioned 'western' Go board games

[Jujube]

Pictures mandatory! I'll go first:

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Hilarious because: The 'office attire' and the presence of many large office plants in the background. And the casual 'let's play this at 120 degree angles from each other' pose.

[huhu]

A woman, playing baduk?

[Jujube]

I resign!

[DrStraw]

There is an old, well-known picture. I have a copy somewhere but not in digital form. I think it was an add, maybe for Camel cigarette, and maybe in Life magazine. I found it hilarious.

Does anyone know which I mean and have a copy?

[eyecatcher]

you mean this one? (found it with google in 20 secs "go baduk add camel" )

[Uberdude]

There's this rather nice reference in a High-brow vs Low-brow chart in a 1949 issue of Life magazine.

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Vk4E ... &q&f=false

[Jujube]

Hahaaaaa! One more.

You'll not see a happier pair of Go players than these.

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[DrStraw]

you mean this one? (found it with google in 20 secs "go baduk add camel" )

That's the one. I typed in "go advertisement camel" and it did not find it. I guess I should have used "baduk"

[hyperpape]

A woman, playing baduk?

I don't know for sure what you're trying to convey, but it could easily be construed as an unfortunate stereotype.

[Abyssinica]

Look at the way they hold their stones.

[DrStraw]

Look at the way they hold their stones.

Just like someone who has only ever played online.

[Abyssinica]

Look at the way they hold their stones.

Just like someone who has only ever played online.

The man in the Camel ad, on the other hand...

[DrStraw]

Look at the way they hold their stones.

Just like someone who has only ever played online.

The man in the Camel ad, on the other hand...

He may know how to hold his stones but no go player would use the bowl lid to hold his cigarettes.

[Bonobo]

[..]

He may know how to hold his stones but no go player would use the bowl lid to hold his cigarettes.

Look on the other side of the table, there’s his bowl lid. Must be some other thing his cigarettes are in/on.

Greetings, Tom

[DrStraw]

[..]

He may know how to hold his stones but no go player would use the bowl lid to hold his cigarettes.

Look on the other side of the table, there’s his bowl lid. Must be some other thing his cigarettes are in/on.

Greetings, Tom

Oh! You're right. All I saw was something which looked like a bowl by his left hand, which is where I always put my bowl (I'm left-handed) and assumed that is what it was.