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Hilarious / corny / old-fashioned 'western' Go board games
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 1:22 pm
by 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.
Re: Hilarious / corny / old-fashioned 'western' Go board gam
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 1:32 pm
by huhu
A woman, playing baduk?
Re: Hilarious / corny / old-fashioned 'western' Go board gam
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 1:45 pm
by Jujube
I resign!
Re: Hilarious / corny / old-fashioned 'western' Go board gam
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 1:59 pm
by 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?
Re: Hilarious / corny / old-fashioned 'western' Go board gam
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 2:10 pm
by eyecatcher
you mean this one? (found it with google in 20 secs "go baduk add camel"
)
Re: Hilarious / corny / old-fashioned 'western' Go board gam
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 2:14 pm
by 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
Re: Hilarious / corny / old-fashioned 'western' Go board gam
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 2:16 pm
by Jujube
Hahaaaaa! One more.
You'll not see a happier pair of Go players than these.
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Re: Hilarious / corny / old-fashioned 'western' Go board gam
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 2:17 pm
by DrStraw
eyecatcher wrote: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"
Re: Hilarious / corny / old-fashioned 'western' Go board gam
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 2:18 pm
by hyperpape
huhu wrote: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.
Re: Hilarious / corny / old-fashioned 'western' Go board gam
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:41 pm
by Abyssinica
Look at the way they hold their stones.
Re: Hilarious / corny / old-fashioned 'western' Go board gam
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:30 pm
by DrStraw
Abyssinica wrote:Look at the way they hold their stones.
Just like someone who has only ever played online.
Re: Hilarious / corny / old-fashioned 'western' Go board gam
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:58 pm
by Abyssinica
DrStraw wrote:Abyssinica wrote: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...
Re: Hilarious / corny / old-fashioned 'western' Go board gam
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:23 pm
by DrStraw
Abyssinica wrote:DrStraw wrote:Abyssinica wrote: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.
Re: Hilarious / corny / old-fashioned 'western' Go board gam
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:41 pm
by Bonobo
DrStraw wrote:[..]
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
Re: Hilarious / corny / old-fashioned 'western' Go board gam
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 4:39 am
by DrStraw
Bonobo wrote:DrStraw wrote:[..]
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.