Having fenced for years, it is perhaps not surprising that your blogger has a romanticized notion of the duel as a means of settling disputes, despite the awareness that it is a blatantly unfair and barbarous practice.
But, you know, swords are cool.
So it is with a little bit of glee that we can report that, in Alabama, an offended party challenged his offender to a game of chess, in order to settle a dispute.
Photo is Dynamic Duo by @slinkachu, from the Little People project.
Webcomic is Rob and Elliot by Clay and Hampton Yount.
