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"I do like to teach people," he said. "And I've taught so many kinds
of people, you don't even know. The proudest teaching I ever had was I
taught a pimp in New York. His name was Comfort, as in 'comfortable.'
I was going down the street to my friend's house. I had my board with
me. He said, 'You know anything about that game?' I said, 'Yeah.' He
said, 'You have time to show me?' I said, 'Yeah.' He said, 'Step into
my office,' which was a pink, long Cadillac. I got in. It had a bar in
the car and everything. I started thinking, 'Now how in the world am I
gonna show this pimp how to play the game of chess?' So he asked me,
'What do the queen do?' I said, 'The queen do all the work.' He said,
' Ohhhh, now what do the king do?' I said, 'The king don't do
nothing.' His eyes lit up when he heard that. He said, 'Man, I like
this game already.'"
		-- "The Days and Knights of Tom Murphy," by Wells Tower,
           The Washington Post, 2007-09-30, page W08
		   http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/25/AR2007092501981.html

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