i can imagine it was disconcerting to the opposition/
your winning and have the guy complain reminds me of the guy who visited me and bragging about having "masters points" and i beat him so badly and so many times he never came back again.
i'll do my best to flip you out knowing that my post can do that.
--- On Tue, 9/9/08, Deri James <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Deri James <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Good news
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 4:14 PM
> On Tuesday 09 September 2008 18:19:27 Virginia Perry wrote:
> > Daniel uses Omnigel (a flouride application for
> sensitive teeth) because it
> > doesn't foam and has almost no taste. Strong
> tastes also make him gag. We
> > closely supervise the brushing process since we
> don't want him swallowing
> > it.
> >
> > Question to those people with strong gag reflexes: Can
> any of you gag on
> > command? If so, did any of you ever use gagging as a
> control strategy when
> > you were a kid? I know there are certain flavors,
> textures, and
> > temperatures that will cause my son to gag; however,
> sometimes when he is
> > angry, it seems that he gags on purpose (to delay
> going somewhere or to
> > force a clothing change or whatever). I know he can
> stimulate his clonus
> > reflex, but I'm not sure about the gagging. I
> don't want to give him
> > negative consequences for something that's not his
> fault, but the look in
> > his eyes makes me suspicious sometimes....
> >
> > Virginia
>
> Hi Virginia,
>
> Whilst my gag reflex is not too pronounced, I find I become
> more "spazzy"
> (dribble, poorer speech, lack of coordination) during
> periods of strong
> emotion (anger, frustration). So its fortunate I've
> developed a more laid
> back attitude these days (except when reading some of
> Ken's posts ;-)).
>
> Back in byegone days, when I was at school (I went to a
> Special-Ed boarding
> school, all CPers), we entered the Kent schools chess
> league (usually won by
> one of the top Public Schools or Grammars). Our 4th board
> would go into
> clonus in his leg if he got into a tricky situation, at
> which point the rest
> of us would do the same. The look of consternation on our
> opposing team was a
> sight to behold, and I'm sure it may have helped win a
> couple of games. My
> own favourite was to produce an orange after I'd put my
> opponent into a
> tricky position (unfortunately I'm a bit of a messy
> eater with oranges, that
> juice goes everywhere!!).
>
> I did join a chess club after leaving school, but
> unfortunately, after beating
> one of their top players in a competition, he complained to
> the adjudicator
> that it was unfair that he had to make all my moves (i told
> him where to move
> the pieces) and my dribbling put him off his game. The
> adjudicator upheld my
> win, but I decided not to go again.
>
> Cheers
>
> Deri
>
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