WHAT HAPPENED TO THE INNES PLEDGE?

You may recall that Brattleboro was suggested, by the Bedlam, as a
better choice for USCF headquaters than Crossville. Since Crossville
often has been ridiculed, I figured Brattleboro should be more closely
examined. Also, the Bedlam has frequently posed as the Great Moralist
of US Chess; let's hear him discourse on the homeless camps and other
problems of his home town. -- Neil Brennen (aka The Historian, etc.)

An interesting development among the ratpackers
has been a transference of anger from Phil Innes to
the town of Brattleboro itself. It is as if these worthies
are telling us: the United States is not big enough for
the three of them: ratpackers/Brattleboro/Innes.

The process that has hit upon Brattleboro as the source of
their and Edward Winter's difficulties is worth rehearsing.

If hitherto -- indeed for several years -- the
understanding was that Mr. Innes was the source of
ratpacker discomfiture, this line began to alter -- at first,
almost insensibly, but like the old-fashioned snowball
rolling down hill, it gathered momentum and the gravitas
of rgcp slush and gush.

The first sign that something serious was
happening among the ratpackers was the strange
business about taking an Inne Pledge. The point is
not that no one believed anything would come of the
Pledge but that after so many false promises for so
many years from Neil Brennen and others that they
would ignore Mr. Innes -- well, after all of these
faux promises, they were now shouting out the Pledge
with an absurd, nay preposterous, energy. They were
worse than Ray Milland in Lost Weekend. Milland lied
that he was not drinking, but he never thought to say
anything so absurd as that he did not wish to have a
drink. Yet our ratpackers were telling us that not
only would they no longer quaff from the Innes Cup,
they were positively averse from doing so.

Hah!

After a few days, veteran rgcp-ers noticed that
the ratpackers rose was sick. The petals of the
Pledge were withering. Just as Neil used to killfile
this writer several times a week (unkillfiling during
the interim period between killfile spasms) so there
were occasional renewed affirmations of faith. But
they lacked the earlier fervor that this writer likened
to the hoohah and hoofpoofle inside a prairie preacher's
revival tent.

The ratpackers stood about, hands behind their
backs, heads down in shame, shuffling their rgcp feet
in embarrassment. They they were -- Neil, NMnot
Kingston (our A-rated masternot), Louie and
Rapper-Tapper -- like schoolboys caught peeking
through a hole in the girl's john.

Still, the ratpackers shifted target. First, the
target was Phil; secondly, the target was themselves;
and now, in the last fews days, the target has become
the town of Brattleboro, Vermont.

Neil has begun talking about Brattleboro having
"homeless camps," a kind of Rio de Janeiro of the
Green Mountains. Lula da Silva, meet Ethan Allen and
the Green Mountain Boys.

Yet news reports state that Lula will easily win
reelection as president of Brazil. Why? Every Latin
American populist is hated after his term of office.
Why should Lula be an exception? And here, I think,
Neil has suggested the answer. Lula sent the Rio
homeless to Brattleboro.

If true, then Phil Innes must still make the
case that Brattleboro is better than Cross-to-Bear.
How will Mr. Innes explain the presence of possibly
tens of thousands of Brazilians in Vermont and
elsewhere, who may at this very moment be creating
somewhere in the hidden valleys of rural New England a
second Sugar Loaf Mountain or, still worse, another
Cordova Mountain with a statue of Christ the Redeemer,
arms spread wide, surveying all of the American East
Coast. Too, there will be the accustomed tasteless
Latino Catholic Cathedrals with their wax Madonnas and
bleeding Christs, garish in color, rudely religious in intent.

How does Mr. Innes propose to explain this kind
of threat to exemplary white parents of Ritalin-wrecked
children from Denver, Colorado, who would be as shocked
by wax figures with nails and pegs in their hands and tummies
as they are by any other kind of religious fervor?

The effect on scholastic chess of a move to
Brattleboro could be negative. The Brennen bola is
now in Phil's court, and he needs to give it a thwack.
Or he needs to move the Rio homeless, apparently
currently living in Brattleboro, back to Brazil.

Everyone: ya gotta love those ratpackers.


The Historian wrote:
Chess Freak wrote:
Nudity is a "problem"?

Public nudity in the center of town, yes.

Gee, dude, do you bathe with your
clothes on?

I generally don't bathe in public places. Perhaps your experience is
different?

Good ol Historian the Puritan.

That's an improvement over what the Brattleboro Bedlam calls me.

You may recall that Brattleboro was suggested, by the Bedlam, as a
better choice for USCF headquaters than Crossville. Since Crossville
often has been ridiculed, I figured Brattleboro should be more closely
examined. Also, the Bedlam has frequently posed as the Great Moralist
of US Chess; let's hear him discourse on the homeless camps and other
problems of his home town.

I am a bit disappointed; for a moment, I thought I was going to
finally
learn exactly what this mysterious "Innes Pledge" is! Instead, Mr.
Parr
rants on and on like a man in an asylum, yielding nothing more than a
faint hint that it may have something to do with ignoring Phil Innes.
:(

OTOH, I now know that Brattleboro -- a term which keeps popping up,
here and there -- is a city or town in Vermont, and apparently has
little
or no significance except as a tool with which to ridicule Phil Innes.

In addition, Larry Parr has now clarified the issue of exactly who he
is
talking about when he uses the term ratpacker (and when doesn't he use
the term?); until now, we were left in the dark, playing a guessing
game.

The exact source of Mr. Parr's psychotic delusions are unknown, but
at least we now know the who main characters are, or rather, we

Neil Brennen, ad hom of choice: The (fake) Historian

Louis Blair, ad hom of choice: The Nutty Professor [note to self: don't
*ever* answer his questions!]

Edward Winter, ad hom of choice: portray as head honcho ringleader of
the imaginary ratpack! It makes for a good story.

Taylor Kingston, ad hom of choice: pretend he lied about his rating,
pretend he is a mediocre player like me

[note to self: "the Gang of Four" has a nice ring to it, but that ad
hom was already allocated]

[note to self: pick up milk and bread on way home from work for
wifeypoo, and dog biscuits for Phil]

wrote:

An interesting development among the ratpackers

Notice how, in our Larry's hands, a single post by a single person
somehow magically transforms into "an interesting development" among
several people.

has been a transference of anger from Phil Innes to
the town of Brattleboro itself.

Notice how, in Larry's mind, Brennen's post somehow becomes "angry."

It is as if these worthies

Notice, again the plural. Who are these other "worthies" who suddenly
are "angry" at Brattleboro?

are telling us: the United States is not big enough for
the three of them: ratpackers/Brattleboro/Innes.

And now, the people Parr has fabricated make a Parr-fabricated
statement.

The process that has hit upon Brattleboro as the source of
their and Edward Winter's difficulties is worth rehearsing.

Suddenly, with all the relevance of a pumpkin-pie recipe, lacrosse
score, or bus schedule, Parr injects Edward Winter into the
proceedings. Bizarre.

snip remaining Parr ravings

Personally, I have nothing against Brattleboro. Been there once, a
few months ago, to deliver an adopted pug dog to its new owner (my wife
and I are active in Green Mountain Pug Rescue:
www.greenmtnpugrescue.com). Seemed like a nice town. The drive down,
Route 7 south to Bennington, then east along Vermont's southern border
through Wilmington to Brattleboro, was beautiful.

Larry Parr wrote (7 Sep 2006 20:24:54 -0700):

7 WHAT HAPPENED TO THE INNES PLEDGE?
7 ...
7 ... The petals of the Pledge were withering. ... there
7 were occasional renewed affirmations of faith. But
7 they lacked the earlier fervor ...
7
7 The ratpackers stood about, hands behind their
7 backs, heads down in shame, shuffling their rgcp feet
7 in embarrassment. They they were -- Neil, NMnot
7 Kingston (our A-rated masternot), LOUIE and
7 Rapper-Tapper -- like schoolboys caught peeking
7 through a hole in the girl's john.
7
7 ... the target has become the town of Brattleboro,
7 Vermont. ...
(Emphasis added.)

_
I have had no involvement with taking or advocating
the "Innes pledge", and, hence, I have no cause to
feel shame or embarrassment about it.
_
Furthermore, I have had no involvement with attacking
Brattleboro.
_
Larry Parr should apologize promptly.

"Louis Blair" wrote in message
oups.com...
I have had no involvement with taking or advocating
the "Innes pledge", and, hence, I have no cause to
feel shame or embarrassment about it.
_
Furthermore, I have had no involvement with attacking
Brattleboro.
_
Larry Parr should apologize promptly.


Yes, parr should apologize to Louis Blair pronto. But he won't. Not parr's
style to admit he was in error ... ego won't allow it.

"help bot" wrote in message
ps.com...
Neil Brennen, ad hom of choice: The (fake) Historian

Louis Blair, ad hom of choice: The Nutty Professor [note to self: don't
*ever* answer his questions!]

Edward Winter, ad hom of choice: portray as head honcho ringleader of
the imaginary ratpack! It makes for a good story.

Taylor Kingston, ad hom of choice: pretend he lied about his rating,
pretend he is a mediocre player like me

[note to self: "the Gang of Four" has a nice ring to it, but that ad
hom was already allocated]


larry parr does have a habit of lumping those 4 individuals (among others)
into one group, as if they belonged to some cabal up to no good. But in fact
the chief factor they have in common is disagreeing with larry parr on this
forum, as if that should be incredible in and of itself. Notwithstanding such,
parr will continue to paint each of them with the same broad brush.

And like I've stated many times recently, parr in more interested in attacking
the man rather than the message.

As for the Innes pledge, parr is to blame for that. That's true. parr started
it all when he went on the offensive to score a touchdown (parr is definitely
an "offensive" player, if you know what I mean) by attacking Neil Brennen ...
only I ran interception and passed the ball to Brennen ... who then ran
like blazes to score the touchdown. And all parr can do is mutter between
clenched teeth something like, "Damn that g4! Why won't he mind his own
business. I meant to take down Neil and instead Phil got thrown out of the
game."

FALLING OFF THE WAGON

Personally, I have nothing against Brattleboro. -- Taylor Kingston

The ratpackers are falling off the wagon.

The Innes Pledge appears broken.

Even in the Mr. Innes' absence, they remain obsessed by him.

NMnot Taylor Kingston, the A-rated player who assured us
that he was 2300+ Elo is googling Mr. Innes on other forums.

Neil Brennen and Louie Blair appear nearly to be snoogling
the man -- whatever "snoogling" may be.

That kind of thing.

Autumn leaves will soon be falling, and the good
news for the ratpackers is that unlike the lovelorn
swain of the old Nat King Cole standard, they can look
forward to their inamorato returning from vacation.
Theirs, then, is not a soulful loneliness
en permanence.

Still, they have promised us to shut up about
Mr. Innes, and they cannot. They evidently wish to
shut up about the man -- otherwise, why make so many
fatuous avowals? Yet. nonetheless, they prattle and
peddle piffle without let. They write in pain; and
although unlike Clinton, they cannot feel YOUR pain,
they certainly feel their own. They are mouths that
wish to cease chattering about Phil Innes, yet they
are mouths that remain in assiduous search of the
man's ear. When he withdraws his warrant and abides
them not, then they wonder whither he wanders.

We may conclude that the Pledge is Dead. It
proved no more enduring than the gloss that an
eponymous furniture wax imparts to furniture. That
does not mean that our NMnot or Louie or Neil or
Rapper-Tapper won't try the spray in the future. They
certainly will.

No group of human beings has ever killfiled and
unkillfiled more often than the ratpackers. Neil used
to push and pop his computer buttons several times
during a single breakfast of pancakes, butter, maple
syrup, 10 or so rashers of bacon and a half dozen
eggs. Yet he always returns.

So, too, do the others.

My pity goes out to the fair folk of Brattleboro.
Even as we speak, they are out searching for
Neil's Brazilians.



Taylor Kingston wrote:
wrote:

An interesting development among the ratpackers

Notice how, in our Larry's hands, a single post by a single person
somehow magically transforms into "an interesting development" among
several people.

has been a transference of anger from Phil Innes to
the town of Brattleboro itself.

Notice how, in Larry's mind, Brennen's post somehow becomes "angry."

It is as if these worthies

Notice, again the plural. Who are these other "worthies" who suddenly
are "angry" at Brattleboro?

are telling us: the United States is not big enough for
the three of them: ratpackers/Brattleboro/Innes.

And now, the people Parr has fabricated make a Parr-fabricated
statement.

The process that has hit upon Brattleboro as the source of
their and Edward Winter's difficulties is worth rehearsing.

Suddenly, with all the relevance of a pumpkin-pie recipe, lacrosse
score, or bus schedule, Parr injects Edward Winter into the
proceedings. Bizarre.

snip remaining Parr ravings

Personally, I have nothing against Brattleboro. Been there once, a
few months ago, to deliver an adopted pug dog to its new owner (my wife
and I are active in Green Mountain Pug Rescue:
www.greenmtnpugrescue.com). Seemed like a nice town. The drive down,
Route 7 south to Bennington, then east along Vermont's southern border
through Wilmington to Brattleboro, was beautiful.

Louis Blair wrote:

7 The ratpackers stood about, hands behind their
7 backs, heads down in shame, shuffling their rgcp feet
7 in embarrassment. They they were -- Neil, NMnot
7 Kingston (our A-rated masternot), LOUIE and
7 Rapper-Tapper -- like schoolboys caught peeking
7 through a hole in the girl's john.


Ah, I erred in including Edward Winter among the four original
ratpackers which exist somewhere inside Larry Parr's muddled
head; it was Mr. Tapper instead, who came a rapping, genty
tapping at Parr's chamber door.


Larry Parr should apologize promptly.


It seems that this would require Mr. Parr to be capable of
admission of error, which is doubtful. In Mr Parr's mind --
such that it is -- things are clouded, and individuals sometimes
are confounded for others who have struck a similar chord in
the past. Dean Martin, Larry Tapper, Frank Sinatra, Neil
Brennen, Sammy Davis Jr., Louis Blair, Peter Lawford -- these
are all ratpackers (even though Mr. Blair can't sing a lick).
What's more, Larry Tapper is a mediocre actor and Neil
Brennen can't dance, though he can sing a little. Or was
that Fred Astaire? No matter. Ratpackers, one and all.

I can imagine that somehow in Mr. Parr's muddled mind,
he considers his post to be a "defense" of Phil Innes, in the
sense that it lashes out at some of the latter's critics, if only
indirectly. When it comes to "counter-attacking" critics, Mr.
Parr is prone to be sloppy, which explains his blunder in
naming Louis Blair as one of the "Brattleboro boys".

-- help bot

snip remaining Parr ravings


If you are going to snip Mr. Parr's ravings, you might just
as well go whole hog and killfile him, for what is left but his
sig?


I think that last raving was suggesting that Phil Innes is
currently on vacation. If I lived in Vermont and went on
vacation, I suppose I might take a cruise across the north
Atlantic and see parts of Europe. Another possibility
would be eastern Canada. And I know it's one helluva
drive, but departing from say, Texas, Mr. Innes could at
this very moment be somewhere in the Caribbean on a
boat, cow-towing for great white sharks or giant squid! ;D

-- fishing bot

wrote in message oups.com...
FALLING OFF THE WAGON

Personally, I have nothing against Brattleboro. -- Taylor Kingston

The ratpackers are falling off the wagon.

The Innes Pledge appears broken.

Nonsense. You were the one who started a malicious post about
Brattleboro and the ratpackers ... a post that contained inaccuracies
and outright lies, just like your recent response. Things must be getting
boring for you in the absense of Sloan and Innes for this forum, eh?


Even in the Mr. Innes' absence, they remain obsessed by him.



Thus spake the man obsessed by Larry Evans.