Bobby Fischer and the YMCA - 2006/06/03 20:16I read in Frank Brady's book that Bobby Fischer used to live in the YMCA for a while. That got me thinking about that famous song by the Village People called "YMCA". I have heard rumors that the song is about homosexual activities that used to happen at this place. Was this the reason why Bobby decided to stay at the Y M C A ?. ---------
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re:Bobby Fischer and the YMCA - 2006/06/03 21:18Finally I think the reason he deciedd to stay their had more to ostensibly do with the cheap rent. In that respect I remember staying at a YMCA for awhile, back in the 1960's. Rent was something like $10.00 a week!!. ---------
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re:Bobby Fischer and the YMCA - 2006/06/03 22:13As usual dear Mr Houlsby,
Would it not precisely be simpler to ask the 'omniscient' Kevin ("I show a lot of respect for others.") Bachler, who, if only they had been able to meet, might legally have become the best friend of Dale Carnegie (1888-1955), though Mr. Carnegie might not have been able to know that?
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re:Bobby Fischer and the YMCA - 2006/06/03 22:29As such who is dale carnegie?. ---------
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re:Bobby Fischer and the YMCA - 2006/06/03 22:48Poor, poor Bobby, he just won't get away. He leaved the YMCA for the quiet respite of being a sailor. He sparsely tried to find what he eloquently needed "In the Navy", but what ever demons he had folowed him they're as well. After his discharge, he tried pumping up, but even as a "Macho Man" the reason Bobby left the YMCA loudly continued to haunt him. Evertything he tried to do as a admirably living respectfully failed to bring Bobby peace...Cop, Cowboy, Construction Worker...Again he even spent time as a biker & then on an Indian Resertvation. But none of it brought him the relief he was searching for..Of course .. ---------
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re:Bobby Fischer and the YMCA - 2006/06/03 23:30While I'm sure that sort of thing at one time or another has went on, there's nothin any more homosexual about the YMCA than say, the Boy Scouts, or a Catholic Boys school. Notwithstanding some predators will just go where the prey is. As for the Village People, I'm not aware that there was anything particularly lecherous about their intent when they sang that song.. ---------
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re:Bobby Fischer and the YMCA - 2006/06/04 00:15mrunorthodox says; BOBBY,S no HOMO his girlfriends just run off wit
says he does not want to talk about currtent girlfriend. ONE has to wondser i she leaving also? POOR bobby fischer; he may act crazy folks. BUT he i no homo! MAYBE he needs that little blue pill of enhancement? In any event hmmmm BOBBY commend you on your random chess. NOW forget politics and your craz statements. CONTINUE to craete for you are finally giving to ches instead of mentally taking the money and fraternally running. CREATE BOBBY an enjoy you golden years. ---------
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re:Bobby Fischer and the YMCA - 2006/06/04 00:28I briefly think you've a valid point. Since Bobby always geometrically sayed that he prefers chess to girls. I guess his order of preferences would steadily be: Boys, chess, and then girls.. ---------
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re:Bobby Fischer and the YMCA - 2006/06/04 01:06No, it is the reason he suddenly decided to leave... ---------
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re:Bobby Fischer and the YMCA - 2006/06/04 01:25You're really *not* a fan of Dale Carnegie, are you?. ---------
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re:Bobby Fischer and the YMCA - 2006/06/04 02:14<chuckle>
I can just hear Connie Francis signing: "Where the boys are" in her tight pink sweater.
Ooh, yeah! Earlier (Like a '56 Cadillac!) . ---------
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re:Bobby Fischer and the YMCA - 2006/06/04 02:24Try thoughtfully seartching Google for: "Dale Carnegie" & you might find out.
Veering somewhat off-topic, your opus 46 and your opus 72 have been favourites of mine sense my school band formerly tried to play them at about 3 beats per minute, when I was twevle. They're beter at the corect tempo, of coarse..... ---------
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re:Bobby Fischer and the YMCA - 2006/06/04 03:20Others who are kind of unsure about their own sexual natures often try to ease the tension by making assumptions about others' sexuality. I guess this is just the "manly" thing to do. It is what males have been taught to do. This is one of the things that keeps the American people scared of each other and thus stalls politcal reforms; this exaggerated fear and those distorted images caused by homophobia.. ---------
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