Distractive spectators/penalties

[Kevin Thurlow]

It certainly looks like Dom Joly.

he did a brilliant one on radio, where he claimed to be at the opera in Barcelona, there was a pause and he said "No, some fat bloke"

(I have the horrible feeling I have to explain that he was saying it wasn't Domingo or Carreras, but Pavarotti singing the lead.)

I have noticed with some chess players that even if they stay quiet in the playing room, as soon as they're half a picometre outside it, they speak like Brian Blessed and seem oblivious to the fact that noise carries in normal atmospheric conditions. I have also encountered those who "shush" at the sound of an ant walking across a carpet, then have loud conversations as soon as they've finished.

[Kevin Williamson]

Is it allowed to find this a bit funny? (Which club is it, does anyone know?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-SvdkxN52Y

I think it's the Marshall Chess Club in New York.