Sports fans in many stadiums do “the wave.” There’s a chess joke:
Q: How do chess crowds do the wave?
A: With their eyebrows.
The joke was told by American columnist and author Charles Krauthammer in 2001 and 2016.
Time
Beauty, Truth and Hitchcock
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER Sunday, June 24, 2001
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Know how chess crowds do the wave? guffawed a CBS newsreader. With their eyebrows. Ho, ho.
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Tom Burkhardt
@Tomburkhardt
Because of noise restrictions, there isn’t much for rowdy fans to do at a chess match. For that reason I will soon debut The Eyebrow Wave.
9:11 PM - 19 Jan 2012
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John Grinsteiner
@JGrin72
I read today that the crowd at a chess match does the wave with their eyebrows. #keepitclassy
7:47 PM - 31 Dec 2015
National Post (Canada)
Charles Krauthammer: Chess is not an Olympic sport. But it should be
Charles Krauthammer | August 11, 2016 | Last Updated: Aug 11 8:00 PM ET
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You scoff, of course. For years, I’ve had to put up with amused puzzlement at my taste in entertainment. (Old joke: how do you do the wave at a chess match? With your eyebrows.) But I remain undaunted.
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