cuttlefish chess (California)

This postcard comes from my former student YL whose boyfriend brought this postcard to her on a surprise visit from Taiwan. It’s really cute! Of course, sepia plangon is a species of cuttlefish, known in English as “mourning cuttlefish.” If my Chinese translation is correct, there’s a pun happening here. The cuttlefish says to itself “傑出的一手” or “outstanding first hand,” a pun on the many “hands” that the cuttlefish has, and the opening move of chess.