InsaneJournal

I've been practising chess with one of my coworkers and my set is getting annoyed at me for 'over-using' them. My king today refused to walk onto the board, telling me he was on strike. This is an inherited chess set, my uncle was a previous owner. Anybody else have finicky chess sets? Should I be looking into a new one? More importantly, will my king still be on strike for the chess matches this week?