Feeble Attempt At Humour

I had been telling my brother about my miniature chess set for some time. (I carved the pieces from sunflower seeds. The board was made out of interwoven blades of grass. The whole thing fits comfortably in the palm of one's hand.) Anyway, I was excited to show it to him when we met over Christmas, but his reaction was not what I expected. He looked at it and sneered, "So that's your little game, is it?"