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That was hilarious.
Now THAT was the funniest thing I’ve read in a long time. I sat here just giggling as I pictured it in my mind.
Poor Meg. I’m sure you beat some people. :D *teehee*
I’m really bad at Scrabble…you want to play?
Ditto.
Mom invited me to play Scrabble for “something different” on Easter. I declined: she makes words up and then pouts when I call her on it! Which doesn’t make me want to play against Catherine either…
couldn’t you have built your “qua” off of an available “a” somewhere? surely “aqua” would have earned you a few points at least. if i’m ever in vancouver, i am challenging catherine to a wicked scrabble match…i can never get anyone to play me, except my very intelligent mother, and i still kick her ass everytime.
Okay. A)I don’t make up words Mr Fowler. I use real ones. Part of the game is knowing the dictionary. b) I will challenge Liz to scrabble because I get tired of always winning…. Just kidding Meg. Meg has beat me, and it is not something that only happens at the turn of the century. And I just happened to get really good letters last night. I’ve never spelled cornea in scrabble before. And the second game, I got the j, x, q, and z. I mean, that’s just luck!
Meg, you should just tell them, “Well, Michael Jordan sucked at H-O-R-S-E.” It’s probably not true, but they won’t know that, and it buys you a rent in the respectability fabric just big enough to slip through.
For the letters A N R U spell “runa”, as in, “The Mariners finally have a runa in scoring position”. At least that’s what it sounds like to me, and if done with enough confidence and panache most players will accept it without a challenge – but confident tile placement is the key.
And, by the way, I certainly hope there is never, ever, whatsoever checking in the dictionary BEFORE the word is placed on the board.
It’s not ethical!
Umm, confident tile placement coupled with timely distraction of the other players – that’s key also!