When we get together with my family, we play 'dirty word' scrabble - pretty much all profanity and slang are permissible. Kind of have to be drunk/drinking for it to be really fun.
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:51 PM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > I used to love Scrabble, and in certain instances, I still really enjoy > playing it. > > But at the "competitive" level, it's really a drag. All those shitty little > two letter words that are apparently acceptable......the "official" rules > for Scrabble really ruin the fun of the game, if you ask me. > > When I play a casual game against a few of my friends, it's extremely > enjoyable...but when someone gets all competitive and insists on using > bullshit words that are technically acceptable......it just ruins the fun > imho. > > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> http://www.newser.com/story/104258/shes-in-the-pink-after-grabbing-scrabble-crown.html >> >> "How many points for "unforgettable"? Pink-wigged transsexual Mikki >> Nicholson woke up the stodgy image of Scabble yesterday when she >> grabbed Britain's top game award with the word "obeisant" (look it up) >> finally putting her over the top. "I'm thrilled to have won and I >> can't wait to celebrate," said Nicholson, a long-time player who >> credited her win to her intuition and her skill with ... numbers. >> "People think Scrabble is just about words, but it's the numbers that >> win the game so a sound mathematical brain is an advantage," she told >> the BBC. >> >> Other words that boosted her to victory included "inficete" (which >> means unfunny) and "oceanaut." Nicholson, who's currently unemployed, >> plans to spend her $2,000 prize money on a trip to Malaysia to compete >> in another Scrabble tournament. Tournament organizers were apparently >> thrilled about her win: "Scrabble is a game for anyone to enjoy, loved >> by generations of families, men and women and anyone," said a >> spokesman." >> >> That makes me oddly happy. >> >> Judah >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:330754 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
