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You can only play Scrabble with some people
I always win
posted by
Azur
on August 10, 2006 at 1:11 AM
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I meant "A Death In My Neighborhood" ...
but it doesn't really matter, almost all of them are, like,
super good.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 14, 2006 at 4:21 PM
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there isn't really anything significant with the number 56, I just thought it was a really high number for comments, but now I stand corrected, or rather sit...but yeah you know what I mean. I'll check out your favorite
posted by
penguinrock26
on April 14, 2006 at 8:08 AM
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They vary, Penguin (in terms of humor) ...
personally, the "Dead Neighbor" one is my favorite.
Beyond that, I made a list (which I probably need to update):
http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/LifeBlog/357877
P.S. What's the significance of 56? My high so far is 82 (in a single day span).
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 13, 2006 at 10:18 PM
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I must say, I would get annoyed if my mom played scrabble like that...
...so i just don't play it, I've played speed scrabble before, and suck. I commented this post because I think it funnier than the other, pllus I wanted to make it have 56 comments. There are not very many young people on here, probably because, like me, younger people can not write very well. I just had to check out your pic since you said it wasn't half-bad, not bad. Est-ce que vous parlez fancais? Je ne peux pas parler francais tres bien.
posted by
penguinrock26
on April 13, 2006 at 5:15 PM
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Thanks for the link, TAPS
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 13, 2006 at 6:53 AM
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http://games.yahoo.com/games/login2?page=lthttp://games.yahoo.com/games/login2?page=lt
posted by
TAPS.
on April 13, 2006 at 6:28 AM
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No, Ann, it wasn't Scrabble that kept me occupied last night ...
it was something far more horrific.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 13, 2006 at 6:27 AM
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I wonder that myself sometimes, Jack ...
and you can call me whatever you wish ("MPO", "Mad...", "M", "Ekaterina", "Katia", etc).
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 13, 2006 at 6:26 AM
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It truly has proven beneficial to me, TurningPoint ...
I'll elaborate further in the near future.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 13, 2006 at 6:24 AM
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I feel I really showed admirable restraint, BlackPearl.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 13, 2006 at 6:22 AM
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My mother would make Saint Catherine Drexel angry, Frankenkitty.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 13, 2006 at 6:21 AM
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I've never heard of "Literati", TAPS ...
I'll have to google it.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 13, 2006 at 6:19 AM
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It's one thing to be prudent, vickip ...
but quite another to use obvious "stall tactics".
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 13, 2006 at 6:18 AM
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I never understood why there was only one female smurf, either, Gulliver.
Though, I suppose it does explain the popularity of Vanity Smurf within their community.
I think Smurfette is Papa Smurf's daughter, btw.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 13, 2006 at 6:15 AM
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There actually are people who compete in Scrabble tournaments, Ben ...
but they generally all look like Bill Gates.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 13, 2006 at 6:11 AM
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Soooo, what's the score for Scrabble now? Lol.
(A)
posted by
A-and-B
on April 13, 2006 at 4:43 AM
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mamselle,
I'll get that spelling down by next time around. I read a couple of comments and decided that I shouldn't say any more, so I won't. I sometimes wonder what the hell people are thinking.
thank you, and
good night...
posted by
Jack_Flash
on April 12, 2006 at 11:05 PM
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Ah, beware of therapy
Therapy is designed to make you dependant on the therapist.
True peace and mental serenity will come when you realize, in the depths of your soul, that YOU ARE GOD TOO.
There is no man-like being lording over the universe. It is us, and us alone, and we are responsible for creating our own reality.
When you take responsability (response-ability) for your own reality, you will be using your willpower to its fullest extent.
And then you will have no need for external 'help' which can only serve to confuse you and improperly evaluate what is going on in your own mind. Or int he worst case, proscribe you drugs for illnesses that are all caused by your own mind.
posted by
TheTurningPoint
on April 12, 2006 at 8:50 PM
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Ah, Mademoiselle,
The mother-daughter bonding thing. I know it well. Congratulations on not using the dictionary on her. :)
posted by
BlackPearl1
on April 12, 2006 at 7:16 PM
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I always liked the Smurfs.
Wow, your mom would make me mad too. I love Scrabble, but I usually play the computer on Novice level or else I just get annoyed. Take care and thank you for stopping by my blog.
posted by
Flumpystalls3000
on April 12, 2006 at 4:20 PM
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Mademoiselle
I have not been able to enjoy a game of Scrabble since my Mom passed away. That was her game and she was so cute and serious about playing. I do love a good game of Literati though on the internet.
posted by
TAPS.
on April 12, 2006 at 4:19 PM
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LMAO -- too funny.... would be funnier if I weren't just like your mother
when I play scrabble.... not the incessant challenges .. but taking my finger off the tiles always seems so damned final ...
posted by
VictoriaP
on April 12, 2006 at 3:03 PM
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The only good Smurf:
posted by
Captain_Gulliver
on April 12, 2006 at 1:51 PM
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LOL...sorry...I couldn't resist...MADEMOISELLE:
Considering the ratio of males to females in the Smurfs, is Smurfette just a whore, or have she and Papa Smurf been very, very busy?
posted by
Captain_Gulliver
on April 12, 2006 at 1:47 PM
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Mademahoho: If you squeeze a Smurf's neck for 90 seconds...
what color will they start to turn?
posted by
Captain_Gulliver
on April 12, 2006 at 1:44 PM
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This sounds like the battle of Scrabble Idol. Lol.
(B)
posted by
A-and-B
on April 12, 2006 at 1:43 PM
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Thanks, scriber ...
I guess it comes from all the experience I've had with it.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 12, 2006 at 1:16 PM
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Mademoiselle--u really know how to describe confrontation.
posted by
scriber
on April 12, 2006 at 1:01 PM
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Which reminds me (in response to "someone" who emailed me):
FINAL SCORE
My mother ... 373
Me (under duress) ... 319
P.S. See? So there! 
P.P.S. If you do, I'm leaving.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 12, 2006 at 12:48 PM
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I can see that.
posted by
Blanche.
on April 12, 2006 at 12:44 PM
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Yes, she's very bright, Blanche ...
although, that really doesn't help matters at all.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 12, 2006 at 12:41 PM
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Yes, I love "The Smurfs", FoF.
It's brassy, it's sassy ... plus it teaches important life lessons (such as being accepting of alternative lifestyles).
"Mademoiselle" is spelled just as I wrote it.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 12, 2006 at 12:40 PM
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Mademoiselle,
I'm afraid I would infuriate you just as much as your mother: taking forever, indecisive, blah blah blah, but it's probably just the tip of that particular iceberg. I would never play Scrabble with my own mother, at least yours has enough vocabulary to make it interesting.
posted by
Blanche.
on April 12, 2006 at 12:36 PM
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Squiggy watches the smurfs??
oh, ummm, Mademoiselle or Madamoiselle or however it's spelled....
posted by
FactorFiction
on April 12, 2006 at 12:22 PM
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Perhaps they can be, Renigade ...
just, sadly, not in this family.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 12, 2006 at 11:46 AM
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Games...What a wonderful way to bond...
posted by
Renigade
on April 12, 2006 at 11:44 AM
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Really?
Yeah, that's probably "getting a little carried away".
My mother and I fight over everything, though (she's very competitive), so this was nothing all that new.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 12, 2006 at 11:33 AM
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Involved in a "scramble" war huh?
In my family it's "Monopoly". That game tends to bring out the worse in my otherwise happy family. It even resulted in my brother and his wife getting divorced. No lie!
posted by
David1Spirit
on April 12, 2006 at 11:26 AM
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That she does, Silly ...
Ironically enough, when my username was Madame P.O. many people referred to me as "M.P.O.", anyway ... then when I changed it to that, several people here insisted on still calling me "Madame".
So, I obviously can't win. At least, this nickname is accurate.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 12, 2006 at 10:30 AM
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He truly must, Marshall ...
seeing as he's stayed there this long.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 12, 2006 at 10:26 AM
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I'm Soooo glade I suck at spelling games
See she knows her pyschology well, transference of angery.~Silly
posted by
SillySoul88
on April 12, 2006 at 9:22 AM
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yea...
Hip Hop feuds do hurt...Proof's death is a hard thing to deal with...well, Eminem loves Detroit, i am not sure he will ever live Detroit....
posted by
Marshallengraved
on April 12, 2006 at 9:00 AM
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My mother maybe ...
she's a very good player, actually (especially when you toss in her "defense strategy").
However, my brother's a moron. And Mrs. Schumacher, at this point, would likely not be at her mental peak, either.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 12, 2006 at 7:50 AM
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MP...wait...~^~~...wait...madmoseppeielle (however you spell it) LOL
I hate Scrabble. And Boggle. And any other word game like that.
I'm HORRIBLE at them. I bet even your mom could beat me. and your brother. and even that poor dead neighbor as long as I had the unfortunate luck of going FIRST.
posted by
Captain_Gulliver
on April 12, 2006 at 7:46 AM
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Actually, Krystal, "fun" would not ...
be the first word that would come to my mind. The "game" can quickly get rather heated. Which is pretty much how everything I do with my mother plays out.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 12, 2006 at 7:40 AM
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Was the game called "UpWords", Aaron?
Cause my father used to like that one.
I would guess (rough estimate) that a third of the words I use are "fictitious".
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 12, 2006 at 7:36 AM
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Sounds like a fun game. Sounds like a game with my mother in law.
posted by
KrystalDMonroe
on April 12, 2006 at 7:20 AM
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Sounds like a fun game. Sounds like a game with my mother in law.
posted by
KrystalDMonroe
on April 12, 2006 at 7:20 AM
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As I recall
In Scrabble, if you challenge and are wrong, you lose the points that the word was worth. Or, you could come up with house rules that you lose 10 points on a failed challenge, and have a 5-min timer. Just in case you ever have to play with your Mom again.
I once invented a word during a game similar to Scrabble except you could place your letters over letters already laid down as long as every direction still made a word. Using all my tiles and stretching clear across the board, I laid down "penisfairy." We didn't know exactly what it meant, but everyone was laughing too hard to challenge it for about 15 minutes. True story.
posted by
AaronB
on April 12, 2006 at 7:10 AM
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(A)
posted by
A-and-B
on April 12, 2006 at 6:23 AM
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такие же к вам, Ann.
P.S. Whoops,
langue fausse.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 12, 2006 at 6:06 AM
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Curiously enough, Cesium,
I've actually been plagued by a recurring nightmare for several weeks now ... it doesn't involve Smurfs, however.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 12, 2006 at 6:01 AM
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Oncle Dave,
Je préfère "Boggle".
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 12, 2006 at 5:57 AM
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Bonjour, Mademoiselle.
(A)
posted by
A-and-B
on April 12, 2006 at 5:55 AM
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That must have left you with interesting dreams.
posted by
AlienInsomniac
on April 12, 2006 at 5:53 AM
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Any tale about Scrabble is worth a read.
I can recommend 'Word Freak' by Stefan Fatsis.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on April 12, 2006 at 5:46 AM
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Mademoiselle, Scrabble est le meilleur jeu dans le monde.
"One should only speak in French when not in France."
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on April 12, 2006 at 5:44 AM
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Thank you, Uncle Dave ...
Oh, and it's okay ... the new name is what matters most. The post itself isn't really all that good.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on April 12, 2006 at 5:43 AM
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Congrats on your new name. Haven't read post yet. Just wanted to be first.
Will now read post.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on April 12, 2006 at 5:40 AM
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