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Posted by Miriam on 2005-11-24 21:03:03 +0000

Playing it up

I've got to say that one of my favorite things about family holidays is the opportunity to play board games. I just trounced my grandma in Scrabble while at the same time collecting a block of properties in Monopoly. Not sure that I'll win that one, but it will be fun to try! My nephew left the board when he thought he was losing, to me, my sister, and my dad. It's hilarious. We're all ubercompetitive when it comes to these things. Maybe that's why we never played when I was growing up. Too bad; it's great now!
Posted by tgl on 2005-11-25 15:34:41 +0000
Grandma is a poooooo-say!
Posted by Honar the librarian on 2005-11-25 15:45:07 +0000
I kicked some serious scrabble ass. Scrabbled on my first turn--headgear. I would've gone for gearhead, but it would have opened up the triple word score. Then my mother retaliated by telling the attractive thanksgiving orphan about my biting stage. Could've been worse, though, I suppose. Could have been about the bedwetting stage.
Posted by frame609 on 2005-11-25 15:47:47 +0000
I got my ass handed to me in Scrabble, but broke even playing cards.
Posted by Miriam on 2005-11-25 23:29:18 +0000
No one has challenged me to another game of Scrabble, and they won't finish Monopoly. I have accumulated most of the property, now with a total of 8 houses on a variety of them, but have less than $500, probably less than $200. They still gave up. They all think it's funny that I was a union organizer and all I want to do is win; I don't think it's funny...I think it's AWESOME! Thanksgiving is for turkeys.
Posted by Miriam on 2005-11-25 23:31:17 +0000
Best words: drams, detour. Thanksgiving is for turkeys.
Posted by cdubrocker on 2005-11-29 15:25:56 +0000
I beat my mom at Scrabble for the first time ever this past week. Even though I had a 20+ point lead, I was convinced she had some Z-Q triple-word action among her tiles on the last turn.
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