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MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 24, 2007
9:36 AM Post #3219931
| The rules are the same as the regular 7-Letter game:
Scramble the letters for a new 7-letter word - Optional to change just one letter - Must be dictionary word
Additional rules: Must use your word in a sentence - Must also use the immeidately previous word
shatter
As an aside, this is just too, too weird...the original 7 Letter With a Twist (7LWAT) started with shatter. We are back at shatter to start round 2. Strange. Very strange.
This message was edited Feb 24, 2007 7:38 AM |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 24, 2007
9:39 AM Post #3219940
| shatter
When he "tethers" to the wings too often, he will soon "shatter" his career
originally posted by diamndsnjns
This message was edited Feb 24, 2007 7:40 AM |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 24, 2007
9:47 AM Post #3219963
| hatters
Of course whether he should shatter his acting career or not, it is well known that actors are as mad as hatters, anyway. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 24, 2007
11:23 AM Post #3220184
| breaths
He took a couple of deep breaths and stepped onto the stage. It was "Alice" and the hatters were doing their scene. |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 25, 2007
8:54 AM Post #3222858
| threats
He received threats from the director that if he did not step up and perform, he would lose his place at the theater. The shy and withering would-be actor found that taking a few deep breaths really did help to control the stress of performing live. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 25, 2007
12:47 PM Post #3223527
| shutter
He took the threats seriously and let a shutter drop down over his stage fright. He is now a star on Broadway. |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 25, 2007
1:27 PM Post #3223724
| stutter
When he took the big plunge after his initial shutter at the mere thought, the actor found that a welcome side affect to his new-found confidence was that he lost his stutter. Hhhhhhhhow great! |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 25, 2007
1:37 PM Post #3223765
| sputter
With a sputter, she said " McMary, I suspect you meant 'shudder' instead of shutter but that's OK, I've got a bit of a stutter". :-) |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 26, 2007
6:32 AM Post #3225970
| spotter
Judy is a good spotter of my words gone awry. I sputter when attempting to curb my stutter, which came about because I tried to shutter when I should have shuddered. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 26, 2007
1:18 PM Post #3226937
| spitter
Well, If I were a spitter, I'd sputter about the shutter and the shutter. But I'm not much of a spitter, though apparently, a spotter. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 27, 2007
8:32 AM Post #3229637
| tippets
Wearing tippets may result in becoming a spitter. No one really enjoys getting all of those long animal hairs in one's mouth - fake or otherwise. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 27, 2007
11:48 AM Post #3230218
| tippers
The big tippers like their tippets, even though they are such spitters because of it. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 27, 2007
12:30 PM Post #3230343
| respite
The big tippers will occasionally wear leather, instead, to give themselves a respite from all of that spitting. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 27, 2007
12:40 PM Post #3230383
| pesters
One of the tippers has a wife who pesters him constantly. He only gets respite when she sleeps. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 27, 2007
4:12 PM Post #3231587
| respect
That tipper finds it very difficult to respect his wife who pesters him all the time. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 27, 2007
6:20 PM Post #3232018
| specter
The specter of the monster at home caused him to lose all respect for marriage. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 27, 2007
6:46 PM Post #3232100
| pectens
For some odd reason, he thought he might appease the specter by making an offering of delicious pectens scampi. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 27, 2007
10:06 PM Post #3232779
| inspect
When he went to inspect the pectens he was horrified to find that they had all got away. No appeasing that way. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 27, 2007
10:10 PM Post #3232808
| insects
What he did not intend to inspect were the swarms of insects he found in the wake of the pectens. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 28, 2007
12:38 AM Post #3233278
| section
The first section was made up of flies and wasps. The next was insects of all kinds. |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 28, 2007
6:28 AM Post #3233496
| notices
There were notices posted in each section of the fair telling folks about the yummy stir-fired pectens. The clean up crew had taken care of all the scraps so by the time everyone arrived the insects had swarmed away to parts unknown. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 28, 2007
7:52 AM Post #3233628
| entices
The tipper notices a number of fair goers standing around the booth offering stir-fried pectens. The crowd entices him to come closer and try the savory treat himself. |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 28, 2007
9:02 AM Post #3233790
| necktie
He was hanging back because he felt so awkward being at the fair wearing a necktie. The problem was that everything that entices him, he succumbs to and now he had a spot on his shirt which the necktie was covering. It was salsa dropped from a dripping tortilla chip earlier in the day. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 28, 2007
9:12 AM Post #3233810
| entrick
The tipper was not certain he would be able to entrick the crowd with his necktie. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 28, 2007
11:12 AM Post #3234207
| tricked
The necktie that failed to entrick the masses was tricked out with flashing lights. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 28, 2007
11:23 AM Post #3234232
| pricked
Unfortunately, one of the lights on that tricked out tie burst, and the tipper pricked his finger on it when he tried to remove the flashy garment. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 28, 2007
11:25 AM Post #3234240
| prinked
He wouldn't have pricked his finger if he hadn't prinked himself up with an obnoxious tie. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 28, 2007
11:31 AM Post #3234258
| printed
He wouldn't have prinked himself up in such a manner if he hadn't been tempted by the heavily Photoshopped photo of the tie in a printed catalog he had received. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 28, 2007
11:49 AM Post #3234310
| printer
The printer swears that it wasn't his fault. He printed the picture in the form he received it. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 28, 2007
12:37 PM Post #3234456
| rentier
Of course the printer didn't really care what the tipper thought or how it might impact his printing business, since he generated most of his income as a rentier, anyway. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 28, 2007
12:43 PM Post #3234474
| renters
With the income of the rentier he had funds to purchase buildings to use as rentals. His renters considered him a slum lord. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 28, 2007
12:50 PM Post #3234499
| resents
The rentier, of course, deeply resents the accusations by the renters that he is a slum lord. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 28, 2007
2:15 PM Post #3234720
| centers
The centers of sluminess are near the area that he holds properties. Too bad if he resents the designation of slum lord. That's what he is. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 28, 2007
2:42 PM Post #3234805
| sterner
Attitudes toward rentiers become quite a bit sterner in the centers of the slum areas. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 28, 2007
3:10 PM Post #3234892
| returns
The monetary returns from owning slums were high enough to negate the sterner attitudes toward them. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 28, 2007
3:24 PM Post #3234931
| sternum
If he had a heart under his sternum, the stern accusations might bother him. Instead, the heartless rentier returns his renters' disdain by raising their rents! |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 28, 2007
3:38 PM Post #3234971
| monster
His renters claim that he is a monster. They would like to jump up and down on his sternum.
|
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 28, 2007
4:38 PM Post #3235221
| sermons
He really didn't care to listen to the renters' sermons on the evils of being a monster slum lord. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 28, 2007
5:24 PM Post #3235392
| persons
Any persons who think the slum lord will listen to sermons are bound to be disappointed. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 28, 2007
6:01 PM Post #3235519
| persona
The persona of a slum lord is likely to be more than a little disappointing to all of the persons with whom he comes into contact. |
azrobin
Scottsdale, AZ
(Zone 9b)
February 28, 2007
6:16 PM Post #3235571
| reasons
There are reasons why they are called slum lords. They have no persona at all and make their tenants live in what could be considered uninhabitable conditions most of the time. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 28, 2007
7:08 PM Post #3235731
| treason
Renters who believe that slum lords have compassionate personas offer reasons enough for treason among their ranks. |
azrobin
Scottsdale, AZ
(Zone 9b)
February 28, 2007
7:25 PM Post #3235783
| arsonel
Indeed! And such treason will surely warrant an arsonel of lawyers not only by tenants, but by state officials if not addressed immediately. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 28, 2007
7:47 PM Post #3235846
| I believe you misspelled that. |
azrobin
Scottsdale, AZ
(Zone 9b)
February 28, 2007
8:34 PM Post #3235962
| Shoot! I ran it through my spell check, too.
Okay, last word was treason until I have time to do it again. LOL, Laurie. Sorry! |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 28, 2007
8:54 PM Post #3236014
| toasters
The renters were so angry about the treason that they threw toasters and other small household appliances at the turncoats. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 28, 2007
9:35 PM Post #3236103
| roasters
May as well throw toasters and roasters at the turncoats. They wouldn't work properly with the erratic electrical service in those slums, anyway.
This message was edited Feb 28, 2007 8:36 PM |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 28, 2007
9:46 PM Post #3236148
| I'm going to assume that you meant 'roaster' as 'roasterS' has too many letters. ;-)
terrors
The guy who threw the roaster and the ones throwing toasters were the terrors of the neighborhood. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 28, 2007
10:39 PM Post #3236273
| True enough, mine should have been roaster. It was the 8 letter toasters that threw me off. ;-) |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 28, 2007
11:05 PM Post #3236409
| Apparently someone is coming along and putting extra letters in our words. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 28, 2007
11:17 PM Post #3236432
| Yeah, that's it ... the phantom letter-adder. LOL! |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 28, 2007
11:21 PM Post #3236442
| rhetors
The rhetors tried to educate the terrors in the ways of verbal conflict resolution. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 28, 2007
11:21 PM Post #3236443
| They've even been known to put WRONG letters in words! |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
February 28, 2007
11:24 PM Post #3236448
| shorter
The rhetors were shorter than the rest but they talked longer.
This message was edited Feb 28, 2007 9:24 PM |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
February 28, 2007
11:58 PM Post #3236501
| shorten
Being shorter certainly didn't shorten their orations any. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 1, 2007
12:32 AM Post #3236556
| norther
The norther blowing in sure helped to shorten the speeches, even though most were hot air. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 1, 2007
12:39 AM Post #3236566
| throned
Even the fiercest norther couldn't blow away those self-important rhetors throned behind the podium. |
Aguane
Phoenix, AZ
March 1, 2007
12:50 AM Post #3236582
| like that one, Judy.
Torched
He hadn't been in the room long when Audacious realized the Man Who Would be Throned could also be torched while crossing the bridge alone. |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 1, 2007
6:14 AM Post #3236704
| chortle
It made Audacious chortle to realize the Man Who Would be Throned was about to be torched. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 1, 2007
8:37 AM Post #3236867
| rochets
Ah, but the Man Who Would be Throned was one of a select group who wore rochets. Of course this meant that he could not be torched without the torcher suffering eternal tortures of the most unpleasant kind. The thought of such sacred immunity made the Man Who Would be Throned chortle. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 1, 2007
11:31 AM Post #3237373
| rockets
The ones who wore rochets set off rockets under Audacious. He didn't chortle. |
kennedyh
Churchill, Victoria
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
 March 1, 2007
4:05 PM Post #3238229
| stocked
The rockets they set off under Audacious were stocked under the podium |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 1, 2007
4:15 PM Post #3238263
| stacked
The ones that were stocked under the podium weren't stacked nearly as high as the BS coming from the podium. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 1, 2007
4:59 PM Post #3238402
| decants
The Man Who Would be Throned loses all interest in the rockets stacked under the podium. His attention is drawn, instead, to a bottle of vintage wine which he quickly decants. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 1, 2007
6:10 PM Post #3238615
| scanted
He is very angry that it appears that he has been scanted on the wine. He finds, when he decants it, that the bottle wasn't full. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 1, 2007
6:39 PM Post #3238713
| canters
He grabs his trusty mount and canters back to the winery to lodge a strong complaint about the scanted bottle of wine. |
azrobin
Scottsdale, AZ
(Zone 9b)
March 1, 2007
8:26 PM Post #3239051
| antlers
But as the people see him approach...is that a bird?..is it a plane? No, it's Rudolph with his antlers as he canters down the path. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 1, 2007
8:32 PM Post #3239077
| lantern
Rudolph has a lantern hanging from his antlers. That has occasionally been mistaken for a shining nose. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 1, 2007
11:22 PM Post #3239720
| eternal
Of course that lantern could never achieve the eternal appeal of Rudolph's own shining nose - a true beacon of Christmas. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 1, 2007
11:29 PM Post #3239740
| nettler
The rhetor was having trouble with a nettler. It was the eternal problem of the long-winded, the heckler. |
Aguane
Phoenix, AZ
March 2, 2007
12:25 AM Post #3239922
| Letters
Letters were sent to the chairman demanding that the nettler follow protocol and decorum or be removed from the monthly meetings. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 2, 2007
12:42 AM Post #3239972
| setters
The chairman sent his setters to pick up his letters. It's good he didn't send his snail to pick up the mail. |
Aguane
Phoenix, AZ
March 2, 2007
12:56 AM Post #3240000
| Tresses (ouch)
Eventually the chairman received the letters picked up by the setters. His snail was also sent to pick up the loose ends but admonished not to disturb the tresses of the Buddha statue. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 2, 2007
1:36 AM Post #3240059
| streets
The streets were cleared so traffic wouldn't run over the Buddha's tresses. |
Aguane
Phoenix, AZ
March 2, 2007
1:59 AM Post #3240087
| Easters
Ah, as destiny would have it, the Buddha travelled well, safe and rapidly over the streets. Several generations of Easters Spring celebrations have paved the road for the Romanelli's welcoming of the garden Buddha statue. |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 2, 2007
9:00 AM Post #3240554
| ummmm, Easters Susie? As in it needs an apostrophe? I don't think that will work in this game. I think we are back at streets. Laurie? Judy? What's your opinions? I tried two dictionaries for Easters and did not get a hit.
streets |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 2, 2007
9:18 AM Post #3240612
| I think "Easters" could be used in the context of, "The last three Easters have been particularly joyful in our home." However, I don't know if proper nouns are allowable in this game. If not, then we're back at "streets". |
Aguane
Phoenix, AZ
March 2, 2007
9:23 AM Post #3240634
| Go back to streets... I thought it may be a stretch. But, I liked the scenario... hee hee. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 2, 2007
4:40 PM Post #3241890
| testers
Romanelli had testers on the streets making sure that his buddha arrived safely. It would be one of the best easters ever.
(I know it wasn't my turn but testers works for streets and easters.)
|
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 2, 2007
4:56 PM Post #3241952
| tasters
As part of the Easter celebration, a group of eager tasters enjoyed delectable delicacies served under testers along the festively decorated parkway. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 2, 2007
5:02 PM Post #3241972
| stalest
The tasters discovered, to their dismay, that the easter eggs were the stalest they had ever encountered. |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 2, 2007
6:01 PM Post #3242170
| stealth
They were the stalest eggs ever because The Man Who Would be Throned used great stealth when he snuck into the fesitvities and robbed all the fresh eggs and replaced them with the old, stale ones. What a snake That Man is.
- - - -
Here where I work you guys would get the "Working Together" award for that streets of easters snafu. Good job! It *was* a good line Susie, glad we got it in there. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 2, 2007
7:34 PM Post #3242449
| shuttle
He ran his stealth shuttle, well, stealthily. Think of the poor bunnies who had their fresh eggs stealthily replaced with stale ones. |
azrobin
Scottsdale, AZ
(Zone 9b)
March 2, 2007
8:08 PM Post #3242581
| turtles
Bunnies? Oh. I thought they were from turtles?! Besides, anyone bringing "bunnie eggs" better shuttle themselves to a therapist! |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 2, 2007
9:21 PM Post #3242823
| letters
Bunnies and turtles write letters to each other. They talk over the egg situation, though it's a bit of an eggs-ageration to say they are friends. They are competitors, you know. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 2, 2007
10:34 PM Post #3243088
| settles
The impressive effort of every bunny and every turtle writing all of those letters ultimately settles the matter once and for all. |
azrobin
Scottsdale, AZ
(Zone 9b)
March 2, 2007
10:35 PM Post #3243092
| Poo, you beat me Laurie.
Gotta regroup here. brb
This message was edited Mar 2, 2007 8:37 PM |
azrobin
Scottsdale, AZ
(Zone 9b)
March 2, 2007
11:13 PM Post #3243230
| kettles
A humble coming of the minds always settles matters over a good brew of tea on the kettles. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 2, 2007
11:50 PM Post #3243285
| skittle
The kettles were boiling but the bunny and the turtle were busy trying to knock down the last skittle. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 3, 2007
9:52 AM Post #3243941
| kittles
That last skittle kittles the players by refusing to be knocked down in spite of a direct hit! |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 3, 2007
11:40 AM Post #3244191
| vittles
I tried earlier to make a sentence with kittles but had no luck at all. The Woman of Weird Words is a star. I left long enough to make us some vittles, taro pancakes and scrambled eggs but only popped back in for a moment. Off and running errands for my Saturday. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 3, 2007
12:25 PM Post #3244279
| thistle
She wanted to grow an artichoke but it looked like a thistle to her. She'd find something else for vittles. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 3, 2007
12:43 PM Post #3244325
| whistle
I typically whistle while weeding the garden, but when I encounter a large patch of Canada thistle, the whistling stops and the welding gloves come out! |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 3, 2007
1:16 PM Post #3244417
| withers
The wind we are having withers my desire to get out and do anything. I loathe hearing the wind whistle by me. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 3, 2007
1:30 PM Post #3244449
| slither
Whenever a snake would slither across the trail in front of us, I would have to grab the mane on my horse's withers to help keep my seat steady.
(I'm a horsewoman, so "withers" has a different primary meaning in my head. LOL!)
This message was edited Mar 3, 2007 12:31 PM |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 3, 2007
2:05 PM Post #3244537
| lathers
The sweat lathers the horse's withers |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 3, 2007
2:10 PM Post #3244551
| Hah! You should have seen me trying to work horse into a sentence with everything that had gone before. I finally thought 'withers' has to have some other meaning and then it hit me, of course it does, I was just stuck on horses. :-) Anyway...
slather
I would slather myself with snake repellent if it would keep away those that slither and slip around the rocks and bushes.
Oops. I wrote mine before Dutchlady posted hers. I kept it there because it worked with lathers, but I neglected to edit to add lathers. Here it is:
It really lathers me up when I think of those slippery slithery creatures. ;-)
This message was edited Mar 3, 2007 1:42 PM |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 3, 2007
2:24 PM Post #3244594
| For shame, Judy! Where is "lathers" in your sentence? ;-) |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 3, 2007
4:21 PM Post #3244895
| slasher
I cut myself and slather myself with blood; a horrible scene from a movie with a slasher comes to mind... |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 3, 2007
4:25 PM Post #3244907
| flasher
Perhaps it brings to mind one of those movie spoofs wherein a flasher is being chased around by a slasher. |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 3, 2007
4:26 PM Post #3244912
| flashed
I'd rather be flashed by a flasher than slashed by a slasher!! |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 3, 2007
4:37 PM Post #3244931
| shawled
To my great dismay, I have been flashed by a flasher who I would have MUCH preferred had been shawled! |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 3, 2007
4:56 PM Post #3244966
| swathed
The flasher should either be shawled or otherwise swathed in some kind of clothes... |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 3, 2007
4:59 PM Post #3244972
| watched
I watched the shawled flasher, swathed in silk, unveil. Yikes. ;-) |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 3, 2007
5:27 PM Post #3245030
| chanted
The crowd around me chanted, "Take it off. Take it off. Take it ALL off," and watched eagerly as the flasher obliged. |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 3, 2007
5:56 PM Post #3245090
| charted
As the crowd chanted, the flasher mentally charted his exit from the mulling masses. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 3, 2007
6:08 PM Post #3245113
| charred
The flasher unveiled, but he hadn't charted the sun's movement correctly and got deeply charred. |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 3, 2007
6:09 PM Post #3245115
| harried
With his skin charred, the flasher felt harried by the chants of the crowd. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 3, 2007
6:26 PM Post #3245163
| hurried
The harried flasher hurried away from the chanting crowd. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 3, 2007
6:56 PM Post #3245252
| hurries
He hurries away because he's afraid they will throw tomatoes at him. One of the crowd had already hurried to pick up an over-ripe one. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 3, 2007
7:23 PM Post #3245329
| bushier
He hurries to a bushier spot where he can hide under cover from the barrage of tomato bombs. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 3, 2007
8:33 PM Post #3245512
| brushed
He hurriedly brushed off the bugs. The spot was bushier but also buggier. |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 3, 2007
8:44 PM Post #3245540
| blushed
While hiding in the bushes he blushed when he surprised a couple kissing - they were equally surprised and brushed off the leaves and ran away. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 3, 2007
9:18 PM Post #3245648
| flushed
The flasher's whole body flushed, and his face blushed so red he looked like those tomatoes he was dodging! |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 3, 2007
11:17 PM Post #3245976
| shuffle
The flasher did a slow shuffle to the bushes where he had flushed out the kissers. He lay down in the leaves and tried to get comfortable. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 3, 2007
11:35 PM Post #3246009
| scuffle
A scuffle arose when the kissing couple also decided to return to the bushes. That poor, flushed flasher had to shuffle off to a different bushy spot for his siesta. |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 4, 2007
9:53 AM Post #3246771
| snuffle
The poor flasher had to snuffle at his misfortune, as he tried to find a peaceful spot to recover from the scuffle. |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 4, 2007
10:09 AM Post #3246815
| souffle
Finally the flasher decided he would get no peace trying to hide in the bushes. He gave one last snuffle then shuffled off to find his favorite chef and get her to fix him a Grand Marinier souffle. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 4, 2007
10:31 AM Post #3246884
| offlets
As he shuffled around trying to find the souffle chef, he stumbled across a series of offlets, getting thoroughly drenched in the process. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 4, 2007
11:51 AM Post #3247110
| offsets
There were offsets in the piping to the offlets. He fell across them, too. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 4, 2007
12:49 PM Post #3247287
| setoffs
When he fell, he fell into a lovely garden where he noticed many little plant offsets that he very much wanted to pinch off and bring home with him. He thought they would make lovely setoffs in his own garden. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 4, 2007
1:18 PM Post #3247372
| toffees
He decided to abandon the setoffs and go have some toffees instead. |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 4, 2007
1:30 PM Post #3247398
| softees
The shop was all out of toffees but they did have a variety of softees and he chose a lovely vanilla/strawberry swirl. |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 4, 2007
2:43 PM Post #3247566
| softens
Actually, what happened at the malt shop was that he decided to have one of the softees while waiting. Toffee softens slowly as one waits impatiently. The double-swirl softee really helped keep him calm. |
kennedyh
Churchill, Victoria
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
March 4, 2007
3:55 PM Post #3247744
| fatness
While the toffee softens, the double-swirl softee contributes to his already not inconsiderable fatness. |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 4, 2007
6:32 PM Post #3248168
|
stamens
While contemplating his fatness in the mirror, he notices the lilies with their brightly colored stamens |
kennedyh
Churchill, Victoria
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
March 4, 2007
6:40 PM Post #3248190
| meanest
and being one of the meanest of people h he steals one of the lilies with their brightly coloured stamens |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 4, 2007
7:04 PM Post #3248251
| earnest
This meanest man got caught stealing the lily and tried to apologize, but the lily owner knew his apology was far from earnest. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 4, 2007
7:38 PM Post #3248341
| nearest
It wasn't earnest but was probably the nearest the flasher would get to sincerity. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 4, 2007
8:15 PM Post #3248450
| arenose
Remember that this insincere thief was also a flasher. The victim of his theft considered calling the police but changed his mind when he realized that his lilies were planted nearest an exceptionally arenose section of his garden. The flasher was being well punished by all of the sand and grit that was now firmly adhered to the most unmentionable parts of his anatomy. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 4, 2007
8:40 PM Post #3248529
| reasons
The flasher had his reasons for being such a jerk, but they were about as big as the arenose particles into which he fell. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 4, 2007
9:07 PM Post #3248638
| seasons
His reasons ebbed and flowed with the seasons, as did his flashing behavior. You see, he suffered from SAD when he didn't get enough sunlight. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 4, 2007
9:16 PM Post #3248660
| session
One extended full-body session in the sunlight should hold him through the dark seasons if only he would do it alone. But no, he has to put on a trench coat and go out in public, thereby cutting short his suntime. He's sad alrighty. ;-) |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 4, 2007
10:36 PM Post #3248946
| lioness
A session with a lion tamer made the lioness as meek as a pussycat
YAY we got rid of the flasher LOL |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 4, 2007
11:16 PM Post #3249112
| lesions
The lioness did leave a few lesions on the lion tamer, though. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 5, 2007
12:37 AM Post #3249238
| sinless
The lion tamer certainly wasn't sinless. He left more than a few lesions on the poor lioness with his abusive use of the whip. |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 5, 2007
5:06 AM Post #3249387
| lessons
The lion tamer thought he could teach the lioness some lessons with his sinless abuse of the whip. He had another think coming... |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 5, 2007
6:41 AM Post #3249435
| lessens
The lion tamer finally did have another think. He remembered that one of his earliest lessons on taming animals involved showing kindness. If one lessens the use of the whip and uses a soft, persuading tone of voice, the lioness can still be tamed. |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 5, 2007
7:45 AM Post #3249494
|
sunless
In the sunless days of winter the lion tamer reflects that when he lessens the use of the whip his animals appear to be happier.
|
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 5, 2007
8:00 AM Post #3249527
| tussels
He tussels with the pros and cons of old and new training philosophies during those sunless days. |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 5, 2007
10:41 AM Post #3249933
| bustles
He found he had better ideas if he bustles around while he tussels with weighty issues. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 5, 2007
11:00 AM Post #3249978
| hustles
As the circus season approaches, he both bustles and hustles to get himself and his animals ready for the big show. |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 5, 2007
11:48 AM Post #3250149
| hatless
As he hustles around he suddenly finds himself hatless as he sees his beautiful Fedora blown away by a windgust |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 5, 2007
12:41 PM Post #3250304
| hassled
He hassled the poor lioness so much she took a swipe at his head and knocked him hatless again. |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 5, 2007
3:48 PM Post #3250980
| tassled
He felt very hassled being hatless, so he went and bought a new hat, and made sure that it was a tassled one. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 5, 2007
4:20 PM Post #3251075
| slanted
This game is slanted towards accurate spelling with few, if any, tassels, because we would then be tasseled which has too many letters for the game. ;-) And because I've pointed out a spelling error it means that this thread will have many. There's a law about it. |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 5, 2007
4:57 PM Post #3251162
| YIKES!
Slatted
The thread may be slanted towards correct spelling but surely we are allowed some fun... (jk). The sun shining through the slatted blinds puts me in a good mood... please let's have fun... |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 5, 2007
6:59 PM Post #3251581
| startle
I didn't mean to startle you. ;-) I'll just sit here in my slatted chair and contemplate having fun. |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 5, 2007
7:07 PM Post #3251611
| rattles
You guys are too funny. It just rattles me to think you can only contemplate having any fun. I know you JudyB and methinks you will get some fun from being able to startle another with your rhetoric. |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 5, 2007
7:07 PM Post #3251614
| tallest
You can not startle me. I'm the tallest so I'm not scared!! Even with the rattles of the blinds - I'm NOT scared!!
This message was edited Mar 5, 2007 9:14 PM |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 5, 2007
7:13 PM Post #3251642
| sorry our messages crossed... now from? |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 5, 2007
8:17 PM Post #3251861
| Oops. Mine hit first so I say we're back to rattles |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 5, 2007
8:55 PM Post #3251993
| Why go back to rattles? Tallest follows rattles just fine. All Dutchlady has to do is change her sentence so that it contains both the words rattles and tallest.
This message was edited Mar 5, 2007 7:56 PM |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 5, 2007
8:57 PM Post #3251999
| stellar
A stellar point, laurief, you stand tallest. |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 5, 2007
9:15 PM Post #3252059
| cellars
Laurief is indeed stellar for resolving this; I'm only scared in dark, dank cellars.
This message was edited Mar 5, 2007 9:15 PM |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 5, 2007
9:22 PM Post #3252100
| callers
Tell any callers that I will be in the cellars. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 5, 2007
11:31 PM Post #3252564
| slacker
Your phone will be busy with callers trying to locate the slacker who keeps hiding out in everybody's cellars. ;-) |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 5, 2007
11:53 PM Post #3252620
| lackeys
No problem. I'll have my lackeys yell in the ears of any slackers who might call while I'm busy in the cellars. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 6, 2007
12:21 AM Post #3252692
| coalsey
I heard you feed your lackeys fresh frozen Alaskan coalsey. Is that true? |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 6, 2007
6:48 AM Post #3252992
| acolyte
The lackeys were fed coalsey by an acolyte from the church next door. The slacker was busy in the wine cellar and missed the entire meal. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 6, 2007
9:07 AM Post #3253249
| talcose
The acolyte found the slacker hiding in the basement, powdering himself with talcose because the basement was so damp and sticky. |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 6, 2007
10:16 AM Post #3253489
| locates
The acolyte locates the slacker easily by following the trail left by talcose footprints. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 6, 2007
10:32 AM Post #3253533
| locales
The acolyte locates the origin of the talcose footprints in the basement, but they soon lead him to a variety of unsavory locales. |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 6, 2007
11:00 AM Post #3253620
| callous
The unsavory locales are full of callous youths. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 6, 2007
11:32 AM Post #3253713
| locular
One of the unsavory locales in which the callous youths were congregating was a locular storeroom in a crumbling, abandoned church. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 6, 2007
11:41 AM Post #3253741
| corolla
While poking around in the locular gardens of the church he happened upon a plant with a bright corolla. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 6, 2007
11:54 AM Post #3253787
| crotalo
Placed on a bench near the plant with the bright corolla was a crotalo, which as amazing grace would have it, the acolyte knew how to play. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 6, 2007
12:16 PM Post #3253871
| locator
Usually a crotalo would need a locator to find someone skilled in playing it. Unless they were in Turkey. |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 6, 2007
12:36 PM Post #3253920
|
cartoon
Personally, I have never seen a crotalo except in a cartoon. It would have to be a very skilled locator to find one. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 6, 2007
12:46 PM Post #3253953
| cartons
I have cartons of crotalos just sitting in my basement. There's a cartoon of me up to my neck in crotalos. (NOT) |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 6, 2007
2:00 PM Post #3254131
| cantors
You should find a few cantors to sing along with all of those crotalos you have in cartons in your basement. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 6, 2007
2:35 PM Post #3254225
| toucans
The toucans are very good cantors. They live in the basement with the crotalos. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 6, 2007
2:49 PM Post #3254254
| cantons
I wonder if images of toucans grace the cantons of any of the world's flags. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 6, 2007
2:57 PM Post #3254270
| cations
I'm positive that the Swiss cations live in cantons. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 6, 2007
3:53 PM Post #3254429
| section
I, on the other hand, am positive that cations don't "live" in any section of Switzerland or anywhere else, though they certainly "exist" everywhere. ;-) |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 6, 2007
4:39 PM Post #3254591
| insects
Well okay, if you're going to be pedantic...maybe cations don't "live" in Switzerland but insects do. They get to live in any section they want. ;-) |
kennedyh
Churchill, Victoria
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
March 6, 2007
4:45 PM Post #3254615
| inspect
I would like to travel to Switzerland and inspect the insects that live there |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 6, 2007
5:15 PM Post #3254730
| pectins
You can inspect the insect population, but don't forget the pectins that abound in all the wonderful fruit that is grown there. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 6, 2007
6:44 PM Post #3255069
| stipend
Only an avid jelly maker would accept pectins as a stipend for her finished product. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 6, 2007
7:13 PM Post #3255245
| stinted
If the jelly makers are stinted on their stipend they won't be happy. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 6, 2007
11:12 PM Post #3256126
| stunted
One of the jelly makers was so stunted that her jelly production was greatly stinted by virtue of the fact that she couldn't even reach the stove! |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 6, 2007
11:13 PM Post #3256131
| shunted
She shunted aside comments about her shortness. She knew those who made them were stunted by lack of imagination. |
picante
Helena, MT
(Zone 4b)
March 7, 2007
12:53 AM Post #3256391
| thunder
The conductor shunted the train to the other track just as we heard the first rumble of thunder in the darkening sky. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 7, 2007
8:23 AM Post #3256831
| unearth
The combined vibrations of the massive train and deafening thunder could unearth the dead. |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 7, 2007
8:57 AM Post #3256942
|
hearten
Maybe it will unearth Daniella's father... that would hearten her!! |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 7, 2007
9:41 AM Post #3257078
| earthen
The ability to create beautiful earthen pottery will hearten the potter's young apprentice.
This message was edited Mar 7, 2007 8:42 AM |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 7, 2007
11:27 AM Post #3257430
| neither
Neither rain nor hail will stay the young apprentice from his swiftly appointed...er, um...earthen pottery. Sorry, got carried away with the USPS motto for a minute. :-) |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 7, 2007
12:20 PM Post #3257611
| thinner
Neither ice cream nor cookies will help to make one thinner. Although slogging through sleet and hail will burn some of those calories. Are mail carriers thinner than the general population? |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 7, 2007
12:49 PM Post #3257690
| thinker
If you ask a thinker, I believe that (s)he will tell you that mail carriers are, indeed, thinner than the general population. |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 7, 2007
1:02 PM Post #3257730
| rethink
You may have to rethink that; a thinker doesn't know everything... |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 7, 2007
1:18 PM Post #3257788
| bethink
I am going to bethink this issue of thin mail carriers. Bethink differs from rethink in a tiny way, methinks.
What I love about this game is all the new words I learn. Never knew bethink was a word. It means to ponder and consider. Rethink, otoh, means to reconsider. Hummmm. |
laurief
Deer River, MN
(Zone 3b)
March 7, 2007
2:17 PM Post #3257972
| kitchen
I am going to go and bethink all of this while I wash dishes in the kitchen. |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 7, 2007
2:41 PM Post #3258041
| chicken
Hey Laurie, as long as you are headed to the kitchen can you please grab me some of that left over chicken from last night? You can bring it to me here in front of the TV. Oh, don't forget to bring me a beer too! |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 7, 2007
3:42 PM Post #3258217
| necking
As Laurie walked into the kitchen to get some chicken for Mary, she spotted her husband through the window necking with the neighbor!! Guess what happened next!? |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 7, 2007
4:14 PM Post #3258294
| decking
I'm guessing here but I'm probably not getting any chicken from the kitchen anytime soon. When Laurie saw her beloved sprawled across the decking necking with the hateful neighbor, she grabbed one of the dirty dishes she was about to clean and headed out the door. She did not need to bethink her next actions at all. |
kennedyh
Churchill, Victoria
(Australia)
(Zone 10a)
March 7, 2007
4:37 PM Post #3258372
| ducking
When Laurie reached the decking, her husband was soon ducking to try and avoid the low flying dishes she flung at him |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 7, 2007
4:38 PM Post #3258380
| ducking
The wayward husband better be doing a lot of ducking until he gets off the decking.
Oops, too late. I'll do another.
This message was edited Mar 7, 2007 2:39 PM |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 7, 2007
4:40 PM Post #3258387
| LOL good coordination here
|
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 7, 2007
4:41 PM Post #3258391
| bucking
Husband is bucking for a divorce with that kind of activity. Ducking the law may be his next maneuver. |
Dutchlady1
Naples, FL
(Zone 10a)
March 7, 2007
5:40 PM Post #3258560
| Backing
Fortunately the husband has the backing of an excellent divorce lawyer, so that bucking the law might be the least of his worries... it's ducking those flying plates that could be the end of him! |
MaryMcP
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 7, 2007
5:46 PM Post #3258583
| packing
Even if he does have the backing of a good lawyer, she should just send him packing - and not break all her dishes in the process. |
judyb
Phoenix, AZ
(Zone 9a)
March 7, 2007
7:21 PM Post #3258897
| picking
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