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oldman

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You can see the banana-shaped game bag that holds the tiles on the table.
The kid said "peel" which is what you say when you use all your letters, and everyone has to draw a letter. But the game doesn't end until there are no more letters to draw...and there was a huge draw pile still in the middle of the table.
In case you couldn't tell - it's one of my favorite games. :D
Mine too, but no one at work will play me anymore.:(
 

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Mine too, but no one at work will play me anymore.:(
Challenge accepted!

Unless you're like my hypercompetitive sister who uses BS words from words with friends...
We use an agreed upon rule that words should be "common usage"; ie: part of the common vernacular. When we were teaching them the game we explained that to them. That pissed her off. I'm up for a challenge, but seriously, when you have five people playing and only one person (her) recognizes the "words" she's using, kinda takes the fun out of it...
 

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So I have a few thoughts on that game, and since you’re from Wisconsin, this is the RTT, and the conversation in the other threads have moved on, this seems like a great place to do it:
1.) that was a great game regardless of who would have won
2.) the last play Wisconsin ran wasn’t a trick play, Iowa was prepared for it (all 11 guys were within 5 yards of the LOS) but just gave up, and it was necessary because Iowa was using it’s timeouts
3.) what was Iowa’s play call at the end? They needed a quick score and Iowa players were getting hit. They’re lucky none of their players were injured.

I did not get to see the end of the game - I confess I had fallen asleep. :oops: But I would agree, it was a very interesting game....as a Sconnie native, I have to confess I do root for Bucky. (Especially when hoks are involved.)

The media made it sound as if the Badgers scored at the very end to win, but they added another TD on a running play. Apparently Iowa had to go for it on 4th down in their own territory and failed, and then the Badgers had a rushing TD to make the score more lopsided than it should have been.

Don't get me wrong - I respect CKF and what he has done with their program - but it's always fun to see those arrogant tavern hoks get taken down every so often.
 

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Kids now prefer 4 door vehicles over 2 door. When I was HS, you always wanted 2 door. It was a pain getting in and out. Usually any couple had/wanted to sit back there.

Affair neighbor bought a car for his daughter, a two door and it will probably be one of only two or three at the school. You can tell he bought something he would like because its not something I've normally seen school kids drive. Surprised he doesn't drive it himself and give his daughter his toyota with probably 300k miles on it. Seats lay down in this and would allow him HS style side action.
 

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Of course it isn't. Everyone knows the name is really Lew.
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I have never heard of Bananagrams before.
Pretty cheap entertainment. Costs about $15 for the bag of tiles. Basically, everyone draws a certain number of tiles, and you each make your own crossword puzzle. When someone uses all theirs, they say peel, and everyone has to draw another. Once they are gone from the middle, first one to use theirs up wins. You can break down and rearrange your crossword as you see fit throughout the round. Pretty fun!
 
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Challenge accepted!

Unless you're like my hypercompetitive sister who uses BS words from words with friends...
We use an agreed upon rule that words should be "common usage"; ie: part of the common vernacular. When we were teaching them the game we explained that to them. That pissed her off. I'm up for a challenge, but seriously, when you have five people playing and only one person (her) recognizes the "words" she's using, kinda takes the fun out of it...
I am competitive, and have a reasonably large vocabulary, so...

My wife used to tell me not to use big words with the girls, when they were little. I called BS on that. If they didn't understand me, they could always ask for a clarification.
 
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