Not That I’m Competitive or Anything….
Deano came over last night for our Tuesday Scrabble match. It ended up being the closest game I’ve ever played. He won….285 to 283. That means just ONE tile would have ended the game in a tie (since his score would go down one point and mine would go up one point).
And then the unimaginable happened. As we were putting the game away (and I was pouting, of course) Deano noticed that an “S” was left in the box and not used during the game.
Of course, my first instict was that this invalidates the whole game. But then I thought about it more…Deano was the last person to be able to grab tiles from the bag. When my next turn came, there were none left to grab. However, if that lost tile were in play, there would have been one tile left for me and I could have grabbed the “S”.
That would mean the last word I played, which was “in” (using my own “I” and an “N” already on the board) could actually have been “sin.” And that would have brought us to a tie.
So, Deano has a choice…he can say we tied, or that the game didn’t count. I’m happy with either option.
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My god! Is that a Weebles Haunted House I see in the picture? I didn’t have that, per se, but had a lotta other Weebles things…lost toys of the 1970s!! Wild/blast from the past!
Very good, Fred!
That is the Weebles Haunted House (I loved that thing). If I recall, that white weeble (a ghost?)would glow in the dark!
Yeah – it did – I didn’t have that set (as noted) but I remember their popup camper with some fondness…it was amazing how such simple toys made us so happy/provided so much fodder for the imagination. Of course, it occurs to me that Weebles were kinda the acceptable way for a little boy to play with dolls, lol – I never WANTED Barbie (or even GI Joe) back then, but….interesting…
Now, of course, I still really want both one of the Barbies and one of the GI Joes with the switched voiceboxes, courtesy the “Barbie Liberation Army” : “Math is HARD! Let’s go SHOPPING!” (grin)
Well…..guess I have to make a choice. I choose option #3……Since the “S” was left out of the game, neither of us got a chance to use it so the game is not invalidated. Also, had the “S” been in the bag, that would have left 5 letters left after my turn and I chose 4 tiles…..Hmmmm, odds were good that I could have pulled it.
So…I WON!!!!!!!!!! You LOSE!!!!!!!!
And the pout was very cute!!!!