Monday 1 July 2013

The last seance - Surrey, 1969



"Is there anyone there?"

"YES"

"Who are you?"

"I am the sun, I am the wind, I am the rain. I am everything that God - in His Divine Wisdom - has chosen to create."

"Were you once alive?"

"Of course."

"Do you have a message for us?"

"YES.  Stop messing around with this stupid game and get on with your lives."


So we did.
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15 comments:

  1. John Going Gently1 July 2013 at 13:54

    GOD only gets you 5 points in scrabble

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  2. elegancemaison1 July 2013 at 15:08

    So you're crap at Scrabble. Unlike Elder Australian Daughter who's visiting us just now. (Actually over for Glasto but pretending she came over only to see us.)

    As she is the Scrabble Queen and not only at our house, we searched high and low for one of our three known versions - very old, travel and slightly newer. But to no avail and all the local charity shops were useless as well. FFS does everyone hang onto their sets until Kingdom Come? So we'll have to slink off to WH Smiths to buy a new set. That's if they still sell games and newspapers and books, as well as shelves full of sweets and chocolate bars at bargain prices.

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    1. Tom Stephenson2 July 2013 at 02:02

      ZAX (a tool for splitting slate) is a useful high-scorer when you're in a tight spot.

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  3. A Heron's View1 July 2013 at 16:01

    For f'ks sake you are worse than me, I'm only slightly bonkers compared to you who has amended the lines from Amergin

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    1. Tom Stephenson2 July 2013 at 02:03

      Lines from Amergin? Please explain, then the message from the 'other side' may become a little clearer to me, all these years later.

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  4. Iris1 July 2013 at 16:22

    I've always hated scrabble. I can only come up with cat, rat, hat and fat.

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    1. Tom Stephenson2 July 2013 at 02:04

      Is there a German form of Scrabble? You might be able to create some wonderful 18 syllable words if there is.

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    2. Iris2 July 2013 at 09:26

      I just googled 'longest German word'. This is what it said:

      Grundstuecksverkehrsgenehmigungszustaendigkeitsuebertragungsverordnung

      Don't ask me what it means. I have a headache.

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    3. Tom Stephenson2 July 2013 at 16:40

      I just looked at the health warning on the tobacco I bought in Germany, and it contains the word, Durchblutungsstorungen. Now I know this has something to do with blood...

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    4. Iris3 July 2013 at 08:56

      Yes, this 'circulatory disorder/disturbance of the blood' can lead to all kinds of trouble. It can turn your hair blue in photographs and lead to erratic purchases of candlesticks. The hidden dangers of smoking! Tsk!! Who knew?!

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  5. Cro Magnon1 July 2013 at 21:17

    I refuse to play scrabble with Lady M; she always bloody wins.

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    1. Tom Stephenson2 July 2013 at 02:05

      Just put a mouse-trap into the bag. That'll learn her.

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  6. The Broad2 July 2013 at 07:45

    When I first came to England in 1980 and played Scrabble, my English in laws were arrogantly mean to me and didn't allow American spelling -- I would have won the game with the word 'ax' -- but was jumped on and told I had to have an 'e'. I gave in to the onslaught -- even though it's an
    American game by a fellow Connecticut Yankee.

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    1. Tom Stephenson2 July 2013 at 14:31

      These days, a Colonoial could use an apostrophe, as in Cun'. You can always tell a Southern ship-wreck when they scratch a message in the sand saying, "He'p!"

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