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The Tick is near and dear to my heart--but perhaps it's for the best. He would've whooped the competition unfairly, methinks.Let's shift gears and start the week with a game, shall we? No, not Texas Hold 'Em, 42, or even the Bathroom Tile Game (that's for another post). Have you ever played Balderdash? It's a great board game that uses real words that almost no one has heard of. Players are given the word without knowing the real definition. Each player then makes up a definition. Then all of the "definitions" are read--with the real definition slipped in somewhere--and players vote to guess the real one. It's almost always worth a chuckle or even a chortle. Other ways to play include guessing the plot to an obscure movie, based on the title only.
For example, if given the word "pettifogger," I might say that it is "a specialized tool to rid petticoats of bowl weevils." The real answer is that it is "a petty, unscrupulous lawyer; also, who quibbles over trivia."
We'll play the movie version soon, but let's warm up with the words. Come on, take a chance and play a nerdy thinking game! Ready? Good. I'll give a couple of words. If you play you can make up definitions for one or both; post them in the comments section. In a couple of days I'll give the real meaning. Yeeessss, I realize you can look them up, but where's your sense of fun?
Here we go: Word #1: farrago
Word #2: piebald
14 comments:
Farrago...I think that this was penned by an author trying to take a shortcut on the phrase "long ago and far away..." Instead we can just say Farrago.
Piebald...darnit, this is one that I actually know, but I need to move a bit more furniture around in my brain to find it.
Back to the superhero powers. Scarily enough, I have given way too much thought to this. My first thought was that I want Samantha's powers on Bewitched, but since she was a witch and not a superhero, I am guessing that she doesn't qualify. So second choice would have to be the WonderTwins. This probably goes back to some deep-seeded jealousy of my brothers, but I loved that they (the WonderTwins, not my brothers) fought against crime and evil as a team with such complementary powers and that they always had someone else to lean on for support.
Okay, too much deep thought on only one cup of coffee...
smiles!
^^yeah, and one of them always turned into a bucket of water...who wouldn't want that??
Ok...Farrago - a basil sauce served over pasta in North Dakota.
Piebald - a tounge in cheek type of dead pan humor.
How 'bout that? And yeah, I would want to have the power of American Maid...she hits people with shoes...I'd love to take someone out with a stilleto. That's AWESOME!
Wonder Twin Powers...ACTIVATE!
Form of....a blizzard
Shape of....a pepperoni and cheese hot pocket!
Those are great, Christi and Kara!
Wow...that would be one yummy and messy blizzard. Do you plan to take down villainous Vegetarian of Vengeance?
LOL! You two are killing me here! I am thinking that it must be about lunchtime!
farrago - the ability to turn oneself into a blizzard or hot pocket
piebald - the desire to hide your farrago abilities from the general public
LMAO...
Where Texans -and a few Okies - go each fall (located in Dallas), as in "It's off to the great State Farrago." Still pondering on piebald.
Ali - we married these guys on purpose. o_O It's a little frightening sometimes, eh?
piebald was a popular hairstyle in the late 1800s.
Farrago is the antithisis of nearnew.
"piebald was a popular hairstyle
in the late 1800s."
I am assuming that the hairstyle had nothing to do with being bald - otherwise you might have possibly offended Dave. Looking at his head in a few years and saying "pie" could be considered rude. And before any of you comment, yes this only affects Dave and not myself because I am not too proud to send Kara to the store for Rogaine!
piebald - the scientific "slang" for annoyingis fraternus. ie: Dan
farrago - what you mumble under your breath when reading piebald's posts
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