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Each Move Must Consist Of Precisely Eight Words
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Just as it says on the tin. What happens in the game may be debated in the game: perhaps it'll be a conversation, perhaps a word-limited reprise of various games we play, or whatever.
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Oh no they're not! He's behind you!
My attention has been diverted by a leopard.
Can't be me...my fursona is a skunk.
Speaking of which, how is Projoy these days?
Alive, AFAIK. Posts occasionally.
He's alive and well. We tweeted last night.
Is that what it's called these days, then.
[Rosie] I suppose so. *Tweets regularly and often*
Bloody Christmas muzak in all the shops already.
I wish it couldn't be Christmas every day.
"Sleigh bells ring, are you listenin'?" Cheeses, no.
Well, now I want to change the subject.
I don't like losing my voice, at all.
I've looked everywhere and can't find it, KagomeShuko.
Look! There it is! Go stop it, quickly!
It turned out to be only an echo.
to be only an echo. only an echo.
If only Monday was an echo of Saturday.
You can say that again, pen. Bloody traffic!
Decent covering of snow this morning. Now thaw.
(pen) Same here in the Elevated Surrey Desert.
House tidy, presents wrapped. Shame we'll be away.
Too late for any more Xmas shopping now.
Merry Christmas. Hanukkah's been over for a while.
Too many mince pies. I'm farting currants now.
This can only mean they pass through unchanged.
This is metaphorical of an esoteric spiritual truth.
I’ve had enough of unchanged raisins. Long story.
Today's positive: It's actually a sunny Monday morning.
The sun dazzled me whilst driving to hospital.
And yesterday was a sunny beaut. Today's glum.
The sun has got its hat on today.
The moon, though, is happy to parade starkers.
It is Mardi Gras season here in Louisiana.
All these days that turn into seasons... Sigh...
My car's MOT repairs will cost a mint.
I wonder if you drive a Volkswagen Polo?
Moving slowly in a high-speed train through France.
That’s quite some achievement. A real brake through.
Three inches of snow was all it took, Pen.
French snow falls in centimetres not inches, innit?
We're expecting snow this afternoon. Three centimentres, misschien
Meeting with lunch soon. Lunch yay! Meeting yuk...
Have we run out of eight word sentences?
[Boolbar] It doesn't matter. There are other ways.
Like two of four. That's the terse version.
Four of two, though, is taking the piss.
Is it? Should I? Best not. Bye now!
Extremes? Visited. Regrets? Pending. Steam? Out. Um. Of.
Watching University Challenge completely undermines my self-esteem.
I find Only Connect has the same effect.
For me it's just being alive! Oh well.
That's why I watch them when I'm ironing.
Tidily folded things means a small achievement achieved.
Clothes origami is more fun than it sounds.
Clothes origami is less fun than it sounds.
I was quick at origami. Like creased lightning.
Plenty ackers. Origami backwards is "I'm a giro".
I’m sitting in the car outside the windmill.
Memo to pen - next windmill with a garage.
I've just finished a 120-hour working fortnight. Ouch.
Not as painful as so many hours of job searching.
Don’t chop chillies and then poke your eye.
Nor peel potatoes and lacerate your finger.
Likewise, grated carrots should not be stained red...
Carrots never used to be orange in color.
So, I wonder, what colour were they, then?
Black and White, as was everything until 1936.
I think the colour palette also included sepia.
Nah, stuff just went brown with age, surely?
I wish that were true of my beard.
Odd. My hair greys but my beard blackens.
Pigment drains downwards. (Nobody look at their feet!)
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.
Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz. Innit.
I am jolly vexed with Scrabble rack NPFQUZG.
[Boolbar] Pug? Fun? Gun? Fug? Pun? Up? Gnu?
"Permanence" comprises all the eight principles of Yong.
I somehow think Boolbar was taking the piss.
There are over 300 American people named "Abcde".
I'd like to know how they pronounce that.
"Absidy" - Dave Gorman did a thing about it.
Ho! What news from Brecknock this fine morn?
I am up way too late, once again.
I woke early. Still managed to be late.
Americans say "It's five o'clock somewhere..." (then drink).
Seussical, Jr. was my local entertainment last night.
I woke up today full of Joyce's offspring.
Is it lunchtime yet? I'm flipping starving, mate.
One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Nine.
You've been promoted from Graf to Count? Congrats.
Four day week then a week off. Spiffing.
Working in the Lake District this week. Bliss.
I sweat like a pig in this weather
I went to work. Unexpected holiday. Came home.
I should be writing a paper for class.
[KagomeShuko] Write it in eight word chunks, maybe?
Unexpected holiday? Does not compute. 'Highly anticipated', shurly?
Another eight words for today. Here you go.
Has anyone here ever actually been to Bal-ham?
Gateway to the south where the honey's off?
The very place. There's a jazz pub there.
I've been to the city of Nashville, Tennessee.
And the next line of your song is ...?
A quiet week. Is nobody outraged at anything?
I reckon "Outrage fatigue" might be a thing...
I've been angry for two years and counting.
What were you before two years ago, pen?
An EU citizen with guaranteed freedom of movement.
(pen) We, by contrast, wear the Brexit straitjacket.
Brexit? Just don't get me started on that!
Steady Softers. I'm two years angry and counting.
What magic potion shall pacify thy troubled soul?
[Rosie] I'll have a gin and tonic, thanks.
I'm writing 20 Tweets. For work. Not fun.
I'm enjoying my new job - even the commute!
[Simons] You sound surprised! What are you doing?
[Pen] Technical writing, and surprised by the commute part.
[Simons] Describe the commute! You have eight words...
Two one-hour train journeys, relaxing, looking at trees.
Apologies for shouting - my bolding habit's rather ingrained.
We all get bolder with age. Nowt new.
A day of respite from the heat wave!
No respite from the canonisation of Gareth Southgate.
I wasn't expecting football to come home, TBH.
Football is not in favour of Brexit, obvs.
Who else is not going home anytime soon?
Well, for one there's the Spirit Mars rover.
Anyone having anything really interesting for lunch today?
Ostrich and walnut salad with a mint dressing.
My lawn has turned to concrete and straw.
Spotted it!!!

Wait. Wrong game; sorry.

As you were.
[CdM] The Bird awaits its game creation on OrangeMC.
They're summarizing films as limericks over on Reddit.
Meteorological records OK but it makes me knackered.
Awestruck ostrich. I like the sound of that.
Awesome sandwich. I like the sound of that.
Things are not as they seem, said I.
Maybe you are under the influence of substances.
There certainly seem to be some substantial influences...
I had an awesome cheesesteak the other day.
Thank goodness for the fact that interjections exist.
Are the influential influences influenced by influential fluids?
Why on earth do people buy bottled water?
For the free reusable bottle it comes with.
The tap water in Lake Charles tastes gross.
Tap water and you will make some ripples.
Was that an underwater tap for drinking from?
Hmmmm. More Brexit bollocks from Boris Johnson's pen.
There's no business like show business, except Brexit.
I haven't turned on my central heating yet.
I don't want to arouse my central heating!
*filth alert* Mine arouses itself. It's a bit of a wanker.
Mine arouses itself. It's a bit of a wanker.
Er, ignore the last entry.
Ignorance is bliss, or so they do say.
Fortunately, I have never heard that phrase before.
It's just a phrase I am going through.
But is bliss just a form of ignorance?
In the duty-free at Folkestone - the Chanel Tunnel...
Mmmm. Duty free? Are you in the future?
Duty-free was never abolished in the European Union.
Mmmm. Duty free? Are you in the future?
In the duty-free at Folkestone - the Chanel Tunnel...
But is bliss just a form of ignorance?
Certainly not - I know full well I'm pissed.
Well, now it's November, winter does draw on.
November? Already? It will soon be Summer again.
I wish you all a winter of content.
The government is collapsing all around us today.
The Prime Minister is lost in the Mayhem.
Rats that can't swim leaving the sinking ship?
Are Harry and Meghan's children the Brown Windsors?
May kicks the can down the road again.
Are we ever going to see pen again?
[Rosie] when she gets some Dutch courage maybe.
I suspect she contributed to the Almanac.
Please add a word of your choice, above.
acerbically
Foggy here and flights disrupted. I fly tomorrow :(
Indigestion. Rennies, orange flavour. All much better now.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Yamato! Taiko! Bang! Bang!
Is this a reference to your percussive abilities?
I was at a taiko concert on Saturday.
Brexit sounds like a breakfast cereal to me.
It sounds like a total disaster to me
Election's over - welcome to a brave new world.
Well, another month has passed without further comment.
Don't disturb us, we're aestivating. Takes effort, that.
Hello all. Long time no see. How's everyone?
Hi pen, we were pining for the windmills...
How can you mix up windmills and fjords?
Mrs Jowls did Finland. That is one way.
Pine. Pine, pine, pine, pine. Your turn now.
More likely to be clogging up the fjords...
I'd like a Norwegian car. A Fjord Escort...
Is that a spin off from the Hillman?
The Humber might have been a fjord once.
The Humber Super Snipe was a Ford once.
The Humber Snipe was delicious.
As a result, I have to do something with eleven words.
Shall we go back to the eight now?
Indeed, we should accord this game proper dignity.
Why not take a bath with a squid?
Excellent idea - someone pass the bath salts please.
Which clever clogs is hiding the bath pepper?
Not me. I do have the Bath buns.
While I have a model of Bath Abbey
Are you all members of the Ba'ath Party?
I'm one of the founders - an early Ba'ath.
Hello. Sorry I’ve been absent for so long.
Welcome back, then, Rab, pull up a chair.
Yes, I would like a cup of tea.
Treat it as cannabis and heat the pot.
Would you like one of my special cookies?
Why is Pablo dressed as a Guide Girl?
I think they are coming to get me
Haven't heard anything from rab - they got 'im!
I am not a Girl Guide - sod off
I now have Localised Surface Water Flooding Issues.
There's no snow here and I'm very happy.
Is snow normal at Christmas where you live?
Where I live, snow isn't a common thing.
If I recall, KS inhabits the Deepish South
Hidden textLaw of averages dictates that every now and then I'll actually end up with eight words
Yes, deep South of United States of America.
In Australia, they have the Deep North - similar.
Anyone for a game of ping-pong? *bounces ball*
Involving predicting when your microwave starts chucking up.
Visit Louth Pie Day dot com. Thank you.
louthpieday.com’s server IP address could not be found.
When I tried it it worked for me.
Sometimes our pies conflict with our cookies, presumably.
Please try loading Pies again. Better luck now?
Works. Who is this pie competition contact "xxx"?
[Superman] It might be me. I'm Madame Pie .
Let's throw, though, loathly thespians athwart Louth's pies.
Let's include as many th's as we can.
We'll spit out our pies with those ths.
Sorry can't oblige, because I have a lisp.
Shurely your pies are not actually spitworthy, pen.
Does twenty-six miles of pies make a python?
How many pies in a pylon? Anyone know?
Do pies belong in the Labyrinth of Nightmare?
Surely a pile of pies makes a pylon?
Pies fit for a king: cooked in pyrex.
I think that I shall self-isolate for now.
So how's everyone doing? Anyone working from home?
Yes, but since all the kids are here...
.....and some of them may well be mine.
Not likely. Should I send two on spec.?
I have no kids. I was channelling Boris.
Does anyone want sunflowers? We've grown too many.
Hmm. How does one transport sunflowers these days?
[Pablo] Quickly. Put your petal to the metal.
We've got spare sunflowers. Has anyone got room?
Couldn't you make cooking oil out of them?
I'm sure some hungry hamsters will enjoy them.
Goats love them so send them to Llandudno.
Llandudno. Post-apocalyptic goats make better job of it.
Llandudno. I bet you can't pronounce it properly
I'll put my money where my mouth is !
This may well cause you heavy-metal poisoning.
Still preferable to taking on a post-apocalyptic goat.
Goat in Welsh is gafr, the plural geifr.
In Dutch, geit is goat. Giet is pour.
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