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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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Farads do go well with a warm tesla
We haven't had eight words since last week.
Well, pen, I've got a new digital piano.
I thought all pianos were played with fingers.
They can be played with anything. Ask Liszt.
I play mine with a glass of cabernet
Both of ours when the neighbours are out
Have we run out of eight word topics?
Hardly, m'dear, there is much more to come.
Why are the voters of Hartlepool so stupid?
I don't know. Perhaps they just lost hope.
Hartlepool minus "h", "o", "p", "e" equals artlol
It could equally be interpreted as "a troll".
If they are anything like residents of Hooterville . . .
Is Hooterville the American equivalent of Ambridge, possibly?
This fist's takin' a one-way trip to Hooterville!
I have absolutely no idea what Tuj means.
I think Tuj wants to punch somebody's nose.
I thought it might be about Hooters restaurants.
[Bool] Ta! Didn't have the word count to
[Tuj] Yes, this eight word limit is rather
restricting. Is that what you meant to say?
[Softers] I think you've hit the nail on
The Head of Octology is not amused, unsurprisingly
[Rosie] Not really. It's a much sillier place.
An hour of Dutch conversation class. About Eurovision....
I have absolutely nothing to say about that.
There's no point to the Eurovision Song Contest.
An opportunity to indulge in mocking. Useful, surely?
Not when everyone else takes it more seriously.
Especially with the UK up its own arse.
We must keep up our nul points record!
You must be a supporter of Sheffield United.
I must stop finishing every glowworm. Bad habit.
This world does not have enough glow worms.
Hidden text I remember the first time I ever saw glow-worms which was in the USA somewhere near Cleveland and it was quite magical.
Glow worms are larvae of mosquito like flies.
[Rosie] No - oddly enough I'm often in Sheffield
Apparently there's a Sheffieldstraat in Rotterdam. Joins Glasgowstraat.
How on earth do they pronounce them, pen?
There's a Sheffield Road in Rotherham, as well.
Naturally. They are only a few miles apart.
Every South Yorkshire town has a Sheffield Road
Is that Yorkshire for "Every cloud... ...silver lining"?
Just checking: everyone had ice cream this week?
Not me. I'd rather eat nice juicy berries.
[pen] I indulged myself with an Oreo cornetto.
I ate lots of cookies, not ice cream.
For those that haven't, I had two yesterday.
Ice cream? I think I prefer a beer.
For your sanity, do not mix the two.
But, Frozen Pints sells Craft Beer Ice Cream.
Nothing would persuade me to buy that stuff.
Watching online graduation ceremony, end of week treat.
A treat but only up to a degree.
*clap clap clap clap clap clap clap*
That's a clap you owe us, CdM mate.
[Pablo] I guess CdM got rather clapped out.
I have a reputation to uphold.
Never mind. Gives me a couple extra to use here.
Surely the wordcount is not a transferable quantity.
I've just borrowed eight words for use later.
Roadworks outside my home office. No peace anywhere.
Ditto. Although my home studio is out back.
You mean you have to commute to Australia?
Out tonight. First time for 18 months. Wahoooooooooo!
Well go on, do tell (if you're back)!
Colleague moved nearby. Scones and tea au jardin.
My friend can't come see me this weekend.
Would it be terribly intrusive to ask why?
The statement begs the question in a forum.
She was not feeling well, so stayed home.
I think I got away with it. Hurrah!
No side-effects from second vaccination. Am finally double-Pfizered.
[pen] you did better than me with that.
Although that makes me wonder if it's working...
Weekend, folks! Plans? Good newses? Positive check-ins? Hurrahs?
Baroque concerts (hurrah!), taiko class, artistic composition class.
I loafed, ate chips, made jam, did ironing.
Loafed? A latter-day term for "ate bread"?
I've been double Pfizered. Felt blah next day.
[KagS] Good that you're done. I Pfelt Pfine afterwards.
Still three 'narf weeks 'til my second course.
Despite having had Covid, second jab also taken.
My jabs have matured, going to France tomorrow!
[pen] well done. We're in France in September.
I wouldn't touch France with a barge pole.
I wouldn't touch Poland with a French baguette.
An overbaked baguette is a pretty fearsome weapon.
But the penne is mightier than the sauce.
"Vermicelli"? Stringed instruments infested with rats, I'm told.
Pentre bach yng Nghymru yw Tal-y-ban.
Food crime: stabbed with a piece of Parmesan.
[Rosie] Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu yng Nghymru wgah'nagl fhtagn.
(Raak) If you say so, my good man.
[Rosie] Are you channeling Bluebottle, my good man?
(pen) Not consciously, m'dear, but as I heard it all first time round it could be in there somewhere, along with lurgi of course.
[Rosie] I guess that you have been sponned.
Yes, but I haven't fallen in the water.
[Rosie] Three moves at once. That's so Bohemian!
(Bools) Four, mate, positively Moldovan. Please keep up.
Dunno about you but I'm ready for autumn.
Are you feeling mellow and fruity, dear lady?
Harvest-fattened and mellow, if that's what you mean.
Should we interpret this self-assessment with satire?
Actually I've lost weight. Dog walking, smaller portions.
So your husky has shrunk in the wash?
No, I usually wear a Barbour for walking.
I walked to the barber two days ago.
So did I. And I regret it now.
Was the barber in Blaenau Ffestiniog or something?
[Rosie] Are you thinking of Shaun the Sheep?
[Rosie, penelope) Or quite possibly Shorn the sheep?
You will be slated for those remarks, ladies.
Always enjoy being recognised as a lady, Rosie :^)
Which definition of 'slated' Rosie? Uk or US?
(pen) UK. 'Twas a joke.. I dunno.. 'Dwn i'n gwbod.
[Rosie] I see. I'm Google Translate's best customer.
(pen) Cymraeg o'r Gwgl? Paid! Pentwr cachu ydy.
L' y'a longtemps qu'jé n'vos avais pon veu.
Colloquial Welsh is one thing, colloquial French another.
Ark at ee - out west's a proper job
I'd do colloquial Australian but no-one would understand
Ooh, I dunno, we've all watched Monty Python
All? Are you absolutely sure about that Rosie?
I can't help it if you weren't born.
Surely everyone knows about the dead parrot sketch?
T'was on the TV by the exploding penguin.
Penguin and parrot will be partners in mortality.
And dictionary neighbours, along with pangolin and panther.
Back to Blighty tomorrow. Mother's 80th. Family reunion.
Back home. Three days of cake and champagne.
Back on the lettuce and water diet, pen?
Were there any problems with the Covid passport?
None at all. Only Stena asked for it.
Terribly overexcited to see the fun continues online.
(nights) Reassuring isn't it? Great to see you
Builders building at eight on a Saturday. Sigh.
Lucky that you can find bnuilders since Brexit.
That's a huge finger you've got there, mate.
I only wish they were building for me.
nights, have you thought of selfbuilding with Lego?
That sounds like a dodgy euphemism to me.
Dodgy euphemism or not; a Lego house? Nah.
I dunno - tiling must be cheaper with Lego?
[Pablo] If you're only 18 inches tall, sure.
[pen] I am - I was struck by a lift
[Pablo] Oh. I was struck by a thought.
I hope you struck back with characteristic feistiness.
Happy New Year, Eight-word-smiths and all the others.
Happy New Year, let's hope it really is.
One week in. So how's it going, folks?
Not so good. My wife broke her foot.
Ouch. Limping along then. What about everyone else?
Feet are unbroken, but not a pretty sight.
[pen] now I have Covid, so not good.
Feet are mullered, but new insoles on order!
Mullered? Didn't know you were a German footballer.
[Softers] Bummer. Hope you don't get it bad.
[pen]how to compare? My throat was sore.
Hope the Covid afflicted are on the mend.
Still have a cough and feeling very heady.
How's everyone doing? Keep taking your vitamins, folks.
The best vitamin for remembering things: Vitamin B4.
Is that 'B4 I forget to take it'?
And more certainly B4 the best by date
Hurrah! I have tested negative. Hope it's over.
[Softers] Was that an LFT? Don't count your chickens...
[Pablo] Yes, three in a row, fingers crossed.
Hoorah, outbreak amongst colleagues. Obsessively testing daily, then.
Clear blue skies, sun shining, Friday. Deep joy.
Anyone want an NFT? Go on, take two.
(Bismarck) I must refuse because I can't funge.
I always thought fungible sounded a little racy.
Fungible - is that like mushrooms? I hate mushrooms.
*Cries and hides away in some moist woodland*
Fungible means "like a bogeyman" - so I'm told.
Is this someone who continually picks his nose?
If I could pick my nose, I'd choose...
Well I certainly wouldn't have chosen this one.
I would not have chosen that one either.
Michael Jackson picked his quite a few times.
Did he use a nosepick? Like a toothpick?
Colleague bought chocolate croissants. Return to office - hurrah!
Retired, one has to buy one's own cakes.
Still working from home. No sharing my chocolate!
Working from home alone four days a week.
[penelope] Chocolate croissants? A flogging offence, here, surely.
I believe they're export-only. Not for domestic consumption.
Or better to call them pain au chocolat?
With my coffee I had ginger cake today.
Had my first coffee of the year today.
You'll be needing more around half past October.
Nothing would happen in my classes without coffee.
Nothing would happen in my coffee without glasses.
Your week in eight words, I'll go first.
Cancelled trip home, booked another, still no rain.
Saw last half of “Tove”. Trains to blame.
Looking at lovely weather outdoors while working inside.
I'm a workplace agony uncle now, it seems.
Covid visited for ten days then thankfully left.
[Nights] Surely here's safe to share it. Do.
[pen] Kind, but this is my happy place.
Happy but difficult. I'm stumped on limerick lines.
There was a young lass here called pen.
Well that fails to help MY stumpedness, Rosie.
Who lived in a mill on the fen.
Eight words on a third line? No way.
We should try French. Full of silent letters.
She baked a vleestaart / van struisvogel en hert
En serveerde het met eieren van een hen.
Saturday morning snow. Not ideal for going marketwards.
We had a good snow shower here, too.
It was a bright cold day in April.
Where? Not here in Sheffield I assure you.
A story in eight words by Augusto Monterroso:
"When he awoke, the dinosaur was still there"
But the Spanish original is in seven words.
May the Fourth be with you, of course.
The fourth word of this sentence is "of".
The eighth word of this sentence is "anything".
The ninth word of this sentence does not
I contend that that is not a sentence.
The first rule of Fight Club is that
I've better - the secret of happiness is simply
Wait! Bismarck! Is there something important you wanted
I've never really got this game because everyone
[Chalky] Be like me. I don't give a
I'm from the police and I'm here to
One more cup of coffee can't hurt, eh?
Not with the sort of posts we're getting
There have been no posts for ten days.
There, two posts in just two days, wow!
The blind man has been. We have blinds.
I see, but perhaps the artisan does not.
That depends how well he drew them, innit?
If it wasn't for blinds, it would be...
...easy to see what the neighbours are doing?
...curtains for all of us, obvs. Oh dear.
You lot really are all a load of
Brilliant minds, as Phil was about to say
Well, another week has passed with many incidents.
Incidents? Tornado in Zierikzee (near mill), one dead.
Incidents- storm in Westminster, four resignations, nobody hurt.
Now we have fires all over the place.
Four more days of work, four more days!
I didn't know you were a fireman, pen
Give us back our ten days of holiday!
It is very quiet. Is everyone on holiday?
I am always on holiday. I am retired
We've had guests for the past three weeks.
I just can't imagine you as Basil Fawlty.
Would perhaps he be better as Manuel then?
Have you all read the manual? Good, good...
I will when I find the English bit.
Guests all gone. Back to normal. Never again!
Three guests gone yesterday, three more coming tomorrow.
Guest-free. Home alone. Feels a bit empty now.
Silence. His Majesty will now address the nation.
Hello nation. Get on your knees, you serfs.
It does all seem a bit old fashioned.
Yo homies, I's a-gonna reign and like it!
"M'sieur are you sad about ze Queen dead?" direct quote from one of my students
"Eh bien, ça va, mon petit choux, hein?"
There appears to be a plurality of cabbages.
[Rosie] That is because we are all heart.
That sounds like a very good bridge hand.
Are you talking about playing cards or snooker?
Could you please frame that question differently, possibly.
Actually, I think that I get the picture.
The picture I get is impressionistic at best.
Are you talking about Debussy or Monet then?
B flat is still B flat, you know.
Yes, even when the rent increases above inflation.
I'll end this week with eight words. Maybe.
I'll end this week with eight words. Again.
[pen] you seem to be a regular weekender.
[Softers] I do it every week. Don't you?
[pen] no real need since I have retired.
Shall we have a break from eight words?
We could try four. But do it twice.
Two words! Four times! Two words! Four times!
One.
Two, three, four, five, six, seven.
I'm sad we can't ever waltz in here.
Start!
One two three, one two three
Stop!
Waltzing, pen? I'd only tread on your toes.
[Tuj] Was that the minute waltz? Quite small...
The foxtrot, that's a short gait I imagine.
Repetitively, but without hesitation, the fox trotted overdog.
But what sort of fox was it, Bis?
An American cluster fox. It brings bad luck.
Failed. Not one mince pie passed my lips.
[pen] Not to worry, I had your share.
Mini ones are best - more pie less mince
Still haven't made any mince pies. Ruddy Covid.
This year, I propose that we try to...
Arrange a pilg. What sayeth ye, fellow humorists?
Is thou humouring us, Master Of The Rose?
I can barely master dandelions, let alone roses.
It has rained constantly, steadily, relentlessly, all day.
[pen] Lovely weather for this time of year.
[Pen] That's not the sea rising, is it?
Don't worry, Holland has plenty of good dykes.
I think you'll find they're actually called dijks
[pen] I was not thinking of water barriers.
[softers] I was ignoring your inappropriate thought processes.
We're moving to another street
All of you?
Such blatant numerical dissonance I have rarely seen.
Kentucky legislating to make pi equal four, maybe?
Pi was three point two in Indiana, 1897.
Ha! I remember when we had REAL constants.
Are you suggesting that current constants are imaginary?
[Chalks] Need to update my ancient Filofax then!
[Rosie] No, just variable, and hence not constant.
That seems to have successfully killed the conversation.
Then shall we start another topic of conversation?
I like hazelnuts. What is your favourite nut?
One without rounded edges. You can undo them.
Cashews are easily the best nuts in existence.
Cashews are not nuts, technically they are drupes.
Chocolate-covered brazils. But also walnuts. And peanut butter.
Only nuts in a date-nut-apple loaf are suitable.
[pen] Change of address is on its way
Are we forgetting pecans? Then shame on us!
Try writing while Chopin's Ballades are being played.
Shurely it depends on who is playing them.
Another month has passed, it'll soon be Christmas.
I'm thinking of a word beginning with P.
Pish! Prime persiflage partially precluding proper purple prose.
Cumulonimbus clouds can congregate continuously, causing certain catastrophe.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
Careful, I'll do one in Welsh - all Y's.
Yesterday your young yellow yaks yielded yummy yoghurt.
Perhaps people pursue pleasures precariously practicing private pilates.
Eight days a week. Eight words a month.
This game is, somehow, almost 17 years old!
Somehow [adverb] - in some way; by some means.
Well, well, well. How time does fly, then.
Especially when you don't log in that often!
I burnt my diary. Finally, something to write!
Check the beginning - look how young we were!
[pen] and quite funny back in those days
Are we not still young and funny people?
I am still. I don't move much nowadays.
I got older yesterday. Ate too much cake.
Proficiat! Just in time for the holidays, too.
Happy Belated Greetings dear pen - sorry I'm #rubbishonFacebook
Thanks Chalks. Baked myself a cheesecake to celebrate.
I've never had a baked cheesecake. Just refrigerated.
Cake's not real cake unless it's baked *controversial*
Baked then frozen, like Waitrose blackcurrant cheesecake. Wonderful!
Mmmm baking. But holiday is over, diet time.
There's much talk of food in this game.
I talk it more than eat it nowadays
In that case you should be on telly
[Rosie] When will autumn arrive? I'm too hot.
(pen) That's an unusual remark for a woman.
The heat in Louisiana has caused forest fires.
[Rosie] Most menopausal women chant that mantra incessantly.
[pen] Thought at first you meant KagomeShuko’s comment.
We should ensure to post every three days.
Done!
Well... you've done *something*, not sure it's enough.
I would say that it is heptaverbally deficient.
It's been eight days, people! Pay attention!
Supplementary-word-that-gets-us-back-on-track.
[pen] Sorry, what?
Gaaah! He's done it again!
I think CdM should be lynched tout suite
The weather has changed again, now it's raining.
The weather has changed again, now it's stopped.
The weather has stopped? Are you Chicken Licken?
I have just had a water meter fitted.
Saturday felt like August. Today felt like November.
[Rosie] For monitoring your use or your production?
"It is vitally important to get a receipt."
Here, the "p" is silent, as in bathing.
At my age a p is very frequent.
Just don't get yourself stuck in a q.
P before you get stuck in a lift.
There are more Qs in the ladies, though.
Speak nicely and mind your P's and Q's.
Eat "Ps" with honey; keep them on knife.
All we are saying: give "Ps" a chance
Wishing you a better 2024 than 2023 was.
Happy New Year, everyone! May we start the year as we mean to continue!
Does anyone here live in Pease Pottage, Sussex?
There once was a man from Pease Pottage...
Who lived in a tumbledown cottage (problem looming...)
His roof lay agape (Indeed. How to pad?)
In a circular shape (Just keep going chaps)
So heating consumed a huge wattage
...(The end.)
Nice to be back after a long absence
If only the server code wouldn't rot so.
Does it smell when it goes off, then?
What does bad code smell like? Suggestions please.
I have a bad code, maybe it is 'flu.
Let's have a toast to the absent members.
Is anybody absent? Would you make yourselves known?
I'm not here but I am all there.
I'm all here but I'm not all there.
I'm here, there and everywhere - like a beetle
Chalky, did you not really mean a Beatle?
Chalky works at least eight days a week.
That'll all stop when I'm sixty four, Pen
You'll be eight squared but I'm nine squared.
Eighty-one square feet? Bigger than I thought.
I'm 7.61577310586 squared. Still too long to retirement.
1966 in my view was a vintage year.
You're a rebel just for kicks now
Chalky, you rebel! Did you mean "You are"...?
[Chalky] Chalky! Welcome to the resistance!
And while we're about it have some capacitance.
There doesn't seem to be anything current here
I am still in shock from CdMalky's volt-face.
I do hope none of this is terminal.
Not likely. I'm now on a trans mission.
Watt are you all on about?
If you ask me 'tis a circuitous route indeed
Chalky, I see you are joining the wokerati.
Whoa! Karate can be a very painful pastime.
As is Farnarkling, so I have found out
Ignore the bolding....not properly awake yet begorrah...
Pablo! I didn’t know you weren’t Irish!
I'm not - don't know where that came from
Equally, I am not Welsh, indeed to goodness.
Neither I a Scot, hoots mon
Whereas I am half-Welsh and half-Scottish, Duw Duw the noo.
That places you in the County of Eee-by-Gum
Chalky! You've come so far. No backsliding!
I am divided into three halves, all non-English.
What's your definition of a half? Think again!
(pen) maybe Bismarck is including his other half.
Is it your round? I'll have a half.
This is obviously a game of two halves
Hidden textMy father once had a Latin teacher who said to his class "Will you be listening to me now? The whole of Gaul is divided into three halves." But Rosie was also correct.
Pure bred here. But no Kennel Club certificate
Does that mean that you can go dogging?
As my beloved dog died last week - no :^(
[Chalky] So sorry to hear that. :( Have a *hug*
Are you going to get a new one?
Thanks [CdM]. [RtG] very doubtful
Dog condolences, dear Chalky. Can't imagine losing ours.
My cat was seventeen yesterday.
Still going strong.
So you know its precise birth date, then?
It's her official birthday, I'll have you know.
I fear the worst. I don't fear the best.
My official birthday's in 2003 but nobody's fooled.
I can't be arsed. It's too bleedin' 'ot.
Conservatives collapse, Labour elected, Right Honourable Farage.
Well, now I want that F-bomb displaced off-page...
Happy
to
provide
some
assistance.
If there's one person you can count on...
Then it's that bloke who calls himself Abacus
My pal "Fingers" McLone is also very reliable.
I blame entropy. Always have done, always will.
[Superman] What gave you that random thought, mate?
Rogue alpha particle(s) emitted by kryptonite molecule, probably
Kryptonite's not an alpha-emitter. But booze is.
[Rosie] You're right. Apparently kryptonite emits 'vita' particles.
It's Kryp tonite but what about tomorrow nite?
[Rosie] Blud perhaps? Prediction is a mug's game.
[Pen] I find entropy's an easy woe target.
September, and onward towards winter chill and fog.
You'd think. Still sweaty and wearing shorts here.
This must be a most alluring sight, pen
It's still very hot in Southwest Louisiana.
One o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock. Mr Spock.
Hidden textI am unsure if that is 8 words or 14. Or 11. I have now also learned that in hide tags apostrophes do not work. Which means I sound like Spock.
Illogicality is the opium of the lazy mind.
Not if you try and elucidate its structure.
Does the sun know when it should set?
Whenever it gets that sinking feeling, I suspect.
Well, September at its end, winter upon us.
There is no winter coming soon in Louisiana.
The clocks have gone back exactly sixty minutes!
Not here, they haven’t!
They will soon, though.
No they won’t!
They go forwards at this season down under.
Correct! Because the earth rotates in the opposite direction.
Only because you're looking at it upside down.
Bloody snow, the very cheek of the weather!
The freakin' weather here cannot make up its mind.
Finally, my leaking roof is fixed. Touch wood.
My roof is tiles, not wood - so there.
Freakin' rodents in my house drive me crazy.
I've trouble with my mouse too. New battery.
At last the brandy butter season has begun.
My Christmas cakes are still demanding brandy tots.
Drunken young kids have no place at Christmas
As do Christmas cakes that make unreasonable demands.
They serve the Chieftan o' the pudding race.
Is that the first line of a poem?
No way, who'd start a poem like that?
My sources tell me that it's sick Burns
Read the poetry of his cousin 'Chinese' Burns.
I am popping by, just to say "Hi!"
Hi, thanks for popping in. Happy New Year.
This game always makes me want After Eights.
Surely we need a mint called Exactly Eights?
It'd certainly help me with my portion sizes...
Finished a tin of Quality Street. I win.
Is the prize a tin of Quality Street?
Sadly it's not, just Quality Street withdrawal syndrome.
What? Surely one cannot really withdraw from chocolates?
I heard some advice at bellringing practice today.
"You need another handful up your tail end."
Pull the other one, it's got bells on!
It is good to be back in the Morniverse.
Lola Violet's music makes me a happy person.
Parma Violet sweets make me a happy person.
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