mc5 - The Furcation Game

Thanks for the 2 points :o) Do I have to figure yours out, now? (And yes, I thought Graziela was a girl, too)

Well, the Projoy Paradox still looked unstable, so I've had to refurcate the original. But the Blob Behemoth might threaten to overwhelm it in a move or two.

i Stratford	[Cast and weasels line up in 2 columns and begin courtly dancing, Lutenist calling out the dances] Lutenist:Weasels all, find thee a man to Start a 3/4-time Coranto! Now comes one that's really 'ard, Segue into a Galliard! Don't let either partner falter, As we start a quick La Volta End the way we all began, Finish on a brief Pavane! [All fall down exhausted] I thank thee, noble weasels, for thy pains, Including that one, tied up in his reins. For I dost need the practice, ere I sing Before our noble master called the King. Graziela: I'faith? Art thou assigned to play your tunes At Castle Drogo, for our king? Eftsoons You'll be there, like the lord of light thou art, I'll speed you there in this, my weasel cart!
ii Oh Yes It Is!	Prince Charming: As I was saying, o fair Graziela, I wish for your hand in marriage Graziela: O fair Prince, how romantic. When shall we be married? Boleti: He doesn't want you, he wants to marry your hand. Prince Charming: But what about the rest of her body? Azulejo: I say boys'n'girls, if the rest of the body shows up, you will shout "It's Behind You", won't you? Graziela: Do you take me for a fool, sir? Prince Charming: I want to take you for my wife Boleti: Same thing. Prince Charming: You are close to an idiot! Boleti: I am? [takes a step back] Graziela: Enough of this. We'll need permission from my father, whose land is currently being ravished by a vicious flame-spouting dragon that cost a packet in special effects. Let's go off and tell him.
iii Fork Charm 48	James Bond on Mary Whitehouse, reversing. [Blob] Nice move!
iv reverse Comment to Projoy	[Projoy] It's really the simple minimalist elegance of your move, in the manner of Mies van der Rohe and Kasimir Malevich that freaks me out.
v Small Earthquake	Overinflated
vi Sound Charades	OK. [matt] Is it The Swede Smeller's Excess = The Sweet Smell of Success? I figured "Smell" was right, and then went through all the smelly films I could think of. [rab] Hmm, not sure. Is it maybe Signs = Sines?? Prob'ly not. (PS. good clue)
vii Limacres	I'll start with an easy rhyme, this time. I once heard a fishmonger say:
viii 10,000 Celerity CD's	9,998 VW Golfs
ix Nostalgia for Last Week	Ee, I remember when all the kids were copying David Beckham's Cornrow hairstyle and listening to Girls Aloud, by eck, those were the days.

I see all these rows have different colours, but I can only see a dull brown on N4.

rab

[MF] Hurrah! I think at about one move a week, and we might be able to keep up the suspense. By the way your guess on my charade was correct. Well done. (But is it right to say this here, or must it be played as part of The Game?).

Martha

It's still going faster than the original Stratford or Oh Yes It Is games did. :o) I didn't think I was right with Signs - I toyed with Russian Arc for ages, knowing you'd seen it. And I don't see what's wrong with commenting on the games down here, it happened all the time in Acre St. IIRC

rab

It's not so much commenting on The Game itself, more that my comment about the charade could be construed as being part of The Game, and so really ought to be played as part of it. I don't know. Maybe I'm taking this too seriously!

rab

... all of which means it's presumably either matt or Projoy's turn. Blob, I believe, is on holiday, and so it might be nice to squeeze in a couple more furcations in time for his return.

matt

i
Stratford

[Exeunt]

Act I, Scene 2

Castle Drogo. Enter King Syze, his daughter Meediam, Peugeot the Fool and assorted courtiers

Princess Meediam: Honoured father, why mayn't I perchance
Acquire a consort for thy Floral Dance?
Peugeot: Hark thee now, sirrah, to this silly bint
Fruit of thy loins -- and wit of thy loins it seems
Who craves for suitors at thy birthday stint
As Bob the Dog doth crave for Custard Creams

ii
Oh Yes It Is!

Prince Charming: Tell him? Doesn't he already know that his land is being ravished by a vicious flame-spouting dragon that...
[Graziela slaps him]
Azulejo: Welcome to married life, Prince!
Graziela: [to Azulejo] You can shut up for a start.
[to the Prince] No, my love, tell him he's going to gain a son.
Prince Charming: Your mother's pregnant?
[Graziela sighs heavily]
Boleti: [to Graziela] Not the sharpest tool in the box, is he?

iii
Fork Charm 48

Old Kent Road, putting all Monopoly stations in strick. [Blob] Hurrah!

iv
Reverse Comment to Projoy

[Projoy] Who could fail to salute such a move? The Earth and Sky do bow down before its magnificence! The bones of the Hell-Hounds tremble to see such a move dawning upon the Earth. In the face of such brilliance what remains to be done? Nothing!

So that's what I'll do.

v
Small Earthquake

Bald

vi
Sound Charades

[Martha] Spot on. Wot, no charade? Well, in the meantime, scrape the bottom of the barrel with this (which is both rubbish and offensive, and won't even be topical for another 6 months):

Inscribed in hieroglyphics on the tomb of Thutmos III: Book & Film, 5 Words

Trinny: Dear God, Susannah, I don't know how much more of this I can take!
Susannah: I know, darling, I know. Believe me, I've been celibate since Spring/Summer 2002, I know the price of fashion.
Trinny: Ever since sodding Lagerfeld went on his "Convent" kick we've all had to abstain from, well, you know what, and by now I'm climbing the bloody walls! If it goes on much longer I'll have to run amok with an axe!
Susannah: Just hang on a little while, the 2004 collections aren't far away and my spies in the couture houses tell me it'll be all-change this autumn.
Trinny: You mean...?
Susannah: Yes, my dear. Praise be to God and Coco Chanel, next season we'll be saying goodbye to primly-artificial sexual frustration and a grateful hello to...

vii
Limacres

"It's time that I came out as gay

"As a soldier in old Mandalay,

viii
10,000 Celerity CD's

9,997 Portmeirion umbrellas

ix
Nostalgia for Last Week

Girls Aloud? Eee bah goom, you were lucky! In my day theer was nothing to watch all dee long but Big Brother, and we only got to see that if us'd been top on Celebdaq. We'd've killed for Girls Aloud ginna chance.

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Tasting Notes

This one has a remarkable nose, oozing with strawberry shortcake and parma violets, then really hits the back of the throat with the rich lushness of steak tartare and elderflower before a lingering ketamine and marjoram finish with notes of rutting mink. Well worth 17 points in anyone's book! (Available in limited quantities from Oddbins and selected branches of Homebase.)