THE BALDERDASH BLOG!: So, I guess it's my turn...

And the word for this round is...

skimmington

And here are your choices:

1. Someone who is not good at surfing. - Dave -- Melanie

2. A game that used to be played in town squares every Spring, involving an English Game Hen being chased by newlywed couples with homemade nets. - Becky -- Sue, Aunty Margaret, Dave

3. A strange punishment by beating actors with spoons. - The Real Answer -- Reagan

4. Birthplace of David Ieke, British Greenpeace leader as well as investigator of who and what really is controlling the worlds reptiles. -Aunty Chris

5. See page 143 of the Kama Sutra. - Trav

6. A town in northern California that became famous for sheltering alleged witches during the Salem witch trials. - Melanie

7. Part of the original lyrics of skinnamarink. Producers of The Elephant Show found the flow of the song to be off and changed it from skimmingtonrink-a-dink to skinnamarink-a-dink. - Cindi

8. Compulsive teller of half-truths. - Sue -- Becky, Cindi, Trav

9. Person responsible for keeping mushroom soup at the Campbell's Soup factory skin free. - Jonathan

10. Someone who sells second hand goods, or sells what he has bought wholesale for retail. - Aunty Margaret -- Jonathan, Aunty Chris

11. The name of a certain wrist motion practiced by cosmetic surgeons that evenly removes fat deposits during liposuction. - Reagan

How To Play

The order for whose turn it is to pick a word to define will be in the sidebar under the heading "Who's playing?". When it's your turn, your name will be underlined, and in bold capital letters. If it is your turn, find an obscure word for everyone to try and define and make a post with just that word and your email address on the Balderdash blog. If you have the Balderdash board game at home, that's even better, because you can just pick one from there. Everyone else will have a day or two to send you an email with their made-up definition. After the time is up, you edit your post, listing all of the definitions, including the right one. Make sure that you aren't writing names on them, and try to fix any spelling or grammatical errors so everything is consistent. And then everyone will write a comment and vote on which one they think is the right one. You get one point if someone guesses yours, and two points if you guess the right one. There will be a tally of the points in the sidebar under "Who's playing?" (I can keep a tally of the points). We'll set a date that each game goes for, and at the end of that time frame, whoever has the most points WINS!

Sounds great, right?

Don't forget how the points work:

1 point to each player for every vote of his/her definition.
2 points to a player chooses the real definition.
3 points to the reader if no one chooses the real definition
3 points if someone submits a definition similar to the real one.

30 comments:

Anonymous December 30, 2009 at 1:46 AM: You guys might be right. For how often I'm online, this is going to seem to take forever. Thursday. Bah!
Trav December 30, 2009 at 7:15 AM: it's only thursday because half of us are gonna be at the gathering today. us included. sorry buddy. i'm sure it'll be better after this one.
Becky December 30, 2009 at 8:41 PM: Man. Is it just me, or was coming up for something for that one BRUTAL? Maybe I'm losing my touch... Cause I'm gonna forever stink at coming up with definitions on the fly now that I've had the luxury of days to think of something.
Jonathan December 31, 2009 at 9:06 AM: Done and done.
amanda December 31, 2009 at 9:55 AM: thanks to all who have sent me there answers...still need three peopleCarrie, Paco and Ang) and then I can post them...
Becky December 31, 2009 at 12:10 PM: Ang has no internet right now.
Becky December 31, 2009 at 3:03 PM: Five. Waiting.
Jonathan December 31, 2009 at 3:18 PM: I vote #10.
Sue December 31, 2009 at 3:45 PM: I vote for # 2
Becky December 31, 2009 at 4:38 PM: I vote for number eight.
Becky December 31, 2009 at 4:39 PM: Mom votes for number 10.
Cindi December 31, 2009 at 7:16 PM: i vote for 8
Margaret December 31, 2009 at 8:38 PM: I really want to vote #7.
Skimmintonrink-a-dink! Hilarious! OK. Seriously. I haven't got a clue. One or two are just too crazy, but a few of them could be true. I choose #2.
Melanie December 31, 2009 at 9:00 PM: Aw crap. I don't know.

I'm going to say 1. Just to be contrary, and because it made me laugh.
Dave December 31, 2009 at 10:05 PM: I vote #2....I think...yup, #2 it is.
Trav December 31, 2009 at 11:19 PM: trav says 8. but part of me wants number 5.
Sue January 1, 2010 at 7:06 AM: What a bunch of decisive people! We should all be politicians!!!
amanda January 1, 2010 at 3:06 PM: can someone get Reagan to vote? then I can post the results.
amanda January 1, 2010 at 4:29 PM: results will be up later tonight...i'm heading to martensville
Melanie January 1, 2010 at 6:55 PM: Calling Reagan.
Anonymous January 1, 2010 at 7:08 PM: Right, forgot about this thing.

Uuuh, 3. Mostly cause I laughed at the thought of some short fat dude hitting Bradd Pitt in the forehead with a spoon.
Unknown January 1, 2010 at 8:43 PM: Ohhh jeez. I forgot to play. I was so busy getting ready to go to a friends for New Years. Ohhhh well.
Becky January 1, 2010 at 9:12 PM: K. I wanna see that card. Because that answer is not grammatically correct, which is the reason I immediately ruled it out. We have to copy definitions word for word, yes?

I know some people play that you can mess with the real definition, is that how we're playing, or was that a typo.

I was SO determined to pick the right answer this time. Dang it.
Becky January 1, 2010 at 9:14 PM: Also, I CAN'T believe I voted for Aunty Susan. My archnemesis.
Becky January 1, 2010 at 9:19 PM: I am BRINGING it next round. BRINGING IT.
amanda January 1, 2010 at 9:25 PM: I did copy the card word for word. I unerstand what you mean about the grammer though.

I shouldn't have been nice and waited for Reagan...I would have got some points otherwise. I guess I'll have to be meaner next time!
Sue January 1, 2010 at 9:38 PM: Thanks Becky LOL i voted for yours so I guess we're even . Except that I am still ahead of you!!!! :)
Becky January 1, 2010 at 10:21 PM: Dumb card. Oh well. I probably would have voted for Aunty Susan anyways. Who totally just rubbed it in. Which only fuels the Balderdash fire raging inside of me.

I wonder if it's possible that I am taking this game way to seriously?

Nah.
Anonymous January 1, 2010 at 11:29 PM: HA! Can't believe I was right. Look at me and my bad self. /flex.

(I'm normally rather bad at this game, so this could be all the points I will ever get.)
Unknown January 2, 2010 at 5:27 PM: Oh man, I love this conversation. Auntie Sue is Becky's nemesis. FANTASTIC. Really great.

And Reagan, you're definition? Gross.

How is it that I can never believe it's the right one? But again... I can't believe that's the right one!! D:

So, I guess it's my turn...

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