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When Keith arrived at the dictionary fight, he was horrified to discover that he’d picked up a comic book by mistake, and tried to explain things to Boot as she closed in; Boot, being the kind and understanding person that she was, told Keith that she understood the rather unfortunate mistake, then gently squeezed his head flat between the pages of her own dictionary, somewhere in the W’s, Keith thought as he blacked out.
August 9, 2008 at 9:26 PM ::
Scrabble with Boot is a lot like bringing a knife to a gun fight. The old nursery rhyme claims that words will never harm you, but this just isn’t true when it comes to fierce Scrabble competitors.
Keith on 08/09/08 at 09:29 PM ::
Hey, I’m sure I’ve lost 2 out of the last 3 games I’ve played*.
I’m also sure that if I did gently squeeze your head flat between the pages of my dictionary (which would explain the smudge in between ‘wane’ and ‘wax’), it was no doubt all an innocent mistake.
* Yes, I’m winning monstrously this time, but I don’t see that as relevant.
boot on 08/09/08 at 10:33 PM ::
Ah, hell. I was hoping that you were describing an actual fight to the death with a dictionary for each combatant, kind of like the one Kirk and Spock fought on Vulcan—only Kirk and Spock didn’t have dictionaries, of course. (Sing it with me now: “na na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na nanana, na nanana...") Nothing like hand-to-hand combat between fierce, erudite opponents.
True story, one that shouldn’t make me burst with pleasure or glorify violence, but, uh, it does: As a kid, Lloyd was tormented by bullies, in particular by one really nasty piece of work. Comes one summer where Lloyd hits his growth spurt, does a lot of biking and finally loses his baby fat. He goes to the library one day. Bully follows him in and taunts him as he usually does. Lloyd grabs bully by the hair with one hand, opens a drawer of the card catalog with the other, and, I kid you not, BEATS HIM UP WITH THE CARD CATALOG. Bully decides that maybe Lloyd is not the wisest choice of target anymore.
bakerina on 08/10/08 at 10:00 AM ::
So we might say he gave the bully his due by Dewey Decimating the guy.
And yes, every time I go into Scrabble battle against Boot I play the most famous combat music of all time.
I also rip open my shirt a little, for effect.
Keith on 08/10/08 at 10:14 AM ::
Nice. :)
I love the moment in Futurama where the crew is on Decapod X (Zoidberg’s home planet) and the emperor says “Please rise for our national anthem” and it turns out to be the famous ST combat music (fitting because Zoidberg has challenged Fry to a fight to the death).
bakerina on 08/10/08 at 10:30 AM ::
hehe.... that is a good one
Keith on 08/10/08 at 10:38 AM ::