I'm at my Mum's house in Caterham, Surrey, 20 miles south of London, for a few days. She plays Scrabble too. Last night I scored 543 - my highest ever total in a two player game – to my Mum's 269. I made three bingos (INDOORS/SCOP, AERIALS, WAISTED) and also scored 53 for QUIT/GI/AT with the Q on a double letter and the word doubled. I picked up all 4 Ss, as well as one blank, Z, Q & J.
Talking of the golden game, a couple of days ago I was in a London pub, where I happened upon a young couple hard at it. They were down to their last few tiles and only a few points separated them. I asked who had played the bingo (the rather nice DIVISIVE). The young woman declared it was hers, but asked me what I meant by a bingo. They didn't seem to know the rules very well, as she hadn't added a 50 point bonus to her score. This meant that her male counterpart couldn't catch up. I shouldn't have got involved...
(Will write a lengthy post next week.)
About Me
- Adrian
- Originally from Surrey in England, I have lived in Glasgow, Scotland, since 1990. I studied graphic design at Brighton Art School in the late 80s. I draw a cartoon strip about a fiendish feline called Devil Cat. There is a book of the same name available from Amazon, etc. I also sell greetings cards featuring this character.
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2 comments:
And when you were at Mum's house you were beaten into second place by Graham in a four-handed game!
Yeah, alright. He did get both the blanks though.
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