Scattergories

We used to play Scattergories ALL the time when I was a kid. I loved that massive dice and the fact that although it was stiff competition between me and my brother and sister, all 3 of us were better than any of our friends.
The rules got bent and elaborated upon, and we had to make it a little more antipodean, but it's just one of those simple addictive games.



I got this chain email with a Scattergories theme, and since I don't actually pass those kinds of emails on much, I thought I might post it on my blog.

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Use the first letter of your first name to answer each of the following. They have to be real places, names, things - nothing made up. Try to use different answers, if the person in front of you had the same first initial - which by the way is hard if you already have read their answers! You cannot use your own name for the boy/girl names.
1. What is your name? Lucy
2. A 4 letter word: Look! (also the name of my favourite book in Prep)
3. A Vehicle: Lexus
4. A city: Lismore
5. A boy's name: Lucius
6. A girl's name: Louise
7. Beverage: Lager
8. An occupation: Labratory rat
9. Something you wear: Lingerie
10. A celebrity: L.L Cool J
11. A food: Lychee
12. Something found in a bathroom: Loofah
13. Something you shout: LEFT!
14. Reason for being late: lateness in general
15. An animal: Lorikeet
16. A body part: Liver
17. Word/s to describe yourself: LOL-worthy

Who needs artists?

When you can find exquisite things like this growing on your passionfruit vine.




Just kidding, I know we need artists. I need one artist in particular...

Do you know what I hate?

Those awful passive-aggressive signs people make in publisher and stick up all over offices and school staff rooms.



I am a decent human being! Maybe I was just too busy to rinse my cup, or maybe I'm coming back in a minute.
Why don't you just go ahead and clean it for me while you're at the sink.



You know I'd do the same for you.

The 150 list.

Yes, it's another meme.

I somehow doubt I'll get all the way through by the time I'm 30.
40 maybe?

Bold the ones you’ve done.

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and didn’t care who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Taken a midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theatre
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married engaged!
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on a television news program as an “expert”
83. Gotten flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Passed out cold
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking with the windows open
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a TV game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for 30 hours in a 48 hour period
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. States
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life by not hitting them with my car.

(via Oh My Darlin')

66! Almost half way.

A Meme About Food

Just more of my attempt to get into blogging by starting off with Memes. I have so many ideas that I never blog!

Joe just farted.

We had a beach picnic at Lee Point today and it was a delight.

And now the meme...

Here’s what I want you to do:

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results."

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros (is this anything like muncheros?)
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses (I had to look; a pungent cheese from France)
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl (have had pumpkin soup in a sourdough bowl though)
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float (no, but I love ALL Spiders and am bringing them back)
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal (I looked it up, it's a curry hotter than vindaloo)
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/US$120 or more
46. Fugu (why would I eat something that might kill me?)
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV (probably)
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores (I know, born in the wrong continent)
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake oh yes! Tried churros this year!
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill (from the roadkill cafe)
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie (what is this? I want pie)
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky (I can't remember, but possibly)
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers (pansies, borage, nasturtiums, calendula, violets, lavender, roses....)
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

FEW! That took a lot longer than I expected. On the upside, I killed some time while awaiting my birthday.
Killing time seems a violent thing to do. Is there an alternative expression?

Meme

Here is a meme I got from Pip at Meet Me at Mikes.

Tell Me The Last Time You:
Swam: last week! At Florence Falls in the afternoon and at the beach at sunset.

Could Not Stop Laughing: With Sam and Sarah having a disco in the space in our house that is supposed to be a dining room.

Walked a Mile: this morning! Is 2.9km a mile?

Slept During the Afternoon: A couple of Sundays ago.

Picked Flowers: On friday to make a frangipani button for Gai.

Wrote a Letter: postcards? To the Melbourne kiddies. Does writing general information about crocodiles count as a letter?

Lay Down on the Grass: Playing with Valjean on the oval.

Ate Without Cutlery: This morning- eggs.

Gave Someone A Gift: last week - Naomi

Mixed a Special Drink for Yourself: Don't know! But Netty made coconut banana icy poles.

Watched Two Movies in One Day: Don't know that I've ever done this without falling asleep

Made Something With Your Hands: last week- Naomi's pencil holder

Counted Someone's Toes: Gus's toes (he has 10 by the way)

Talked on the Phone for One Hour : the other day, to Hannah.

Sat and Did Nothing : Just before I decided to do this blog.

Read Aloud: Last week I read The League of Geniuses to Bes. And I often read the NT News Txts 2 Da Editor aloud.

I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.

Take the Quiz here!