Scattergories

hoodwinked

After hours settle a debate please....


we were playing scattergories tonight and while on the letter M the topic was "things that fly"....


so i said Monkey's as in the flying monkeys in the wizard of Oz....

My husband claims they don't exist and therefore are not a valid answer, i say they are a character and thus can be used..... there is only the two of us so we are at a stalemate and tempers are flaring...:mad:

we lost the rulebook so please after hours is this a valid answer?

My name is URL

Kinky

hoodwinked

No

For the record we've seen this but it doesn't clarify if its an acceptable answer or not

Scattergories Game Linked to Double Homicide
Posted on February 3, 2012
Questionable Response to “Things Found in the Sky” Blamed for Bloodshed

Police in Yardley, Maine, have linked the town’s first double homicide in more than three decades to a game of Scattergories gone wrong, police chief Michael Gray announced at a press conference Friday morning.

The victims, Anne Pemberton, 30, and Jason Valley, 34, were found dead Tuesday night inside a residence on the 400 block of East Prairie Lane in the normally quiet community of Pebble Way. Police said the cause of death in both cases was a single gunshot wound to the head.

Pemberton’s fiancé, Craig Rhodes, was arrested late Thursday and charged with two counts of first-degree murder. “Based on evidence collected at the scene and statements from the defendant, we have established a clear motive for this heinous act of violence,” Chief Gray said Friday. “Rhodes shot both victims following a heated debate over a Scattergories response, marking Maine’s first case of board game violence for 2012.”

Billed as a “fast-paced word game,” Scattergories challenges players to name objects within a set of categories that begin with a certain letter. For example, a girl’s name, an article of clothing and a professional sports team each starting with the letter L. One point is awarded for each correct answer, unless duplicated by another player.

According to an affidavit of probable cause, the shooting took place at the Valleys’ home during their weekly board game night with their neighbors, Pemberton and Rhodes. What started as a friendly get-together turned sour as the players shared their responses for “things found in the sky” beginning with the letter M.

The affidavit states that Rhodes responded “moon,” and the Valleys each responded “Mars.” But it was Pemberton’s answer “monkeys” that sparked considerable debate. Court records state that Rhodes challenged his fiancée’s response. However, she insisted it should qualify, using the flying monkeys from The Wizard of Oz as the basis of her argument.

“Mrs. Valley agreed that the answer was valid, leaving Mr. Valley with the deciding vote,” Chief Gray said. “When he sided with both women, Mr. Rhodes became enraged.”

Already incensed that his fiancée had criticized his earlier answer of “Flavor Flav” in the “heroes” category, Rhodes reportedly hurled his answer board across the room and screamed “I quit,” an act which experts say normally precipitates board game violence. His anger escalated when he realized the other players planned to finish the game without him, meaning his fiancée would retain her point for “monkeys.”

Once taken into custody, Rhodes confessed to shooting his fiancée and Mr. Valley with a hunting rifle, Chief Gray said. Rhodes is being held at the Yardley Correctional Center and is expected to plead guilty at his preliminary hearing February 10. As police escorted him into jail Thursday night, Rhodes told reporters, “I never intended to hurt anyone. I loved my fiancée more than anything in this world. But monkeys in the sky? Come on.”

tl:dr = guy killed three people over flying monkeys answer in scattergories

http://missjennybird.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/scattergories-game-linked-to-double-homicide/

fasttalkerchat

Atari Jaguar

Its not a valid answer.
Neither is pigs.

Ilik Urgee

Atari Jaguar

It'd be a shame if the poll threw up same percentages on all three options;););)

hoodwinked

No

Ilik Urgee wrote: »

It'd be a shame if the poll threw up same percentages on all three options;););)

i hope not we are at war here

Pushtrak

hoodwinked, you can't vote unless your husband has an account and votes too. After all, both of your votes cancel, so it's up to boards users now.

hoodwinked

No

Pushtrak wrote: »

hoodwinked, you can't vote unless your husband has an account and votes too. After all, both of your votes cancel, so it's up to boards users now.

shhhhh i was hoping nobody would notice! :pac:

Kylo Ren

wtf is Scattergories.

Pushtrak

Keno 92 wrote: »

wtf is Scattergories.

A ****ty category game I guess.

hoodwinked

No

Keno 92 wrote: »

wtf is Scattergories.

Scattergories is a creative-thinking category-based party game produced by Hasbro through the Milton Bradley Company and published in 1988. The objective of the 2-to-6-player game is to score points by uniquely naming objects within a set of categories, given an initial letter, within a time limit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scattergories


Its a brilliantly fun game! except when things like this happen....

3ndahalfof6

No

Pushtrak wrote: »

A ****ty category game I guess.

Pac field.

Micky Dolenz

Why don't ye do fun stuff?

Tombi!

Atari Jaguar

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Why don't ye do fun stuff?

Have you seen what she looks like? There's a reason they don't do anything fun. :pac:

Anyway, OP no, it wouldn't count to me. Maybe under "F" for "Flying monkeys".

hoodwinked

No

Brutal Deluxe wrote: »

Anyway, OP no, it wouldn't count to me. Maybe under "F" for "Flying monkeys".

so you agree monkeys fly then?

hoodwinked

No

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Why don't ye do fun stuff?

we tried scrabble, it ended in tears....

Jukebox on triple word score

Micky Dolenz

hoodwinked wrote: »

so you agree monkeys fly then?

Conclusive evidence that they don't

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpxjuBmuwkU

--Kaiser--

Atari Jaguar

hoodwinked wrote: »

After hours settle a debate please....


we were playing scattergories tonight and while on the letter M the topic was "things that fly"....


so i said Monkey's as in the flying monkeys in the wizard of Oz....

My husband claims they don't exist and therefore are not a valid answer, i say they are a character and thus can be used..... there is only the two of us so we are at a stalemate and tempers are flaring...:mad:

we lost the rulebook so please after hours is this a valid answer?

I can't believe you think you are right in this scenario. Are you completely irrational or just insane?

MadsL

Since when did we get pie charts!!

I like pie!

nocoverart

Scattergories? can it run Crysis?

EoghanIRL

Atari jaguar.

seven_eleven

Am I the only person imagining big splatters of **** all over the place?

Pompey Magnus

Atari Jaguar

If the topic was "Stone Age technology" would you accept "Woolly Mammoth Vacuum Cleaners" because Wilma Flintstone had one?

Fr_Dougal

hoodwinked wrote: »

After hours settle a debate please....


we were playing scattergories tonight and while on the letter M the topic was "things that fly"....


so i said Monkey's as in the flying monkeys in the wizard of Oz....

My husband claims they don't exist and therefore are not a valid answer, i say they are a character and thus can be used..... there is only the two of us so we are at a stalemate and tempers are flaring...:mad:

we lost the rulebook so please after hours is this a valid answer?

Thinly veiled 'my marriage is falling apart' thread...

Capt'n Midnight

There are such things as flying lemurs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_flying_lemur
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunda_flying_lemur


No need to tell hubby that they aren't lemurs and don't fly




Close enough :cool:

FoxyVixen

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

There are such things as flying lemurs

Technically they glide not fly, so nope :P

lahalane

Atari Jaguar

But then you might have to accept a lot of animals. Dumbo means elephants can fly. Surely dogs and cats have flown in other movies. Its madness. Crazy. I say nay.

Ruudi_Mentari

Keno 92 wrote: »

wtf is Scattergories.

is like a rlly gory story from which people tend to scatter

or at least cover their ears. eyes...

9959

What happened to good old fashioned 'makin' whoopee', or better still, that other old reliable, 'Cluedo'.
Mrs.Hoodwinked stabbed Mr.Hoodwinked to death with a plastic spoon following a contentious game of 'Scattergories' in the holiday caravan in Kilmuckridge.

Residents of the 'close knit' community were shocked to hear the news:
"Nobody comes here in summer anymore, so why anyone would want to spend time here in March is beyond me", simpered 'Father Simper' the local parish priest in his inordinately large living quarters in Dublin.

im invisible

I heard World War 1 started over a game of Monopoly

mickstupp

No

Well I seen a horse fly
I seen a dragon fly
I seen a house fly

But I've been, done, seen about everything
When I see a elephant monkey fly

9959

im invisible wrote: »

I heard World War 1 started over a game of Monopoly

No, that was the first Gulf War where Saddam - Lord rest his soul- tried to put his little green house on Kuwait.

hoodwinked

No

Pompey Magnus wrote: »

If the topic was "Stone Age technology" would you accept "Woolly Mammoth Vacuum Cleaners" because Wilma Flintstone had one?

Yes i would allow that, it exists, better than his "equal number of players" for the letter E on "things at a match" :mad:

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

There are such things as flying lemurs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_flying_lemur
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunda_flying_lemur


No need to tell hubby that they aren't lemurs and don't fly




Close enough :cool:

He's reading this thread so that won't fly with him.....

lahalane wrote: »

But then you might have to accept a lot of animals. Dumbo means elephants can fly. Surely dogs and cats have flown in other movies. Its madness. Crazy. I say nay.

i'd accept Dumbo for D i have before and he's taken it!!!

im invisible wrote: »

I heard World War 1 started over a game of Monopoly

after this i can see why..... Its the morning after and he's still not finding my throwing 'flying monkey' into every sentence i say funny....

I think he should give it to you.


And in reference to your OP, no, sorry. Shudda said magpie.

9959

Deleted User wrote: »

I think he should give it to you.


And in reference to your OP, no, sorry. Shudda said magpie.

Not bad, but you've had eleven hours to think about it, hope I never have to stand behind you in a queue at 'Burger King'.

9959

9959 wrote: »

Not bad, but you've had eleven hours to think about it, hope I never have to stand behind you in a queue at 'Burger King'.

You callin me fat?

corktina

standard way to resolve such as dispute is to tip over the board and storm out, no sex that night, make up in the morning, burn game.

Capt'n Midnight

FoxyVixen wrote: »

Technically they glide not fly, so nope :P

Like I said

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

No need to tell hubby that they aren't lemurs and don't fly

Capt'n Midnight

Here's a monkey that nearly flew
http://www.thejournal.ie/man-monkey-pants-airport-india-590765-Sep2012/










But thanks to the Daily Mail we have a winner - Bili the bonobo

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1126657/Baby-monkey-given-seat-plane-human-passengers-flies-Germany-meet-new-mother.html

Bili the bonobo chimp left fellow travellers bemused as he settled down in his own seat with a one-way ticket to a new life at a German zoo.

The three-month-old ape had his own animal export documents for the Lufthansa flight from Birmingham to Frankfurt but was given a special pretend passport complete with his name and picture.

apes aren't monkeys but what do you expect from the Daily Mail

Ghost Buster

No

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

Its not a valid answer.
Neither is pigs.

Unless they are pigs or monkeys of the flying variety.
Can you prove that flying pigs and monkeys DONT exist?
Youre so closed minded.
Yours
Andy Theist

hoodwinked

No

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Unless they are pigs or monkeys of the flying variety.
Can you prove that flying pigs and monkeys DONT exist?
Youre so closed minded.
Yours
Andy Theist

Thank you im so using this logic.....

Queen-Mise

Decide if you can put fictional characters/things/places in first before you begin playing....

If yes, then it is allowed...
If not, then it is not allowed....

If it had been another fictional character would it have been allowed. And flying monkeys were on Graham Norton last week - so yes should be allowed.

hoodwinked

No

Queen-Mise wrote: »

Decide if you can put fictional characters/things/places in first before you begin playing....

If yes, then it is allowed...
If not, then it is not allowed....

If it had been another fictional character would it have been allowed. And flying monkeys were on Graham Norton last week - so yes should be allowed.

We did/do allow fictional characters he used them previously



I want to play again tonight so lets see if he'll go for it....he'll probably run screaming and go build his lego X-wing....

Queen-Mise

hoodwinked wrote: »

We did/do allow fictional characters he used them previously



I want to play again tonight so lets see if he'll go for it....he'll probably run screaming and go build his lego X-wing....

Well then he can go and jump of a high bridge.... Idiot :pac::pac:

Last question - do the flying monkeys in Oz actually fly? Do they have wings or do they fly magically or something.....

Capt'n Midnight

Queen-Mise wrote: »

Last question - do the flying monkeys in Oz actually fly? Do they have wings or do they fly magically or something.....

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Capt'n Midnight

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

But...wings, dude

Capt'n Midnight

Deleted User wrote: »

But...wings, dude

How do they work ?

If you look at any classical representations of Winged Monkeys they look like they have a very high wing loading, probably higher than the 196Kg per m2 of a Messerschmitt Bf109

In the Wizard of Oz (1939) they had a very low beat rate and rate of travel was well below the accepted stalling speed of the aforementioned interceptor. And as for them being able to manage a sustained output of 344 W/kg they'd be sweating buckets. It works out at something 295 calories per hour per kg and that's if they aren't on an abduction mission.


So remind me again how their little wings work


and don't get me started on their lack of muscles in the appropriate areas

im invisible

Bumble bee, you can't explain that

stoneill

No

http://rlv.zcache.com/flying_monkey_party_personalized_invitations-ra1abb405425a425d97e4ffc82991861f_8dnmv_8byvr_325.jpg?bg=0xffffff

Capt'n Midnight

im invisible wrote: »

Bumble bee, you can't explain that

A very old model couldn't explain them.

Vortex lift is what keeps them in the air,


that and beating their little wings a brazillian times a second

Capt'n Midnight

Wizard of Oz just started on Film 4 for those who want to do research