Congratulations to Pinhead and a big WTG! for her win last week!

Remember that the week of Thanksgiving there will be no Sname Game so that players can relax and enjoy the hollidays. The week after Thanksgiving will be a topic that will pertain to each individual player's country. Should be fun!

So should this week, I hope.

Have fun and enjoy the game. Hope we have more players this week.

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If all the worlds wealth were divided between every man, woman & child
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$13 Million for every single Human....
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Sage, a silly question, but I see a bit of work for you in the scoring department this week. If you're cutting applicable entries in half, are you going to carry 1/2's on the scoreboard, so that if an entry is say, 7 letters, will it be 3 1/2 or rounded out to 4? If you carry the 1/2s, this should be a close week, and sounds like fun! Thanks.

BL

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Coffee, chocolate, men...some things are just better rich.

Food items
Any Native American Tribe. (guests) Remember, half score for tribes from the area.
People, places and things connected with the first Thanksgiging.

I have edited the rules because of a minor change.

To help explain the half score rule let me give you a couple examples:

XXXX - General food item. = 4 points
XXXXX - Name for same item at 1st TG = 2.5 points

XXXXX - General utensil. = 5 points
XXX XXXXX - Type of same utensil at 1st TG = 4 points

Does this help explain the rules for valid half point entries?

KL - The topic for the last week of November will be geared to each individual player's country. Sound interesting? You;ll have to wait to find out what it is. A little teaser. LOL

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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
Jewish proverb

[This message has been edited by Mamaja (edited 11-13-2000).]

Thanks for the explanation Sage!

Have a great week everyone!

BL

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Coffee, chocolate, men...some things are just better rich.

This week´s topic makes me think of all the yummy foods associated with it...my mouth is watering!

Mamaja---This is NOT a challenge (I repeat, not a challenge!LOL).
Although your entry for today has become a regular staple of Thanksgiving meals, it was most likely not a part of the original feast. Sweet potatoes, potatoes and yams had not yet been introduced to the region at the time.

Good luck everyone!

Now, I have a question to ask of all players. Partsdude's entry of "turkey" is general. It includes domestic and the other kind. Since the other kind is the type they had at the first TG meal, "turkey" should not be half score. What do you think?

Thanks for a great topic...I started reading something written about Thanksgiving this morning, and was astonished at some of the fallacies surrounding it, that I hadn't read before. (Of course, everything on the internet is not necessarily true)

Anyhow...great choice for the week!

BL

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Every Day is the Perfect Day to say Thanks!

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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
Jewish proverb

I know it's not Thursday, but.......
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OTHER WAYS TO USE THE THANKSGIVING TURKEY

*As a blunt object to fend off your pesky cousins with.

*As a projectile to throw at the TV after Kathie Lee says, "Aren't they a wonderful band!" for the 25th time.

*As a hood ornament.

*As a disguise so your ugly Aunt Harriet can't kiss you and say, "How much you've grown!"

*As a football for the after-meal game.

*One word... bowling!

*Fill it with whip cream - watch the fun.

*An unexplored cavern for the new Barbie.

*A visual aid to explain to children where babies come from.

*Bury in the yard; for future midnight snacks.

*If you're flying home, take the carcass as a carry-on. See what it looks like in the X-ray machine. Better yet, put it in a pet carrier and asked the flight attendant for some chicken feed.

*As yet another object to drop from the top of the dorm to test the range of the splatter upon impact.

*As a Christmas gift (avoid the holiday crowds this way!)

*As a doorstop to keep your relatives out.

*Makes a great doggie chew toy.

*Wear as a helmet, declaring, "I'm TURKEYMAN!"

*Before serving, paste feathers on the poor naked creature.

*Place a speaker inside the bird, and from another room, amaze your guests with this talking fowl!

*Throw the turkey out the window yelling, "You're FREE! Fly! FLY!"

*Two words: Turkey puppet.

*Toss the carcass into a turkey farm to intimidate next year's stock.

*Attach to a fishing pole, slowly drive around the neighborhood in the back of a pickup and see how many dogs follow you.

*From a concealed location, toss in front of a passing car. When they stop, run out screaming that they hit your dog!

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"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.".............
Dan Quayle

"Roasting was the way that the first ever Thanksgiving Meal was prepared. "

soorry about the mix up...ty

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If all the worlds wealth were divided between every man, woman & child
presently alive on the planet, we would all have $13 million a piece.
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$13 Million for every single Human....
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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
Jewish proverb

Sage--I´ve been working on the side selling tickets to a New Year´s Eve party I´m helping to organize, so my concentration is a mess these days. I completely missed my time slot yesterday, so I guess you´ll be giving me the default score. Hope to make it today...got my list all ready and everything.

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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
Jewish proverb

Can someone please stop Pinhead from winning...I would like to come back and still see my name at the top of the table....But, putting away my competative side...WTG Pinhead !!

Seeya all soon, Enjoy Thanksgiving and look out for the holiday snaps when I get back....

Sypher

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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
Jewish proverb

I´m reminded of the Friends episode when Monica and Chandler scared Joey half to death walking around with the turkey on their heads. LOL

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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
Jewish proverb

You didn't respond to Mama's query about 'lard', but it is believed that doughnuts (which originated in Germany), were brought to America with the Pilgrims. They started out as just fried balls of dough (fried in LARD), thus the name 'dough nuts'. Although there were no hogs at the time of the 1st TG, the lard would probably have been brought with them on the Mayflower (hopefully still fresh...yuk!) and probably would have been used in the preparation of certain foods.

BL

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Every Day is the Perfect Day to say Thanks!

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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
Jewish proverb