I hope you like the topic for this week. Tell everybody about it. I believe a lot of people will be interested in the topic.

You know what this thread is for, go for the Gusto!

[This message has been edited by Sagebrush (edited 02-24-2001).]

Baglady - congrats on your win. (On the outside I'm being polite and sporting - on the inside I'm seething!!LOL)

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Sieze the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart.
Erma Bombeck

However, I am going to leave it up to all the Snake players.

Should sub classes be valid and counted for score?

Please tell me so I can score this game fairly!

some models of automobiles have just numbers as the model. You may spell these numbers out Highlighting the first two words only as the entry.

Example: If the model number was 225, then your entry would look like this; Two Twenty Five (225).

Also, some models may have a letter and number like Z50. This would be written out Z Fifty (Z50).

Does everybody understand this?

Are you feeling better, I hope?

BL

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Societies need rules that make no sense for individuals. For example, it makes no difference whether a single car drives on the left or on the right. But it makes all the difference when there are many cars!
.....Marvin Minsky

My "Big Dictionary with nothing as exciting as pictures" defines brougham as a motor car with an open driver's seat, which puts me more in mind of those veteran or vintage cars than one of the 70s. However the word brougham was named after Lord Brougham (died 1868), so I guess the Torino model could have been named in his honour, in which case it isn't a sub-class. Hope this confuses things further!!

Over to you, Sage!

As far as Brougham is concerned, it doesn´t sound like a sub-class to me at all as it isn´t as common as other ones like supreme, supreme sport, etc. And it was named after a person after all, which I´m guessing the others aren´t. I don´t know much about makes/models/types/classes or what have you...it´s kind of a jumble to me...but this one seems pretty clear.

Ah yes, muddled mondays indeed. Is it too early for a drink?

It is definitely not too early for a drink - the first round is on me!

My ruling on sub-classes:

I will allow them. However, once they have been used, they can't be used again. Even though there are different makes and models with the same sub-class. So, Brougham and GT can not be used again for points.

Now for make of car. If I had a Mitsubishi "so and so", the make would be "Mitsubishi" and not "Mitsubishi Motors Corporation" I think I confused you people when I used "GMC" as an example. There is a "GMC" make of car out there, but not a "MMC" that I know of. So, Motor/s, Company, Industries, Corporation, etc. will not be counted in the future unless it is spelled out words of a make with just initials.

I hope I have explained this better now and everybody's happy. I need a drink!!!

All entries to this point will stand as valid.

Somali, a shot of tequila please!

Sage...I honestly feel for you. The topic was soooo innocent until theses Snake players get their hands on it and turn it into one big grey stew !!

Listen up players.....if you think this week is weird...wait until what I have got planned for next weeks topic !! Just a little hint - Anyone remember the FLUPPIES !! LOL

The sidecar is not an automobile, but a small seating-box thingummy attached to a motorbike.

Guess I'd better make that a double tequila, huh?!

Val - I'm challenging your entry on the grounds that "misspelled words will be invalid".

Testarossa is the correct spelling (needs 3rd "s")

Will comment on your other challange later. Got to rush off for work.

FLUPPIES!!!!!! The Fluppies are returning??? LOL It should be a wild week!

Val - this is nothing personal against you - I'll challenge anyone if I think I've got a good reason!

Ferrari Testarossa is definitely spelt Testarossa with 3 esses.

I am normally fairly good-tempered, but being snowed in again is making me stroppy! The Rules suck!!!!!

Testarossa (with the triple S) is the Italian spelling of the word.
I was under the impression we were to use English words... Testarosa is the English spelling. (And apparently the more common, as 80 percent of the places on the web spell it the way I entered it...)

Valerie

Which spelling of the name do you imagine is going to appear on the car itself? Testarossa!!

A quick search came up with 66 sites spelling it that way, as opposed to only 51 for your version. So that makes 51 sites that can't spell!

Next week I shall not be using the last letter of the previous entry to start my word - but have decided to go for the totally random approach of picking whichever letter suits me best!

Can you tell all this snow-bound business is getting to me? The white-coated men in the little yellow van are supposed to be coming for me, but they can't get down the drive! My whisky supplies are running dangerously low! HELP!!!

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Svae Krmaa!