MM and KM Link Games July Wk4

[gen2]

In the shrubbery something stirs. Sounds like a cross between a duck's quack and a crow's caw but with the volume turned down. I'm sheltering from the rain beneath the old pine tree whilst all the time the scolding moves eerily above me. Around me is a bed of nettles which twitches each leaf at random as drips fall from the upper branches.

Nettles? Why are there nettles in the shrubbery? Has it really been neglected for that long? Will it ever stop raining? Will that presence above me ever shut up? So many questions and too few answers.

Reality sinks in. Yes, there have been many months of unchecked growth in the shrubbery, but at least it hides the detrius of the Bacchanalian excesses of a past era.

As I accept the inevitability of getting wet and move out from my shelter, a complaining squirrel makes its escape from the branches via the potting-shed roof. I must also make my escape in order to prepare for the morning's MM Links Game.

It starts with an intro at 8:45am (in Q&P) followed at 9:00 by the four link words to be matched. This month's game is being set by 'The Ice Queen' (aka OntIce) from her palace in Canada. Every answer has a word length from 4 to 8 letters and after each link is detected, bonus points are available for the following two minutes. The best advice then is to get in early for the best chance of those bonus points. The game ends at 7pm Sunday.

[twix123]

As a parting shot, obviously this is what this evening was all about.....especially as I use the same fitness regime as Darren Clarke!
Goodnight to all you early birds and good luck with the links tomorrow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI3Bcgh4Jko

[paulineward]

Very good twix! :-))

But what did the SC stand for on Strix's cap? :-)))))

[paulineward]

BTW ...who has been hiding in the potting shed?

[twix123]

It is probably Latin 'Sine cura - Without a care' ;-))

[twix123]

???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOv2cUv4gcU

[paulineward]

twix....you have given us bellyache again!

Where was the weed though?

[paulineward]

Have you nicked it?

[Strix]

I am sorry to have missed all the fun but we had people to supper and tomorrow we have to be up for 5 a.m.

So for those of you still awake I leave you with this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fjIf-OdhTc

[twix123]

I'm smoking it at the moment...but not very good quality!!!

[paulineward]

So was it Bill or was it Ben..
or Strix high on weed again!

[paulineward]

Hope your people were tasty for supper Strix...we had baked potatoes!

[evsajo]

In case you thought I had gone I am still here but running up and down stairs when Pauline has been plying me with wine has turned into an obstacle course, so have been sitting downstairs. I have a sore throat with so much laughing, especially at Bill and Ben !!!!

[paulineward]

changing the subject completely twix...didn't Darren do well!

[paulineward]

We are also wondering why Strix has to be up at 5am! :-))

[paulineward]

I reckon he has a paper round...but Kay says it's something more important!

[paulineward]

She says he must be a milkman!

[twix123]

Darren excelled, especially after all he has gone through over the last 5 years. I'll be over in Northern Ireland in September and will probably pop into Royal Portrush Golf Club to have a look at his medal (and the jug if it is there.

[paulineward]

Just for Strix....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj-RiitzUpY

[twix123]

Are you sure that he is not getting Hercules ready for his early morning round? ;-)))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRaiiT3ZnJw

[paulineward]

Well if not Hercules...what about Jess?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncr5SkgOl6w