We had a Ladies Game Night at church last night, and it was loads of fun. It was interesting to see the different mix of folks who showed up compared to the "usual suspects". The table I was at played a game I had never played before but am adding to my "Game Closet Wish List": Whoonu? After a couple of rounds of that we switched to one of my all time favorites, Boggle. However, this was Master Boggle, and you can't use three letter words, which definitely upped the ante, so to speak. Which brings me to the point: I used a word which I could not define and no one else had ever heard of; therefore, I willingly relinquished the point. However, if you know me, you know that I just could not sleep thinking that I was certain this was a word (I believe my most recent experience with it was in Eragon, and it stuck in my mind because I was unsure of how to pronounce it), but just couldn't remember what it was. So, for the record, here it is:
weir (wîr)
n.
A fence or wattle placed in a stream to catch or retain fish.
A dam placed across a river or canal to raise or divert the water, as for a millrace, or to regulate or measure the flow.
[Middle English were, from Old English wer.]
there is this game that you should try, I don't remember what it's called. Here is how it works... when I have played it's usually with 3 X 5 cards.. each person in the group takes as many cards as there are people. To start everyone in the group writes a phrase, or a song lyric, or a thought, then you all pass it to your neighbor, then that person looks at the phrase, puts that card at the back of the stack and draws a scetch that represents that phrase, then you pass it again and the next person flips the picture to the back and writes a phrase for it...
Posted by: brian at Enero 25, 2006 12:54 PM