MM & KM Links January 2009 [Week 5]

[crofter]

I am running late so I'll keep it brief. We are now approaching Week 5, at the end of the glorious reign of Queen Meg. Recall that this week I shall be looking for the next setter who can strike a reasonable compromise between "predictive skills" and "fresh blood". There are several contenders who will stand close examination!

As usual, the words to be linked will be posted on AB at 9.00 (sharp) and many bonus points are picked off during the first five minutes of play! You need also to look out for the sister game (called KM Links) that kicks off around 07.00am depending on whoever is first to solve the Herculis Crossword in The Daily Telegraph! That can be a bit of a variable feast, but it attracts many entries and scores can be much higher. That truly international version of the Links Game is watched over by "the Hostess with the Mostest" in the form of seekeerz (from the Land of Oz). She takes responsibility for keeping law and order, and seeing that fair play prevails. She will process each prediction and maintain the League Table for the KM Links.

Me? I'm crofter keeper of the scores for MM Links for my sins and I process the predictions and maintain the League Tables for the parallel game.

Good luck for tomorrow, when you will have to tune into the final round to take up the ultimate challenge. Will she adopt the role of Queen Meg, Mystic Meg or Sceptic Peg? Only time will tell! What I can tell you is that Queen Meg is not as "squeaky clean" as she first appears! Be prepared for a big surprise tomorrow as we are made privy to a "skeleton in the cupboard"!

:o)

[Strix]

Crikey, what's this I've just been asked for my user name and password so I can post.

Anyway, as it is that time of year again I give you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El9RZvbXIj4

It may be old, but the old truths still hold (sad but) true!

[evsajo]

Hows the leg Strix?? It seems a bit quiet on here tonight.Where is everyone???

[paulineward]

Hi all....cannot stay with you all tonight as we have visitors...so if they go at a reasonable hour, I will pop back!!!

Keep me some wine!

[Meg]

Hi all!
Thanks for the music Strix, I admit to having had a feeling of nausea when the envelope to the Revenue went into the post box!!

[jan1956]

I am here Kay, will keep you company until Pauline returns
not promising to save the wine though !!!

[Strix]

Kay, the leg, having been on best behaviour for most of the day, is now kicking up a fuss so I am about to gag it with some painkillers (I haven't had any so far today in an attempt to avoid becoming a pill addict!).

Yes, miss meg, I too have that same sense of nausea (having just done my return on-line) that I may have put the wrong thing in the wrong box and before I know it my front door is going to be booted down and I will be hauled off to be grilled by frighteningly grey men in suits with half-moon glasses and a steely merciless glint in their eyes as they fine me the equivalent of the GDP of a Third World Country for some minor error in my tax return.

[evsajo]

All these people with guests.!! Have just read on Facebook that Ali has got friends for tea too.
I will be glad when it's Summer....I am fed up with sitting here watching TV or playing Scrabble every night.
Miss Meg, Crofter says you may have skeletons in your cupboard..................any clues?????

[jan1956]

lets go back to the seventies

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9m-loYwaCJI

good old foot stamping music
just what we need to keep warm

[Strix]

Oops, I think that should have been GNP !

[evsajo]

Don't worry Strix, they will see your leg and leave you alone.....if not tell them I will get them!!!!!!!
Are you still in plaster??

[evsajo]

Jan, don't think Strix can stamp his foot!!!!!

[jan1956]

know how you feel this week Kay
steve has been on 2-10
youngest son has been at girlfriends all week
so I have been on my own in the evening
shall be glad to go back to work on Sunday!
if it was summer I would be able to potte rin the garden in the evening or visit friends (as I do not drive I avoid going out at night when it is dark)
are you winning with the scrabble?

[Meg]

Me? Skeletons? You'll have to wait and see.

[evsajo]

My daughter sent me this to watch. World's worst police dog, thought it was funny!!!!!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gQpu9UoXCeM&feat ure=related

[Strix]

Kay, they never did plaster it. The knife and fork gang (under General Anaesthetic I am relieved to say) hammered, from my knee, a titanium rod down the inside of my tibia and then from the inside of my leg cut through and inserted two pins through the bone and the rod just below my knee and the same just above my ankle. So that is why I need them painkillers !! Not allowed any alcohol, which is jolly unfunny.

And Jan, Kay is right, I couldn't cope with your foot stamping music but I might just manage, briefly, a one-legged jig!!

[jan1956]

just trying to warm the place up.
will hold your hand strix if you want to dance
I will even put a handbag down to dance around
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrBDivsSe3k

[Strix]

Jan, just looked in your handbag, where are your car keys?

[jan1956]

Don't drive Strix, all you will find is my bicycle lock key!!!!
are you desperate to get away???

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=u8PdHg84zUE

[Strix]

OK, Kay if you haven't got them with you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvFG0VnIurM

[evsajo]

OOh Strix that sounds so painful!!!! No wonder you can't stamp!!!
Jan am doing quite well, have got 9 games on the go but am waiting for all the other people. I play either over 1 day or 1 week, or occasionally a 5min. game.
What is your favourite record of all time anyone?????