Comments on: Return of the Children’s Menu https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2007/return-of-the-childrens-menu thoughts and family activities in an industrial suburb Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:19:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.7 By: thduggie https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2007/return-of-the-childrens-menu#comment-1120 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:19:15 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=114#comment-1120 Well, even with a small dictionary one ends up with too many gratuitous Boggle words. With a large one I’d write down all pronounceable combinations and keep my fingers crossed.

I don’t know Quiddler.

I can confirm not being sick. Thanks for everyone’s prayers!

]]> By: IrishOboe https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2007/return-of-the-childrens-menu#comment-1113 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:42:40 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=114#comment-1113 It’s my turn to envy what you will get at Thanksgiving! I do recall now that it is ‘jo’ and we use it in Quiddler. It was hard playing 4×4 and thinking of three letter words. I have yet to pull out the games I brought, but I will when the time is right. I don’t think I have Quiddler, though. My prayers are with you, Stephan. Lots of people are sick here, too. 🙁

]]> By: SursumCorda https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2007/return-of-the-childrens-menu#comment-1109 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:02:15 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=114#comment-1109 That’s why we have a very large dictionary in our house. It lives on its own stand, and was a gift given specifically for Boggle use. It has “joe” as a variant form of “jo.” 🙂

Have you played Quiddler? If so, you’ll know why a certain musician had a significant advantage until the rest of us caught on to solfege. But two-letter words don’t help with Boggle. Come to think of it, if you were using “joe,” you must have been playing the 4×4 version, since the 5×5 doesn’t allow three-letter words.

Must. Not. Envy. I’ll get my fill at Thanksgiving.

]]> By: thduggie https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2007/return-of-the-childrens-menu#comment-1107 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:56:23 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=114#comment-1107 Repetition is the best teacher. Repetition four times in the same evening is an even better teacher (which is a contradiction, I know).

According to Merriam-Webster, “jo” is the spelling, but I’d heard the phrase in defense of “joe” and was too lazy to check. Merriam-Webster gives the plural as “joes,” without giving a variant form, so that may be the source of the variant. We played with a smaller dictionary, to the chagrin of your jo(e).

I slept over nine hours last night, which helped, but I think I’m still tired. Perhaps my soul hasn’t quite caught up with where in the world I am.

]]> By: SursumCorda https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2007/return-of-the-childrens-menu#comment-1105 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:02:32 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=114#comment-1105 Of course, my darling, my jo! I didn’t guess when I first read the post, though I did notice the phrase and was glad to see someone else who knows it. I just didn’t realize the knowledge was recently acquired….

I believe “jo” is the more common spelling, but “joe” is a variant form (and also means a cup of coffee, and a coin).

]]> By: IrishOboe https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2007/return-of-the-childrens-menu#comment-1104 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:03:36 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=114#comment-1104 Hope you feel better, Stephan. Are you getting sick or just tired?

]]> By: IrishOboe https://www.thduggie.com/thduggies_blog/2007/return-of-the-childrens-menu#comment-1103 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:03:06 +0000 http://www.morbidcornflakes.ch/thduggies_blog/?p=114#comment-1103 Hehe. Mom, can you tell we played Boggle? If you don’t know what I’m talking about I’ll leave you to puzzle it out.

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