Do not, under any circumstances, play The Game of Scattergories.Funny thing is, the hubby and I learned this vital lesson roughly 10 years ago. It almost cost us our friendship with Rob. We packed up the game and made a silent vow not to touch it again for a very long time.
Which brings us to yesterday.
Tilly and her family graciously allowed us to join their family outing to The Malt Shop, which by the way, was very good. (I'd recommend the Pumpkin Shake though the other 34 flavors looked equally divine.) We returned home and the kids played outside while the grownups discussed Very Important Things... such as Chocolate Rain (why have I not heard of this before?), toilets with powerful suction capabilities, and setting up a Duck Cam in the neighborhood. Then Tilly did it. She said, "Let's play a game. How about something new?"
Which sent me racing to the game closet in search of an exciting, new "old game" - one we hadn't seen in a while, one that still had all of the pieces, one that could rise to our high gaming standards. And then I saw it: The Game of Scattergories.
The game began innocently enough as each of us struggled to adjust to the unfamiliar format. Then it happened. The category was THINGS AT A CIRCUS, the letter was "W" - Tilly came up with Weight Lifter and a debate between Weight Lifter and Strongman ensued. (Just for the record, I gave Weight Lifter a thumbs-up.)
Things really began to heat up at this point. A chain reaction of sorts.
The game ended with a debate over which fictional character was more notorious - Nellie Oleson or The Dukes of Hazzard (a.k.a. Bo and Luke Duke). (Please bloggy readers, keep your comments to yourselves... this is still a sensitive topic as the wounds are still fresh.) It was during this eruption that my hubby recalled the last Scattergories incident.
Then we vowed (verbally this time) not to play this game for at least another 10 years.
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Courtesy of Waylon Jennings....
Just the good ol' boys,
Never meanin' no harm,
Beats all you've ever saw, been in trouble with the law since the day they was born.
Straight'nin' the curve,
Flat'nin' the hills.
Someday the moutain might get 'em, but the law never will.
Makin' their way,
The only way they know how,
That's just a little bit more than the law will allow.
Just good ol' boys,
Wouldn't change if they could,
Fightin' the system like a true modern day Robin Hood
Enough said!!!!
And by the way...boring is NOT A HOUSEHOLD CHORE!!!
Courtesy of Wikipedia....
Due to their fundamentally good natures, although Boss Hogg continually tried to frame them, the Dukes always wound up helping him out albeit begrudgingly. More than once Boss was targeted by former associates who were either seeking revenge or had turned against him after a scheme unraveled in any number of ways: Boss' greedy nature, Rosco's bumbling, the criminals simply outsmarting the two or their consciences came to the surface. Sometimes criminals who were even more crooked and ruthless than Boss came to town. Sheriff Rosco also found himself in trouble more than once. On such occasions, Bo and Luke usually had to rescue their adversaries as an inevitable precursor to defeating the bad guys; these instances became more regular as the series went on.
As you can plainly see in the bolded text above, the Dukes are "fundamentally good natured", helpful (helping is the exact word used) and they will inevitably defeat "the bad guys." All this being said, is there anyone out there who can truly say the nature of these two boys is notorious? I think not...
And, as all of you bloggy readers can now plainly see - the Scattergories warning I issued is very, very real.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This no·to·ri·ous (nō-tôr'ē-əs, -tōr'-) Pronunciation Key
adj. Known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous: a notorious gangster; a district notorious for vice.
Usually but not always...
And I thought I was competitive! YIKES! :) Hee hee-remember when we played Tribond at the Gull Lake Lodge about 5 years ago? I just remembered how competitive y'all are! XXXOOO Love you anyways! :)
PS I don't know who fgtdman is, but I have to agree with him and his "proof". Hope that doesn't make anyone hate me!
Oops, you missed the first paragraph from Wikipedia...I am sure it was just an oversight.
The TV series The Dukes of Hazzard followed Bo and Luke Duke, two cousins living in an unincorporated area of the fictional Hazzard County, Georgia, racing around in their modified 1969 Dodge Charger, The General Lee, evading corrupt Boss Hogg and his inept county sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane. Bo and Luke had been sentenced to probation for illegal transportation of moonshine - Uncle Jesse usually made the run, but had fallen ill, and on the very occasion that Bo and Luke had taken his place, they were caught. Jesse made a plea bargain to stop brewing moonshine in return for the boys to forgo jail time and instead be placed on probation. As a result, Bo and Luke were not allowed to carry firearms (they often used compound bows) or leave Hazzard County (although the exact details and jurisdiction of their probation terms often varied from episode to episode; sometimes, for example, it was implied that they would be jailed for merely crossing the county line; Other occasions it was shown that they may leave Hazzard as long as they were back within a certain time limit), usually granted by Boss Hogg.
They may have been "helping" Uncle Jesse but they willingly broke the law!!
"Notorious" was adopted into English in the 16th century from Medieval Latin "notorius," itself from Late Latin's noun "notorium," meaning "information" or "indictment." "Notorium," in turn, derives from the Latin verb
"noscere," meaning "to come to know." Although "notorious" can be a synonym of "famous," meaning simply "widely known," it long ago developed the additional implication of someone or something unpleasant or undesirable. The Book of
Common Prayer Offices of 1549 includes the first known use of the unfavorable meaning in print, referring to "notorious sinners."
In addition, from Dictionary.com: widely and unfavorably known.
The Dukes may be unfavorably known by Hazzard County law enforcement but as shown by my earlier post, the reason the law viewed them in such a manner was the Dukes were the ones that continually foiled the plans of the corrupt Boss Hogg. Thus the reason for him attempting to frame them week after week. Notorious people are not framed. Notorious people do the framing.
Fact: Boss Hogg is corrupt. Nobody who watched the show can disagree with that. So if Boss is the corrupt bad guy, he needs a foil otherwise there is no premise for the show. Therfore one must ask themselves who is Boss Hogg's foil? Is is Rosco? Enos? Cooter?
Following this line of questioning can only bring us to one conclusion: The Dukes are Boss Hogg's foil. Boss is notorious, ergo the Dukes are not notorious.
Don't mess with me. I have Tom Wopat's autograph.
Hi Amy - Fgtdman is "Fight The Man" (a.k.a. my hubby).
Ya know, I saw Tribond in the closet and did remember the problems associated with that one. I thought Scattergories would make a better pick.
My bad.
I propose you open this up for bloggers to weigh in-we know its all in fun. :)
The hubby was a huge Dukes of Hazard fan, and when I asked him the question (no other info given) of who was more notorious, Nellie or Bo & Luke, he said, "Nellie because Bo and Luke Duke weren't 'notorious'."
You'd think I was an instigator or something... muhahahahaha!
I love your evil cackle; I didn't know you had it in you.
Oooh, it could get a little hot in here...
Where is the evidence of "proof" for Nellie Oleson?
I thought I'd post the "Notorious Nellie" supporting evidence in its own blog post...
I'm skipping my comments on the whole Scattergory thing & going right to Chocolate Rain - i've been trying to get it out of my head for weeks & now it's in there again!! Thanks a lot, Tina!!! ;)
That is WAY TOO FUNNY Amy W.!!!!!
I don't know anybody here...this is my first visit, courtesy of Kiki and her LemurandLou. I just have to say I agree that Nellie is definitely more notorious.
Hi Lisa - Welcome!! Your a brave girl, stepping out with a comment on such controversial issue ;-) Thanks for stopping by!
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