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.

[paulineward]

Laney...didn't you see them? cream meringues...only Kay had a strawberry on hers.

[paulineward]

Nor do I!!!

[x-ray]

That Corona delivery man certainly had a big round

[jan1956]

Was the wine antique too???
better get screw top Kay so much easier (you can put the top back on too) though why you would want to do that i cannot imagine!

[x-ray]

A big round what....I hear you say

[paulineward]

Nor do I Jan! :-)

Good old days eh...corona man, rag and bone man etc

[paulineward]

That may Kay laugh again x-ray! She has the giggles now...Gawd...

[LaneyB]

We still have a rag and bone man, a couple in fact, that come around, one on a Saturday and another on a Sunday. Think they must be feeling the pinch too!
Yes Pauline, I did see the cakes, trust Kay to have a strawberry on hers!!

[paulineward]

Our 'rag and bone' man comes around in a van...and pinches anything that you might leave hanging around if it's not locked up!

[LaneyB]

Too true. We had new radiators earlier on in the year and we left the old ones outside. We went to Wales overnight and when we came back the next afternoon they had all disappeared. Rotters!!

[x-ray]

I do remember the rag and bone man (why was he called that?) Ours used to come round on a horse and cart (like Steptoe and Son) All the gardeners in the street used to follow the horse with a bucket and shovel

[paulineward]

They once pinched our wrought iron side gate...off it's hinges! They were spotted....but nothing was ever done about it!

LOL x-ray. I'll bet the poop bags are big!

[LaneyB]

We had one like that too Xray. My grandfather used to follow after the horse to collect the manure for the allotment! We always had lovely fresh vegetables!!

[paulineward]

Our dogs eat the manure down Reddish Vale!!

[evsajo]

Pauline they should have been easy to trace....spotted wrought iron gates, or was it the men who had spots ?? Measles or acne ???

[paulineward]

Very funny Kay! Get back upstairs!
The poor dog has stayed upstairs now....he is confused...a bit like his owner!

[x-ray]

Did you send him a bill for the gates ?

[LaneyB]

Poor Murphy I bet he is wondering what is happening!
Night you two, sleep tight x

[sarumite]

Evening all ... it's a long time since my last visit, but it seems little has changed. Pauline and Kay are knocking back the vino, but don't seem to be sharing it around! lol

[paulineward]

Never saw them again x-ray.

Sarumite...nothing changes, Kay is just giggling away at nothing!

It must be those magic mushrooms!

Goodnight Laney...

I am peckish...who is getting the chips?