MM & KM Links December 2007 [Week 3]

[gen2]

This is the third week in the reign of Queen Kay and she is now determined to get it exactly perfect for the launch of the MM link words tomorrow. I am certain that after two weeks of practice, everything will go smoothly. I'm equally sure that you'll enjoy her third set of link words.


This weekend, the procedings are being overseen once again by me, gen2, because crofter has commitments that will keep him away until the latter part of next week. Accordingly, the Double-Decker has been laid up for a week and instead we'll be building a horror story upon rock solid foundations. You have questions on that? Maybe it's that 'Rocky Horrors Quiz' getting to you.


Once again, the bonus points will be there for the taking as the shrubbery crowd pour out of the woodwork frantically going with their instincts to be the first to guess the links. If you want to avoid the melee and take a more leisurely approach, then you have until Sunday afternoon to enter.

Remember that the thread should be opened by Queen Kay at about 8.45 in the morning. The MM Link Game should then be officially launched by Queen Kay when she sets her four words to be linked at 9.00am.

The international version of this same game is called KM Links and kicks off at the unearthly hour of about 06.30am! Look out for seekeerz from Oz who provides the entertainment, refreshments and rule of law when dealing with that parallel game. In this case, the choice of words and their links are out of our control. They are the grey words chosen by Kate Mepham in her Crossword in the Daily Telegraph on Saturday and Monday!

[sarumite]

Well it appears the laydees have gone awol this week, with their chief protagonist Pauline immersed in a Dickensian weekend somewhere in the North country !!

That now gives me greater chance of success with one of my cunning plans, to lead a links assault from the shrubbery in the morning, assuming I'm not impeded by any of gen2's Rocky Horrors en route! So watch out I'm on my way!! (S) ☺☺

[JoolsTwo]

Hi sarumite - I'm here all the way from snowy Halifax. Can't stay long though as we are of out for a meal this evening.

[sarumite]

Would you believe it .. I missed you then Jools!! Ah well back to the cunning plan!! ;O)

[JoolsTwo]

I've not gone yet sarumite - So Watch it!!!!!

[sarumite]

Ooerr, I was so engrossed in my plan that I missed you again Jools ... and I reckon it has a pretty good chance of working this week without that Pauline here to scupper things!! (S)

[Christiana]

Just because we're quiet doesn't mean we haven't got all the exits and entrances covered. And it's no good pretending to be one of those 'rocky horrors' of Gen 2's either. Rocks don't breathe! But then again, with Gen 2, who knows!

[sarumite]

Aahh Christiana .. my new plan is soooo cunning that you will need to do more than block all exits and entrances!

I just hope I can remember the plot when the time comes!! umm uh now where was I? Where's that pudding stone??

[Strix]

Can we not, therefore, declare, in "their" absence, that the Shrubbery should have a "snug" designated solely for the "laydees" leaving the rest of the plantation to us gents to enjoy the greenery in peace and quiet?
It would, in the Shrubbery, be so much more fun for us chaps to be able to relax, on a Friday evening after the travails of the week, with a pint of ale or a decanter of port, a sniffter of brandy and a decent cigar without "them" interrupting us whilst Sarumite steers us to a snug mooring before the adrenalin rush and the hangover guess at the KM links.
Those in favour, please say yeay. Those agin, go back to your domestic duties.........!

[Christiana]

Have you got a death wish or something, Strix? You're asking for more than a pudding stone behind the ear, I can tell you. (Though with Sarumite inside it might be quite a handy weapon). And don't think Pauline won't find out when she returns. The only 'snug' us ladies are going to accept is the snug fit you'll experience inside that water barrel on the left hand side of the shrubbery. You can smoke all the cigars you like in there, though it is a bit cold and dark. And I don't know how long the cigars will stay lit, what with the green, slimy water and all.

[Christiana]

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[sarumite]

he he .. I see my cunning plan is already bearing fruit ! Methinks they may have forgotten me, leaving the path clear for me to strike ...

[Strix]

Rally chaps I may need your help but I have my clove of garlic to hand as well as my crucifix and phial of holy water however Christiana (a name I have a soppy spot for, but let's not get soft) seems to have placed an objection to my planning application. Health and Safety have already declared the water butt out of bounds, and the restrictions on Blue Tongue mean that the "laydees" cannot contribute without permission from DEFRA!

[Christiana]

Sorry Strix, all planning applications are held in a queue pending Christmas, New Year and several large crates, contents unknown, which disappeared into the planning offices yesterday.
So leave our shrubbery alone. As for bluetongue, you have far more to fear from Blue Tooth, not to mention Greenham common - we have friends in high places (Oaks, elms etc).

[Dustybun]

well thank you all very much! Why couldn't someone have told me that the bus trip to the London lights was off? I have spent the last three hours standing on the slipway to the motorway waiting to flag it down and I am seriously cold!
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Hold on Strix - are you insinuating that we 'laydees' are either sheep or cows? I think I'm going to have to call a meeting. I think I'll call it Fred. And now someone has nicked my hidden bottle from the shrubbery! I really am sulking now.

[Christiana]

Hello Dustybun - hoorah for reinforcements. Yes I too waited for the non-existent London bus, then walked back to the shrubbery to find Sarumite and Strix hatching plots (or was it measles they were hatching?) Sounds more likely.

[Dustybun]

I think we're a little thin on the ground Christiana. And we should never trust men when they think we're a little thin on the ground! Good lord - I sound like Norah Batty!!

[Christiana]

Oh I don't know. There's two of them and two of us. I'd say they were completely outnumbered!
By the way do you think Pauline took the bus for her weekend excursion?

[Dustybun]

you could be right there Christiana. I shall probably get my bottle back when I thaw out - then they'd better watch out! Biff! Boing! Whoosh! Kersplatt! Whoops! there goes another cunning plan!!
I hope Pauline hasn't taken the bus because I think she's eating which means she will probably be imbibing and we don't want her to lose her licence, do we. Mind you, what drinking has to do with keeping a dog is beyond me! Er..?

[Christiana]

Help, I think I've lost the thread - are we talking hairs or "I don't keep a dog to bark myself'?

I think I might just put the barricades up, ring us round with the old water barrels and retire for the night. Any chance of you riding shotgun?

[Dustybun]

no Christiana - I was just getting my licences in a twist!!

I think it's well time to close ranks and get some Zzzzzzs. I have taken the precaution of scattering loads of drawing pins around the circle so we should be safe from marauding chauvanists or cunning planners! So we can roll into our bedrolls and start the snoring. Shotgun is at the ready! Sleep well!