MM Links Results March 2012 Week 2

[gen2]

Another week with several options, some more popular than others.
Most popular was 'Lobster Bisque' (I really must try it sometime if it is as memorable as it seems to be.), but that was not the link you were seeking.

I can now reveal that 'Lady Diana', aka Grannydi, had the following links in mind when she set the challenge.

BOILED LOBSTER (remember she got sun-burnt last week)
STONE HENGE (that obstacle beside the A303 that prevents it being widened)
FILLET STEAK (juicy, tender and expensive)
FARMER'S MARKET (coming soon to a town centre near you)

Two new players joined us for the first time this weekend so a warm welcome to Nibble and Dickythecook.
New players can be forgiven for not being familiar with the rules and thank you BestDriver for amending your entry.
Regular players (eg BigMac) should not need reminding that THERMIDOR has NINE letters

Scoring this week was a bit on the low side - mainly because there were so many options. So how did you do?

[gen2]

First player, evsajo snapped up FARMER'S MARKET 2 points along with Aquagility who was in time for the bonus point too.

Players Nos 8 & 9, beejay1124 & roslyn251254, then matched FILLET STEAK for 2 points each.

Shortly followed by players 12 &13, fordward & middlestump opting for STONE HENGE for their share of the bonuses.

A spattering of single point scores followed until the stroke of midnight when the magic of the antipodes struck once again as ManxieMo, holidaying in New Zealand, found the final link of BOILED LOBSTER for her two points (Christiana must have left her mojo under the bed in NSW).

We actually had a single double-hitter this week in Handbaglady so:
**** THE HOTSHOT ****
** OF THIS WEEK IS **
*** HANDBAGLADY ***
Congratulations

Here is a summary of the scorers this week:

2 Aquagility
2 beejay1124
2 evsajo
2 fordward
2 Handbaglady
2 Manxiemo
2 middlestump
2 roslyn251254
1 albaqwerty (Mr)
1 cupid04
1 kawakiri
1 mirandasmum
1 paulineward


. . . and the leaderboard now looks like this:

6 Christiana
4 Aquagility
4 fordward
4 Manxiemo
2 albaqwerty (Mr)
2 beejay1124
2 Dinkypuzzled
2 evsajo
2 Handbaglady
2 kawakiri
2 middlestump
2 owllady
2 roslyn251254
2 ulysses100
2 x-ray
with a further 10 players on a single point.

Good luck everyone especially our new players BestDriver, Nibble and Dickythecook.
Next weekend, Same time, Same place,
so until then
Happy Linking
gen2

[Strix]

Nix for Strix but thanx Gen2 and 'Lady Diana'.

As to "Farmer's Market" - an interesting observation - our local one has closed down to lack of interest, i.e. people not buying, when asked why the public said "over-priced" and "not that different" to that which was available locally through the usual retailers.

[albaqwerty]

Well done Handbaglady :)

Thank you Gen2 and LadyDi

[gen2]

Strix, Our local one has been coming once a month for several years now.

As for 'different' - where else can you get haddock smoked on your doorstep and eat it warm for lunch?

[Brenden]

Thank you Gen2 and LadyDi, nil points again this week but well done handbaglady and all the other scorers.

[Strix]

If, Gen2, you could in North Hampshire I am sure the market would still be up and running.
Sadly what was on offer didn't match that. Otherwise I would have been down there as they opened their stalls.
One example of the stupidity here was that one farmer was selling locally produced Parmesan cheese but in order for it to be so categorised it had to be exported to Italy to be so-certified and then re-imported. Make sense of that!

[tearinghair]

Thanks GrannyDi and gen2, and well done to all scorers. I was just about to ask where my points were for 'fillet steak' until I remembered that I'd changed it to Steak Diane at the last minute! Will I never learn?

[grannydi]

I seem to be operating under several different names today!!
Well done to the points scorers and many thanks to Gen2 for his work.
I see I will have to make it a bit easier next week and not have so many 'possibles.' Must try harder!!
grannydi/LadyDi/LadyDiana/Princess Diana

See you all next week.

[ladyalex]

zilch for me again.

Thanks to gen2 and Lady Di

[BigMac]

Exemplary performance - I think not!

Congrats to Handbaglady and thanks to gen2.

[paulineward]

Thanks gen2 and Lady Diana.
Hope I do better next week.

[Handbaglady]

Thank you very much, I'm honoured to be HOT SHOT OF THE WEEK. Thank you for congratulations. Well done everyone. Thanks gen2 for work involved in keeping tabs on everyone.