Re: [ECC] An Aussie perspective (long)
From: Jerry Han <jhan@w...>
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 13:20:11 -0500
Subject: Re: [ECC] An Aussie perspective (long)
Derek Fulton wrote:
> Jerry kept things rolling quickly (18 turns in 3
> hours) and had an up beat word accompanying his death counts each
turn.
> He started off very positive, "its close, its going fast, anyone could
> win...". Soon it became "There's still an hour, its not too late to
make
> a miraculous recovery Beth". Then "Beth is now negative". Finally
"Vince
> has 4, Channing and Grant have 3, Jerry, Doug and Jon are on two and
> then there's Beth..." I did eventually claw may way back to 0 so not a
> complete disgrace ;)
Comes from listening to Nicholas Parsons doing points scores in
"Just a Minute" over and over again. (8-)
And, you're not giving yourself enough credit -- Beth's one kill was a
last turn miraculous shot that did something like what... 25 points
in a single turn? Just to avoid being the only person with a negative
score. (8-)
JGH
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all day long; what else is new? What can I do? But sing this Valley
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