Matt J's "Word Racing" timewaster/game for the stay-at-home COVID-19 days of 2020

[Sean of the Shed]

The American President Trump

[slackster]

Crude Ocker slang she did lob

[Sits]

Once was a singer named Blunt

[matt j]

should be able to wrap this race up in a few hours.

Crossover with the cycling timewaster, here is one from Lewis Carroll:

There was a young lady of station
"I love man" was her sole exclamation
But when men cried, "You flatter"
She replied, "Oh! no matter!
Isle of Man is the true explanation.

[matt j]

A few hours being, of course more than 24.

Limerick week, race 1 results:

After an unforgettable indoor season for which the Word Racing International Player's Union is still playing fines and levies for "unacceptable levels of whatever it is we disapprove of", we return to the outdoor venues.

Alas, most of the racers appear unaccustomed to the demands of fresh air, bright skies, and the traditional wearing of the pasta strainer as a headpiece.

Our test racer appeared quite cheesed, as their pace was not matched by any of actual team's entries, perhaps only due to the shaking of the indoor hangovers and the teams' inability to restock their 'supplements' cabinets.

Racer Name	Place
test racer	X
balderdasha	1
ad hoc	2
San Bernardhinault	3
sporting	4
lambers	5
slackster	6
sits	7
nmrfox	8
diable rouge	9
Sean of the Sead	10
Southport Zeb	11

Limerick Week, race 2:

Same rules, another line.

Test Racer:
So I went to a bar in Wisconsin...- scores 148
said, "I will have a tonic and gin" - scores 151

[Balderdasha]

Whose baking blew up a kitchen

[Diable Rouge]

But not amid variable weather

[Southport Zeb]

The rooster awarded him Spode

[San Bernardhinault]

A pitiful kid from Fort Wayne

[Sporting]

My head covered by my pullover

[Various Artist]

Ah bollocks. The only time I've had a go at getting into OTF in the past few days the boards turned out to be down for the day. I finally make it back this afternoon to find I missed the start of Limerick Week by a handful of hours.

Can I even join in with the rest of the week now, given that by definition we need to supply five lines for five races or else it won't be a limerick?

[Sporting]

Ah bollocks. The only time I've had a go at getting into OTF in the past few days the boards turned out to be down for the day. I finally make it back this afternoon to find I missed the start of Limerick Week by a handful of hours.

Can I even join in with the rest of the week now, given that by definition we need to supply five lines for five races or else it won't be a limerick?

I wouldn't say no, though it's not up to me. It's only a game.

[matt j]

Ah bollocks. The only time I've had a go at getting into OTF in the past few days the boards turned out to be down for the day. I finally make it back this afternoon to find I missed the start of Limerick Week by a handful of hours.

Can I even join in with the rest of the week now, given that by definition we need to supply five lines for five races or else it won't be a limerick?

of course you can, just submit your race 1 'late' entry. I'll tell you where you would have finished too. Just no imaginary points for you.

[Sean of the Shed]

Is an incomprehensible chump

[lambers]

One night, old Nigel was queasy

[nmrfox]

Whose hedge was made out of box

[Various Artist]

Is an incomprehensible chump

Yeah, I know.


Thanks though matt, I'll get limericking. How long until the Race 2 entries close?

[Various Artist]

OK, I'm in.

First line is pointless (in every sense) Race 1 'submission', post-hoc. Second line is official Race 2 submission:

A teacher in Buddhist Tibet
Is a lama, and monk-y, but yet

[Sporting]

Hope it's ok and not too late but I edited my line above to:

My head covered by my pullover

[slackster]

With a voice as loud as thunder

[matt j]

Yeah, I know.


Thanks though matt, I'll get limericking. How long until the Race 2 entries close?

based upon the way today is shaping up, probably not until tomorrow (Saturday).

[matt j]

A teacher in Buddhist Tibet

would have tied with San Bernardhinault.

[Wouter D]

That doesn't rhyme.

[ad hoc]

naans will save Shawn from nil

[matt j]

well, if race 1 entries are to be trusted we are just missing Sits , I think.