The Eve of World War
Tomorrow marks the first day of the World Scrabble Championships in London. Lack of widespread appreciation of the true significance of this event compels me to limit my commentary to just a simple "giddyup" to legendary American word warrior "G.I." Joel Sherman, a verbal juggernaut rendered physicaly feeble and almost albino from a life spent "practicing" in his mother's basement.
(In case you were wondering, Joel got his witty "G.I." moniker as a result of the gastrointestinal rumblings that accompany his awe-inspiring play.)
posted by brainmarket @ 3:32 PM
5 Comments:
An expanded vocabulary will only get you into trouble. It will also get you a lot of strange looks.
he looks like a sicko
Or a remark like, "pompous ass" under your girlfriend's breath...
nebur:
There's a lot of "over forty and living in Mom's basement" types in the competitive scrabble world.
I would recommend the highly entertaining (yet somehwat scary) book "Wordfreak" by wall street journal sports writer Stephen Fatsis. Fatsis infiltrates the inner circle of scrabble weirdos, and boy are those weirdos weird.
Scary.
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