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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2010QI - Rock, Paper, Scissors!
I was watching QI (Quite Interesting) on English TV last night and the host, Stephen Fry, mentioned a game called Fraggle or something which is another name for the above. Fraggle is not the right name, but close - are there any bright posters who know the right name without looking it up? I can't quite remember! :-D Nick from England On 26 Jan 2010, Nick wrote > I was watching QI (Quite Interesting) on English TV last night > and the host, Stephen Fry, mentioned a game called Fraggle or [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I can't quite remember! :-D Boggle?  SignatureCheers, Harvey CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed On 26 Jan 2010, HVS wrote > On 26 Jan 2010, Nick wrote > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Boggle? Oops; sorry -- scratch that. (I missed the "another name for"; must read more carefully...) SignatureCheers, Harvey CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed > On 26 Jan 2010, HVS wrote > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > -- <g> That's OK, Harvey. Nick from England >I was watching QI (Quite Interesting) on English TV last night and the >host, Stephen Fry, mentioned a game called Fraggle or something which >is another name for the above. > >Fraggle is not the right name, but close - are there any bright >posters who know the right name without looking it up? Not I/me. >I can't quite remember! :-D > >Nick from England The Wikipedia article gives many names for the game. None is like "Fraggle". Of course if you put rock and fraggle together you get Fraggle Rock, a children's TV series. SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.english.usage) On Jan 26, 7:23 am, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <m...@peterduncanson.net> wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:05:29 -0800 (PST), Nick > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Of course if you put rock and fraggle together you get Fraggle Rock, a > children's TV series. Yes, indeed you do - Fraggle Rock is probably the reason I can't remember the real name - it definitely begins with an 'F'. Nick from England On Jan 26, 12:23 pm, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <m...@peterduncanson.net> wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:05:29 -0800 (PST), Nick > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > The Wikipedia article gives many names for the game. None is like > "Fraggle". We have a result! http://groups.google.com/group/uk.media.tv.misc/browse_thread/thread/4d5b2ea47a7f5d85# I enquired on umtm and Jeff and Marcus came up the Fargling, an American word for Rock, Paper, Scissors. A bit like Fraggle! :-D Nick from England > I was watching QI (Quite Interesting) on English TV last night and the > host, Stephen Fry, mentioned a game called Fraggle or something which [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Nick from England Peggle, perhaps? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggle Just guessing. Signatureqt > > I was watching QI (Quite Interesting) on English TV last night and the > > host, Stephen Fry, mentioned a game called Fraggle or something which [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > -- <g> Nick from England > <g> > > Nick from England /O\ Signatureqt > > <g> > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > -- LOL - "/O\" is new to me and a mystery. Nick from England > > > <g> > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Nick from England urbandictionary.com: /o\ Emoticon of a man with his hands on his head, usually signifying frustration. Signatureqt > > > > <g> > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > frustration. > -- LOL - thanks, qf - sorry to have been frustrating. :-) Nick from England > LOL - thanks, qf - sorry to have been frustrating. :-) > > Nick from England You seem to LOL a lot. Signatureqt >> LOL - thanks, qf - sorry to have been frustrating. :-) >> >> Nick from England > > You seem to LOL a lot. It's better than crying. Bill in Kentucky > >> LOL - thanks, qf - sorry to have been frustrating. :-) > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Bill in Kentucky Reminds me of George Carlin's bit that crying is better than laughing. The test of his hypothesis was to get on a bus, sit in the front and start crying; you can ride the bus all day, crying. Then get on another bus, sit in the front and start laughing; they'll have the police there before the next stop. COL Paul >> LOL - thanks, qf - sorry to have been frustrating. :-) >> >> Nick from England > > You seem to LOL a lot. It's better than crying. Bill in Kentucky >>> LOL - thanks, qf - sorry to have been frustrating. :-) >>> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Bill in Kentucky I'm sorry about multiple copies of the above. Thunderbird indicated that it hadn't sent it. Bill > > > LOL - thanks, qf - sorry to have been frustrating. :-) > > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Bill in Kentucky Yeah but when someone writes 'LOL', it does not necessarily mean that they are actually laughing. Signatureqt >>>> LOL - thanks, qf - sorry to have been frustrating. :-) >>>> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Yeah but when someone writes 'LOL', it does not necessarily mean that > they are actually laughing. True, but he or she is claiming to be doing so. About the only thing we can be sure about with each other is that we are reading posts and keying new ones. Bill in Kentucky > > LOL - thanks, qf - sorry to have been frustrating. :-) > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > -- It was a very quiet guffaw cos I wuz in a library! :-) Nick from England > I was watching QI (Quite Interesting) on English TV last night and the > host, Stephen Fry, mentioned a game called Fraggle or something which [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Nick from England It's called rochambeau by some. Paul > > I was watching QI (Quite Interesting) on English TV last night and the > > host, Stephen Fry, mentioned a game called Fraggle or something which [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > It's called rochambeau by some. Thanks, Paul - it's from the Finger and Fumbs episode but I can find no reference to the word Stephen Fry used. Nick from England |
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