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K, I was trying to think of a new game when i saw a sticker on a bathroom door yesterday that said "4U2P" and it got me thinking.

The aim is to make a sentence out of X amount of letters four times to make a joke/poem/sentence etc.
Not going on points, but "invisible bonus point(s)"
if you can get words that run down/ diagonally as well. Eh?

Im not sure if the words should escalate (Eg. 1x1x1x1, 2x2x2x2) or not thought, so ill kick off with

B A L D
D O G S
L O O K
P I N K

(4x4+1 for BOOK)

D A R E
R I C H
A R A B
G U N S


(4x4+2 for DRAG and DIAS)

(I'm missing a 'to' between lines 3 and 4, but it is the best I could do during my lunch break.)

S A N D S
S W I R L,
C O V E R
S O U T H

(5X4)

--PolarisDiB

F I N D
T RU E
L OV E
ON CE

H A T E
T O F U
L O V E
B E E F

U 2 A T (as in: thats you to a tee)

These may be PG depending on how you read them:

the grim squeaker wrote:F I N D
T RU E
L OV E
ON CE

Grim, this is a 4x4+1 (iron)

PolarisDiB wrote:S A N D S
S W I R L,
C O V E R
S O U T H

(5X4)

--PolarisDiB

I dont see what, if any, words you have on other slices (other than horizontal left to right) ... in which case, no score, correct ?

Brad wrote:I dont see what, if any, words you have on other slices (other than horizontal left to right) ... in which case, no score, correct ?

That's what I wasn't sure about.

I had a different selection for my SPAM one that would've, then, given points -- but I didn't like the sound as well ..

C A R S
C L O G
Y O U R
R O A D


G E T
T H E
O L D
O N E

D O N T
L I C K
B L U E
M I L K

A L L
T H E
WA Y
B R O

G R I M
M I C E
R E A P
C A T S


Is there any score at all for this game? I thought it was just for fun.

The above poem is only funny (if at all ) on this forum and directly after a post by the previous poster.

If anyone wishes to keep track of scores, they're more that welcome.


S T A Y
C A L M
W H E N
H I G H

O D D
J O B
M A N (Ministry of defence?)


B U S H
W I L L
K I L L
M A N Y

L O O K
T H E N
L O O K
A N E W

P U B S
S E L L
C R A P
W I N E

G U N S
M A I M
W H E N
U S E D

Reworking one of Grim's ..
Question: Are there supposed to be as many rows as columns (ie 4x4, 5x5) .. or did I misunderstand the "rules" .. or have we abandoned that entirely and we're just playin'?

Each to his/her own, as long as they're equal (3X3, or 3X4 etc.)



K I N G
K O NG
W I L L
R U L E (+ RING)

W I L L
W O RK
N E E D
F O O D

I M
A G

I can't finish this one .. and it's not really legal .. any takers?

J U S T A
F L E S H
W O U N D

JUSTA
FLESH
WOUND
SARGE


HEART
STARE
SEARS
STONE

SIMPLE
MONKEY
ANTICS
TICKLE
LITTLE
PEOPLE

I dont get it ... what's the point of just making sentences out of words of the same length (score 0) if you're not trying to create patterns along the slices (score >0) ?

Why create a game thread if nobody follows the premise ?

Maybe we should change "game", in the thread-title, to "diversion"?

I'm with Brad. However, "Don't Lick Blue Milk" makes me laugh each time I read it.

FROM
HELL
WITH
LOVE

That's a 4x4+1 for FETE, right ?

I can't seem to score any points with Vanna ..

VANNA VOWEL VANNA
OFTEN FLIPS OFTEN
NEEDS OFTEN FLIPS
VOWEL BRING VOWEL
POWER VANNA CLUES


but I finally get on the board with "eats" ..

STEW
MEAT
EATS
EASY

(Although, I had to perform a grammar-violation to accomplish it.)

Brad wrote:That's a 4x4+1 for FETE, right ?

I didnt see that, as in gala/fair?

TRY
GYM
FUN


There's a name in there too.

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