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"Pyramid Cats are Sucking in Borneo"

Game #975 in "Room 21B"
Tuesday, 18 March 2008 at 9:37pm
11x10 board, 1440 minute turns

Community rating: 4.02/5 stars

  • Currently 4.02/5 Stars.

Player: rcall (brown)

Player: garron (blue)

Discard, Play #21 by rcall

scaffolding to 7x5


Game Play #24 by garron

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone to scaffolding
"scaffolding is needed in the building of large structures, such as the (admittedly) fictional castle shown on the bead.
The question is, would wizards use scaffolding?"

Approval, Play #25 by rcall

"If they did, it would likely have some wacky name with two hyphens bracketing an O in it."


Game Play #27 by rcall

Willow to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
"both involve witches and magic"

Approval, Play #28 by garron


Game Play #30 by garron

Darth Maul to Willow
"both Darth Maul and Willow are "dark" characters at at least one point in their lives, using dark forces against good"

Approval, Play #31 by rcall


Game Play #33 by rcall

kaleidoscope to Darth Maul
"The pattern of tattoos on Maul's face are angular and repeated, quite similar to the patterns found in a kaleidoscope."

Approval, Play #34 by garron


Game Play #36 by garron

mosquito to Willow
"in one episode, Willow exists in an alternate reality where she is a vampire that sucks blood like a mosquito"

Approval, Play #37 by rcall

"your extensive knowledge of the Whedonverse both saddens me and makes me worry for your children."


Game Play #39 by rcall

octopus, cigar to mosquito
"All involve suction in some way. Granted, anything having to do with the Buffy universe should automatically be included in things that suck, but here we go:
an octopus has suction cups on its arms, puffing on a cigar requires the smoker to use some suction, and the mosquito sucks blood to live."

Approval, Play #40 by garron

"was the buffy jab really necessary? I think not. 2 stars."


Game Play #42 by garron

orange juicer to mosquito
"things which extract liquid from other things"

Approval, Play #43 by rcall


Game Play #48 by garron

The Powerpuff Girls to Willow, Darth Maul
"fictional characters with supernatural powers"

Approval, Play #49 by rcall


Game Play #51 by garron

Pharaoh to scaffolding
"some experts believe scaffolding was used in the construction of structures by the pharaohs, including the great pyramids and the sphinx.
http://www.zahihawass.com/interview_2000.htm"

Approval, Play #52 by rcall


Game Play #54 by rcall

speedometer, windmill to kaleidoscope
"all three accomplish their intended purpose by the rotary motion of at least one part of the item around another part."

Approval, Play #55 by garron


Game Play #57 by garron

Ferrari to windmill, speedometer
"objects which always have rotating wheels"

Objection, Play #58 by rcall

"a speedometer has a wheel?"

Linkage Refinement, Play #59 by garron

"OK, an "axle" which turns"

Approval, Play #60 by rcall


Game Play #62 by garron

Borneo to mosquito
"in the early 1950s, large amounts of DDT were used to counter an outbreak of malaria in Borneo. The DDT wreaked such havoc on the ecosystem there that rats flourished due to the death of cats, leading to more serious plagues. The WHO parachuted thousands of live cats into Borneo to counter the effects of the DDT.
http://www.pz.harvard.edu/ucp/curriculum/ecosystems/s6_res_borneo.pdf
http://www.faulkingtruth.com/Articles/GlobalWarning/1009.html"

Approval, Play #63 by rcall


Game Play #65 by rcall

mixed martial arts to Darth Maul
"Maul engages in a double dose of mixed martial arts, combining lightersaber fighting (itself a mix of several sword styles such as kendo, iaido, fencing, and other styles) with things like Force throwing objects at opponents and wild front kicks and other acrobatics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightsaber_combat"

Approval, Play #66 by garron


Game Play #68 by garron

Ratatouille to The Powerpuff Girls
""little" characters entirely animated"

Approval, Play #69 by rcall


Game Play #71 by rcall

kiwi to orange juicer
"the juicer can be pressed into service removing the juice from the kiwi, too. Kiwi juice has been a traditional treatment for scurvy."

Approval, Play #72 by garron


Game Play #74 by garron

eggplant, strawberry to kiwi
"leafy fruits and veggies that have many seeds in the body of the fruit"

Approval, Play #75 by rcall


Game Play #77 by rcall

measuring cup to speedometer
"both used to measure something"

Approval, Play #78 by garron


Game Play #80 by garron

spinach to eggplant
"leafy vegetables"

Approval, Play #81 by rcall


Game Play #83 by rcall

aquarium to octopus
"the one would make a fine home for the other"

Approval, Play #84 by garron


Game Play #86 by garron

Abraham Maslow to Pharaoh
"Both individuals created pyramids that exercised influence within their domains. Pharaoh the great pyramids, Maslow his hierarchy of needs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs.svg"

Approval, Play #87 by rcall

"really nice"


Game Play #89 by rcall

Checkers to mixed martial arts
"both competitions that pit one participant against another."

Approval, Play #90 by garron


Game Play #92 by garron

internet to scaffolding
"visually, both beads depict their objects as a lattice of connected lines"

Approval, Play #93 by rcall


Game Play #95 by rcall

mp3 to internet
"the net is the primary means of distribution of mp3 files."

Approval, Play #96 by garron


Game Play #98 by garron

The Usual Suspects to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
"movies with plots involving antagonists who are unknown to the audience: Tom Riddle (Lord Voldemort), and Verbal (Keyser Söze)"

Approval, Play #99 by rcall


Game Play #101 by rcall

bookcase, Bioware to Borneo
"words beginning with "b" which also have at least one "o" and only one "e" in them."

Approval, Play #102 by garron


Game Play #104 by garron

points to speedometer, measuring cup
"closely related to units of measurement"

Approval, Play #105 by rcall


Game Play #107 by garron

Michelangelo Antonioni to Abraham Maslow
"contemporaries shown in black and white"

Approval, Play #108 by rcall


Game Play #110 by rcall

heart to Abraham Maslow, Michelangelo Antonioni
"as the only real, non-fictional people on the board, both men had an actual, non-fictional heart."

Approval, Play #111 by garron

"lol"


Game Play #113 by rcall

oak to bookcase
"Oak is a potential choice for the sole material from which one might make a bookcase."

Approval, Play #114 by garron

"if not the most common one"


Game Play #116 by garron

hand puppet to Ratatouille
"before the advent of CGI, a movie like Ratatouille may have been made using hand puppets for the characters, where the fictional non-humans would have to interact with real humans."

Approval, Play #117 by rcall


Game Play #119 by rcall

quilt to hand puppet
"both made mostly from fabric and meant to be worn on the human body."

Approval, Play #120 by garron


Game Play #122 by garron

Soldier and a Laughing Girl to internet
"beads which display a map of some kind (there's a large map on the wall in the painting)"

Approval, Play #123 by rcall

"nice"


Game Play #125 by rcall

Thailand to windmill
"windmills are used for salt harvesting in Thailand
http://freelargephotos.com/?fetch=100802.xml&title=Salt%20Harvesting%20-%20Thailand"

Approval, Play #126 by garron


Game Play #128 by garron

Nintendo Wii to mp3
"the Wii can play mp3s"

Objection, Play #129 by rcall

"the Wii can play checkers, too.
http://www.wiiplayable.com/game.php?gameid=41"

Reveal Bead, Play #131 by rcall

El Salvador

Reveal Bead, Play #132 by rcall

Qatar

Linkage Refinement, Play #134 by garron

"the bead played is "wii""

Approval, Play #137 by rcall

Game Over!
Wednesday, 26 March 2008 at 9:54pm

Winner: garron

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