UN: Ulysses | Text

[restingstitchface]

Well, I would hardly claim this is my favoured method of passing time, but there’s no use protesting. Sometimes we need to knuckle down and ensure the work is done. Because as you can see for yourself, sometimes the work is dull.

In any case, I am offering everyone a pleasant extra-curricular activity to pass the time.

Try responding to this post with the first word that comes to mind. Respond to words posted by others with other words that come to mind. I am more than aware such games are not for everybody, but perhaps you should give it a shot.

Ah, I suppose I should get us started:

Police.

As in, somebody call the police because this is Hell.

[People who enjoy social media often press send before thinking about their answers. But how is that his problem?]

Comments

[badfengshui]

Oh, we can? Sure, I wouldn't mind trying again.

[restingstitchface]

Pick a word, then.

Dealer's choice.

[badfengshui]

Oh. Thank you.

[ Opening up the dictionary -- ]

Notion.

[restingstitchface]

Conception.

ay, some sh4 spoilers

[badfengshui]

[ Mother. Apartment. He lets out a sigh. Is he all right? He thinks so; it's probably fine he thinks those things. Maybe ritual would be better? No. Mother sounds the least strange. He thinks. ]

Mother.

[restingstitchface]

[The archetypal mother. Nurturing. Comforting. Healing. But to use the very word in a game underlines something is there.]

Father.

[badfengshui]

Landlord.

[restingstitchface]

Interesting.

[How does one go from father to landlord?]

[badfengshui]

Lots.

[ Yeah, there's a lot of things that are interesting. ]

[restingstitchface]

Auction.

[badfengshui]

Clever.

[ He wouldn't have thought of "auction," so unfortunately that's more toward the person than to the word. Is that okay? ]

[restingstitchface]

Intelligent.

[It's wise to acknowledge your weaknesses. Difficult, too.]

[badfengshui]

Educated.

[restingstitchface]

Intelligent.

[He breaks from convention and ends the game himself.]

Do you understand why I ended our game?

[Let's see how intelligent YOU are.]

[badfengshui]

[ Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. ]

Because educated is the same as intelligent?

[restingstitchface]

[So close but so far.]

Correct. I also thought you'd get a kick out of it.

[What's one little lie between scientist and subject friends?]

[badfengshui]

[ Oh. It was a joke. Okay.

Henry has that moment that only Henry Townshend can have. When was the last time he laughed? His eyes go round and decides: "No. Now is not the time to unpack that."

And instead writes: ]

It was very funny. Thank you.

[restingstitchface]

Of course. We'll have to do this again sometime.

[badfengshui]

Okay.

[ That DOES sound like fun. ]