D and I decided to play Scrabble tonight. Along the way, D became extremely tired, and attempted to play the word "CRATOR".
Me: Ummm, yeah, so do you want pull that word off the board and lose your turn, or do you want to go through the trouble of looking in the dictionary and THEN losing your turn?
D: Challenge away.
Me: I challenge.
(she loses, the word comes off)
fast forward to the next turn... D spends a good five minutes studying the board, and then -- in the exact same spot -- attempts to play "CRATOR" again.
I tell her to pull that word off the board, and look at her laptop screen for proof (we were using m-w.com as the dispute dictionary). She gets all "What? Huh? Uhhh, oh," and then sheepishly pulls the word off the board for the second time.
She definitely needs to go get some sleep it sounds like. :-)
Yeah this, uh, "tired" story is gonna play a lot better than your original headline ... DEREK ENGAGED TO DOOFUS
Derek knows the key to a happy marriage is comprimising your true feelings.