Scrabulous

So I've recently been drawn into the seedy world of Facebook Applications for the second time, thanks to the folks in Birmingham. The first time, by the way, was to add the ironic, tongue-in-cheek 'No Applications On Facebook' Application.

Scrabulous is a wonderful game, which has been cunningly named to avoid any copyright infringement (I'm sure the entire board, rules and all the other stuff isn't IP guys, don't worry) - though I'd hope you can guess what it's a bit similar to.


_{Naturally, I always win}

It's turn based, allowing you to play at your leisure - or so the theory goes. In reality, this just means that if you're ever part-way through a game and you dare to leave the internet for a short while, then you return to a flood of offline messages prompting you to move:

Tim sent 14/10/2007 20:12:
...i don't wait until some cows meander towards the cowshed munching on a nice juicy verge along the way
Tim sent 14/10/2007 20:12:
...slight misappropriation of that metaphor there..>!
Tim sent 14/10/2007 20:12:
is misappropriation even a word?
Tim sent 14/10/2007 20:12:
maybe you could use it
Tim sent 14/10/2007 20:13:
malappropriation might be better
Tim sent 14/10/2007 20:13:
Mmmm malapropism.....
Tim sent 14/10/2007 20:14:
stilton with apricots
Tim sent 14/10/2007 20:14:
its SO dirty
Tim sent 14/10/2007 20:16:
ok i need to go shave now
Tim sent 14/10/2007 20:16:
my beard is catching on the keyboard
Tim sent 14/10/2007 20:17:
snagging on the mouse
Tim sent 14/10/2007 20:17:
tick tock tick tock
Tim sent 14/10/2007 20:17:
he waits....
Tim sent 14/10/2007 20:17:
for a guiness
Tim sent 14/10/2007 20:18:
...and the word IS ........
Tim sent 14/10/2007 20:18:
"narcolepsy"
Tim sent 14/10/2007 20:18:
are you still awake?
Tim sent 14/10/2007 20:19:
oh....no..... my computer is ossifying.......
Tim sent 14/10/2007 20:20:
oh so its my go now is it??

Even more amusing when it's not your go, and the other person's just forgotten to refresh...

;)