I read on the BBC website this week that Mattel are releasing a new version of Scrabble in a couple of months, which will have new rules allowing for the use of proper nouns. In addition to this, it is a little known fact that Andrew Hilditch is a closet Scrabble fan.
So, with these two things in mind I have decided to send Fucker Hildy a letter suggesting - since he seems to have no discernable system at the moment - that he might like to try using the Scrabble scoring system to select players for contracts. He can't do a worse job, surely?
I've taken it upon myself to calculate the scores of various players, according to Scrabble letter values, starting with Bracks and Ginge MacDonald:
BRACKEN B R A C K E N
2 1 1 2 5 1 1 =13
MACDONALD M A C D O N A L D
3 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 =13
So that's no help - they both get 13! Taking Lou's thoughts into account, though:
VOGES V O G E S
4 1 2 1 1 =9
OK, then - Lou's right. Keep MacDonald and lose Voges. Bring back Bracks.
Excitingly, this system does put Harris (9 points) out in favour of Hopes (10 points) but it dumps North (9 points) in favour of Stevie Smith (10 points). Ponting makes 10 points, which is good for him because it's higher than he can count; Clarke gets 12 points and Katich 15. Sounds like Captain Kat and VC Pup, right?
WRONG.
Clearly, the vice captaincy should go to Mitchy with his 17 points and the captaincy - I'm ever so delighted to tell you - goes to My Lord Nathan, with a whopping 19 points.
What else can I say?
8 thoughts on this post:
Hauritz's mojo lies in his Z, if that's the system you're employing :P
There's a lot of mojo in a "Z", you know. Don't ever under rate the letter.
Yeah, but I hate it when I'm playing Scrabble and I have B-A-I-N-G-A and I don't get a Z.
It's not good to get a Binga and not have a Hauritz, despite what Aussies will tell you.
I was actually implying "Bazinga" to use up all the letters, but Binga works too :P
And here I thought you were being all clever - what the hell is a bazinga??
According to Urban Dictionary, it's either:
A catchy phrase to accompany your clever pranks.
As popularized by Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory).
eg. "I just replaced your toothpaste with denture cream. Bazinga!"
or
A word that is used when you complete a really difficult challenge.
eg. My sister yelled, "Bazinga!" when she solved the 1000 piece puzzle.
I think I use it as a combo of both, but I guess this just got lamer since I had to explain it!
It got lamer when you had to look it up in the urban dictionary LOL!
I have never heard it before, but might use it on occasion now - like when we win the Ashes back BAZINGA!
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