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Dimi Evercreech 📷 Professional Zealot (evercretin) wrote in gooseberry,
@ 2017-03-14 09:09:00

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Good morning, Gooseberry! Can I interest anyone in a game of mancalla?

[Warded to Senior Coppertale Boys]
Which one of you cheeky wankers put the pebbles in my jacket and how long did it take you to find so many perfectly smooth stones? What a strange prank. What does it even mean?

[Warded to Calvin, added later]
Cal, the lads think the forest creature put rocks in my jacket. Not sure how to feel about it. That implies it got into our cabin while we were sleeping?

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	tyhawkeswood 2017-03-14 09:33 am UTC (link)
	I'll play! (What's mancalla?) [Senior Coppertale Boys] Noooot me? I don't really get it if it's a prank. But hey. Free pebbles? (Reply to this) (Thread)

evercretin
2017-03-14 09:49 am UTC (link)

It's a board game. A bit complicated to explain but easy to play. You sow seeds (or in this case, admirably smooth river stones) around the board to claim spots and your opponents pieces. It's mathy, but mindless, too. Sort of relaxing. Dad was quite good at finding ways to distract us from beating the stuffing out of each other for five minutes.

[Ward]
Free pebbles is better than nothing, I suppose.

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	tyhawkeswood 2017-03-14 12:54 pm UTC (link)
	Sounds fun?! I'll give it a try! Dude. Don't tell me you're that kind of older brother. [Ward] Or not? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	Senior Coppertale Boys hanshotfirst 2017-03-14 09:37 am UTC (link)
	lmao what (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Senior Coppertale Boys evercretin 2017-03-14 09:51 am UTC (link)
	Woke up to pockets full of river rocks, mate. Is this a hazing thing? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Senior Coppertale Boys hanshotfirst 2017-03-14 09:54 am UTC (link)
	if we hazed you wed probably kill you or something on accident & then itd turn into some whole fucking thing (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	Re: Senior Coppertale Boys doyouevenlift 2017-03-14 09:55 am UTC (link)
	We figured our personalities were enough to haze you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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Re: Senior Coppertale Boys hey Chris just understands how attached to a rock one can get okay -

doyouevenlift, 2017-03-14 11:03 am UTC

Senior Coppertale Boys #rockfriends, the new support group -

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	Senior coppertale boys doyouevenlift 2017-03-14 09:49 am UTC (link)
	This is about to get awkward because I didn't either. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Senior coppertale boys evercretin 2017-03-14 09:52 am UTC (link)
	The plot thickens. Someone's crow using my clothes as a hiding place, then? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Senior coppertale boys doyouevenlift 2017-03-14 09:54 am UTC (link)
	...does anybody even have a crow here? Are crows especially obsessed with pebbles? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sibyls 2017-03-14 10:13 am UTC (link)
	~~Daddy says t~~ I believe the ancient Sumerians were quite fond of that game, so much so that it made its way to ancient Egypt through trade routes. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	evercretin 2017-03-14 10:24 am UTC (link)
	Yes, my understanding is that the game is quite old. Amazing how something like that survived for so long. Funny to think that a thousand years ago an exasperated parent might've put a dozen cups and a pile of seeds in front of their children to keep them from putting another hole in the thatch roof. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sibyls 2017-03-14 07:02 pm UTC (link)
	I have never thought of it that way but you very well may be quite right. I imagine Egyptian princes must have played it with precious stones and gems as not to pester their parents as they had a hard life being demigods on Earth and such. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	resentfully 2017-03-14 11:24 am UTC (link)
	At least YOU'RE staying out of trouble. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	evercretin 2017-03-14 11:33 am UTC (link)
	Trying to, at least! Does that mean you're interested in playing a game with me, Mina? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	resentfully 2017-03-14 02:11 pm UTC (link)
	~~No, it's a WASTE OF~~ You'll have to teach me the rules. I've never played. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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doyouevenlift, 2017-03-14 10:34 pm UTC

	Senior Coppertale Boys firstposition 2017-03-14 11:30 am UTC (link)
	I also didn't put anything in your pockets. [...] At the beginning of the year, we once woke up and all of our shoes were full of flowers. These things happen here sometimes. ~~This is a small incident at least.~~ (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Senior Coppertale Boys evercretin 2017-03-14 11:34 am UTC (link)
	Well, flowers sound quite nice. Trying to return us to nature, is it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Senior Coppertale Boys doyouevenlift 2017-03-14 03:33 pm UTC (link)
	Or lure us into the woods and never let us go. It's fifty fifty at this point. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	orangepip 2017-03-14 12:49 pm UTC (link)
	Okay! I'm not sure I'll be any good at it, but it sounds fun. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Pippa u slick evercretin 2017-03-14 01:09 pm UTC (link)
	It's quite easy once you've started! I'll give you a lesson. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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orangepip, 2017-03-14 01:18 pm UTC

PIPPA YOU MONSTER ♥ -

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	qnnc 2017-03-14 02:13 pm UTC (link)
	And here I was, hoping mancalla was some new sport from across the pond. Alas. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	evercretin 2017-03-14 02:20 pm UTC (link)
	We could invent full contact rules. Not sure which hurts worse, little rocks or bludgers. Probably bludgers. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	cricketq 2017-03-14 04:42 pm UTC (link)
	You must be hurting for company if you're willing to invite strangers round during these dangerous times. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	evercretin 2017-03-14 06:06 pm UTC (link)
	Just fearless is all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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