The Games
May 4th, 2006You may or may not be aware of The Game. The Game only has one rule: if you remember you’re playing it, you lose. I just lost the game, thanks to a reminder from Matt Turner.
But Matt has a new, more insidious version of The Game, which I’ve also just lost: if you remember Melanie Phillips exists, you lose. Thus, the punishment for losing is doubled, as is the reward for not losing.
May 5th, 2006 at 10:02 am
AAAARGH. Twice over.
May 5th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
You complete bastard!
For at least two weeks I’d been doing really well at Matt’s game. Now look what you’ve gone and done.
May 8th, 2006 at 2:19 am
Heh, Wikipedia keeps deleting their articles on “the game”, it has no “reputable sources”. Apparantly, blogs don’t count as primary sources, although personal journals written in history do.
Meh, I care not, damn silly game. Still, making people lose is fun. So I may have to link here.
May 8th, 2006 at 9:12 am
Maybe because every time an article gets posted on it, everybody loses? They’re just doing a public service.
And DAMN. I lose again. Oh sod. And the other one.
May 8th, 2006 at 10:09 am
Gee thanks guys, I’d been doing so well. Even with my ‘friends’ occassionally sending txts saying “In Spain the rain on the plains falls on ppl playing… nothing, don’t worry about it”.
May 10th, 2006 at 9:59 pm
I’ve just discovered that you’re back. Yay!
May 11th, 2006 at 9:35 am
[…] A parallel concept, espoused by the likes of Melanie Phillips (oh noes! I lost the game!), is that of dhimmitude. Historically, dhimmitude is the way in which non-Muslims are expected to live in Muslim states - paying a special tax to make up for not paying the zakat, not being allowed to fight in wars, practicing their religion in private, etc. This is better than the way in which non-Christians were historically expected to live in Christian states, which is “not for very long, unless they convert”, but admittedly not an ideal situation to be in. […]
May 11th, 2006 at 6:39 pm
Mornington Crescent!