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BS: I Spy

21 Feb 05 - 10:48 AM (#1416404)
Subject: BS: I Spy
From: skipy

I spy with my little eye something begining with M

Skipy


21 Feb 05 - 10:50 AM (#1416408)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Azizi

my mommy


21 Feb 05 - 10:55 AM (#1416416)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Donuel

find the terrorist

http://www.angelfire.com/md2/customviolins/ww3web.jpg


21 Feb 05 - 11:10 AM (#1416430)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST,whiterainbow

MMMMeee!! ??


21 Feb 05 - 11:16 AM (#1416433)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST,Mingulay at work

The terrorist is the one thinking in a funny language, top left hand of the page near the middle right centre towards the bottom of the top half, approximately near enough. Called Mohammed or Malcolm or similar.


21 Feb 05 - 11:19 AM (#1416435)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST,Mrr

Boo! No telling!


21 Feb 05 - 11:20 AM (#1416438)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: gnu

Mudcat.


21 Feb 05 - 11:28 AM (#1416445)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: skipy

Well done gnu, so it's your go now.
Skipy


21 Feb 05 - 12:05 PM (#1416485)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST

I spy with my little eye something begining with M


21 Feb 05 - 12:07 PM (#1416491)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST,Garbage spotter

Martin Gibson?


21 Feb 05 - 12:30 PM (#1416521)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Bunnahabhain

Melodeons?

Skippy, if this is an attempt to create a megathread, it has promise...


21 Feb 05 - 12:36 PM (#1416523)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST

Mammarys


21 Feb 05 - 01:11 PM (#1416549)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: gnu

Huh? None of those things are viewable on this page. How can you spy them ? I spy something beginning with P.


21 Feb 05 - 01:17 PM (#1416554)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Amos

I spy a string of rampant silliness.

A


21 Feb 05 - 01:18 PM (#1416555)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: gnu

Close enough. Your turn. I gotta go. Bye.


21 Feb 05 - 01:39 PM (#1416574)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Bill D

we are back in 2nd grade now? Is virtual fingerpainting next?


21 Feb 05 - 02:54 PM (#1416649)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Azizi

Well I enjoy letting the child in me out.

But the "I Spying" system broke down since gnu said "P"
then he gave it to Amos
and Amos doesn't want to play.

So how bout I jump in {as I am wont to do}
and say:

I spy with my little eye something begining with "C".

Anybody?


21 Feb 05 - 03:01 PM (#1416655)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Layah

Characters

(Is this one of those games you get to ask yes/no questions, or am I just getting it confused with 20 questions?)


21 Feb 05 - 03:47 PM (#1416687)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Azizi

Here are the rules to "I Spy" as I understand them:

1) A person is selected to be "It".
2} "It" thinks of some thing or some person
3) "It" says the set sentence "I spy etc" adding the letter that
   is at the beginning of the word [what he or she is thinking]
4) One at a time people try to guess what "It" was thinking about
5) "It" says 'no' if the guess is wrong {or in this cyberspace
   version doesn't respond if the guess is wrong}
6) "It" says 'yes' {or writes a post to this thread}when a person
   guesses right.
7) The person who guesses right becomes the new "It" and the game
   is supposed to start all over again.

I'm curious, is this game not known outside of the USA?


21 Feb 05 - 03:58 PM (#1416698)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Once Famous

Guest, Garbage Spotter in a dumpster masturbating?


21 Feb 05 - 04:08 PM (#1416709)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: LilyFestre

Hmmmm...well I'm game. Are we still on I spy something that starts with the letter M?

If so, how about MONITOR?

:) Well, I *AM* looking right at it!!!!

Michelle


21 Feb 05 - 04:09 PM (#1416710)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Azizi

Now now children. Remember to be on your best behavior.

And don't forget to put on a happy face.

It's time to get those brain cells working.

Does no one have a guess?


21 Feb 05 - 04:11 PM (#1416713)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Layah

I would guess I spy is known in the UK considering lack of questioning posts from UK mudcatters, as well as people from the UK responding to this thread. We always said "I spy with my little eye something that starts with..." I've always wondered which one is my little eye. I have found a lot of variation in games and their names here though. There's a cardgame, called Happy Families I think or something like that, that is similar to but totally unlike Go Fish. There were a couple more obscure card games that I discovered under totally different names with slightly different rules. They call tic tac toe naughts and crosses, which actually makes more sense then tic tac toe as soon as you realize that naught means zero (which was easy to infer, knowing naught means nothing, the first tiem I heard someone say "naught point five") I wonder what other games US has and UK doesn't or vice versa or different versions. Sorry for the drift.


21 Feb 05 - 04:11 PM (#1416714)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST,skipy

Pangolin, o/k I'm guessing!
Skipy


21 Feb 05 - 04:14 PM (#1416717)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Azizi

Actually, LilyFestre,

the letter now is "C".

Do you want to try again?


21 Feb 05 - 04:15 PM (#1416718)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Liz the Squeak

Piles of snow?

LTS


21 Feb 05 - 04:18 PM (#1416723)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST,whiterainbow

ME.....AGAIN ??

WR


21 Feb 05 - 04:22 PM (#1416726)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST,Skipy

Don't feed the trolls!
Skipy


21 Feb 05 - 05:08 PM (#1416776)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST,*Laura*

Cursor?


21 Feb 05 - 05:34 PM (#1416809)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Azizi

Thanks Laura but that's not what I was thinking of.


21 Feb 05 - 06:01 PM (#1416824)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST,*Laura*

Catters.
Conversation.

(I get overexcited at I Spy! hehe.)


21 Feb 05 - 06:09 PM (#1416835)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Azizi

You got it with "Catters", Laura.

Congratulations! Now it's your turn.

And BTW-membership is free, if you aren't a Member yet, come on in, the water's fine!!

Azizi


21 Feb 05 - 06:31 PM (#1416863)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST,*Laura*

Horaaaay!
Woop woop!
I am a member really - I just can't log in at the moment for some very strange reason. (theres a conspiracy against me or something... :-) )

ok.... I spy with my little eye somethin begining with..... "T"

xLx


21 Feb 05 - 06:59 PM (#1416909)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Layah

Thread?


21 Feb 05 - 06:59 PM (#1416910)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST,skipy

Thorax
Skipt


21 Feb 05 - 07:01 PM (#1416912)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST,*Laura*

You got it Layah - it wasn't very original but I wasn't sure if I could stray from the page or not! :-)
ok - your turn!


21 Feb 05 - 07:02 PM (#1416913)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Layah

I spy with my little eye something beginning with G


21 Feb 05 - 07:03 PM (#1416914)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST,Skipy

Guest
Skipy


21 Feb 05 - 07:05 PM (#1416917)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST,Saint Mona

Daft bastar?s


21 Feb 05 - 07:09 PM (#1416919)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Bunnahabhain

gratuitious silliness?


21 Feb 05 - 07:19 PM (#1416923)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Layah

Keep guessing. You better get it before I want to go to bed or the whole thread will stall.


21 Feb 05 - 07:37 PM (#1416942)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST

Goldfish.


21 Feb 05 - 07:38 PM (#1416943)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Layah

I did limit myself to something on this page. I dont *think* there are any goldfish here...


21 Feb 05 - 07:41 PM (#1416945)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST

Shit I can see them. OK Grammar?


21 Feb 05 - 08:53 PM (#1416987)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST,Jim

Tube Lube


21 Feb 05 - 09:17 PM (#1416999)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Bunnahabhain

Gremlins? microsoft must be involved somewhere..


21 Feb 05 - 09:20 PM (#1417001)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Layah

You're all thinking too hard about it. Look at the page and what's on it. It's not something tricky.


21 Feb 05 - 10:23 PM (#1417037)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Bert

So what happened to P? Would it be page?


22 Feb 05 - 03:33 AM (#1417139)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: skipy

Internet I spy is a little differant, Yes, you can stray from the page, your "spy" is something that you can see!
Skipy.


22 Feb 05 - 07:07 AM (#1417281)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Layah

Boy, I figured I'd go to sleep, and when I woke up someone would have gotten it. But nobody's even guessed. It's still something on the page starting with G


22 Feb 05 - 07:49 AM (#1417329)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Crystal

Google ads?


22 Feb 05 - 07:57 AM (#1417336)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Azizi

German translation?


22 Feb 05 - 07:58 AM (#1417340)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Layah

Crystal wins! Your turn.


22 Feb 05 - 08:21 AM (#1417362)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Crystal

Do I?
errr ok...

I Spy with my little eye somthing beginning with........D


22 Feb 05 - 08:24 AM (#1417365)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Azizi

dozens of dancing drummers [well my mind can see them anyway}


22 Feb 05 - 08:26 AM (#1417366)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: skipy

Death!
Skipy


22 Feb 05 - 08:35 AM (#1417379)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Azizi

Dirty dishes!!


22 Feb 05 - 09:03 AM (#1417400)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Layah

Danger!


22 Feb 05 - 11:33 AM (#1417540)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: skipy

Door
Skipy


22 Feb 05 - 11:47 AM (#1417555)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: LilyFestre

Downloads?

Michelle


22 Feb 05 - 11:48 AM (#1417556)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: LilyFestre

Dirt? Dust?

yeah, ok...I need to dust over here!!!

Michelle :)


22 Feb 05 - 11:51 AM (#1417565)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: LilyFestre

Dog hair?

Welcome to my world..LOL!

Michelle


22 Feb 05 - 01:29 PM (#1417650)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST,skipy

door handle
Skipy


23 Feb 05 - 04:50 AM (#1418436)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Crystal

It's somthing on this page guys!


23 Feb 05 - 05:13 AM (#1418454)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Sttaw Legend

Dotty date


23 Feb 05 - 05:21 AM (#1418462)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: skipy

Dot
Skipy


23 Feb 05 - 06:04 AM (#1418481)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: LilyFestre

Date?
Directions?


Michelle


23 Feb 05 - 06:13 AM (#1418483)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Crystal

Yes Date!

Your turn Michelle!


23 Feb 05 - 04:54 PM (#1418872)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST,skipy

Michelle where are you? it's your go!
Skipy


23 Feb 05 - 04:55 PM (#1418876)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Georgiansilver

Is this a game then?


23 Feb 05 - 05:19 PM (#1418906)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST,Skipy

No this is real life
Skipy (in a white wine sauce)


24 Feb 05 - 06:57 AM (#1419405)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: JennyO

All right, I'll start one then.

I spy with my little eye, something beginning with L (and yes, it's on this page)


24 Feb 05 - 07:18 AM (#1419422)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Azizi

letters?

[and BTW, it occurs to me that "Internet I Spy" needs an established rule for the kind of situation that we players found ourselves in-
a rule something like this:

If within a given time [how much time ????] the person who is "It" doesn't respond to others' guesses, either the first person who started the game or another player may re-start the game by using the sentence "I spy with my little eye etc"...

..like JennyO just did.

Thanks JennyO! [now I can waste more time here!!]


24 Feb 05 - 08:13 AM (#1419463)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: skipy

Line
Skipy


24 Feb 05 - 08:14 AM (#1419464)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: skipy

Link
Skipy


24 Feb 05 - 08:30 AM (#1419473)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: JennyO

Yes, skipy has it - link.

Now your turn skipy!


24 Feb 05 - 08:52 AM (#1419487)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: skipy

Right I'm going off screen!
I,m in my office @ a factory (clue)!
Simple item that you would expect to find:-

"I spy with my little eye something begining with T"

Skipy


24 Feb 05 - 09:08 AM (#1419497)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Azizi

toilet paper?


24 Feb 05 - 09:13 AM (#1419503)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: skipy

There is some to my left as I have dot a told!
But wrong, guess again!
Skipy


24 Feb 05 - 09:37 AM (#1419532)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Azizi

tables?


24 Feb 05 - 10:23 AM (#1419583)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Liz the Squeak

Tons of people looking at you pretending to work and wondering why you're rolling on the floor?

Terminal.

LTS


24 Feb 05 - 10:37 AM (#1419601)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: skipy

Wish that was the case! There is only me to look after the whole place!

But both "ts" wrong.

Simple iten in an office - new clue by H&S law!

Skipy


24 Feb 05 - 10:55 AM (#1419621)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: JennyO

Telephone?


24 Feb 05 - 12:01 PM (#1419686)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: skipy

Got one of them, could be law if lone worker policy, but not the right "T" yet.
Skipy


24 Feb 05 - 12:09 PM (#1419697)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Layah

tape? toxic waste? tarantulas?


24 Feb 05 - 12:32 PM (#1419726)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: skipy

Tape got some of that but no, toxic waste, famous for producing that!
tarantulas, do you mean the spider? or 2 copies of the book by Bob Dylan?
Anyway it's niether of those.
God! it's hot in here!
Skipy


24 Feb 05 - 09:46 PM (#1420237)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: JennyO

tea or teapot?

trapdoor?

tubas?

Hell, I don't know. I think we need another clue.


25 Feb 05 - 01:49 AM (#1420337)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: The Fooles Troupe

In Australlia we always said "I spy with my little eye something that starts with..." I've always wondered why people keep on talking about things in front of them, cause my little eye is not in front of me....


25 Feb 05 - 03:31 AM (#1420363)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: skipy

The last clue was "God" it's hot in here"
Well now it's cooler!
Skipy


25 Feb 05 - 04:12 AM (#1420379)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: JennyO

Is it thermometer?


25 Feb 05 - 04:34 AM (#1420387)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: skipy

Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!

Skipy


25 Feb 05 - 04:48 AM (#1420394)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: The Fooles Troupe

Watch out with that thermometer - you'll have my little eye out...


25 Feb 05 - 05:23 AM (#1420419)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: JennyO

Robin, believe me, that thermometer won't be going anywhere near your little eye!

All right - this is something near my desk.

I spy with my little eye, something beginning with W.


25 Feb 05 - 05:24 AM (#1420421)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: skipy

Window
Skipy


25 Feb 05 - 05:26 AM (#1420427)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: JennyO

No


25 Feb 05 - 06:03 AM (#1420455)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: skipy

Whip.
Skipy


25 Feb 05 - 06:11 AM (#1420463)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: JennyO

Skipy, you must have a very strange idea of what sort of things I keep near my desk. No.


25 Feb 05 - 06:14 AM (#1420467)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: JennyO

Here's a clue. It's on the floor.


25 Feb 05 - 06:14 AM (#1420468)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: JennyO

Oh by the way.......


25 Feb 05 - 06:14 AM (#1420469)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: JennyO

100. Spying - The True Path!


25 Feb 05 - 06:48 AM (#1420490)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Paco Rabanne

The 100th post stolen, right under my nose!


25 Feb 05 - 06:54 AM (#1420493)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: JennyO

Mwuhaa haa haa ha ha!

Jenny - post stealer.

Now that you're here Ted, what is lurking on the floor near my desk, that starts with W?


25 Feb 05 - 07:21 AM (#1420506)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: skipy

You could have a whip by your desk as you may work at an equestrian centre.

wok
Skipy


25 Feb 05 - 07:24 AM (#1420509)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: JennyO

Um no. By the way, this is my desk at home, although one would probably have one of these near the desk at work too.

And no, it isn't a wok.


25 Feb 05 - 08:31 AM (#1420569)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Liz the Squeak

Wet pair of pants?

Woolly vest?

Wires?

LTS


25 Feb 05 - 08:43 AM (#1420587)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: JennyO

No....no......NO!!!

It really is something pretty ordinary and very useful. I'm sure jOhn has one.


25 Feb 05 - 08:54 AM (#1420597)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Paco Rabanne

Waste paper basket? Wombat? Wild chickens? Spiderman costume?


25 Feb 05 - 09:14 AM (#1420616)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: JennyO

Yes Ted - a Waste paper basket for all my Rubbish - no to the others.

(Geeze, some people seem to think us Oz people have wombats wandering round the room :-))

Your turn now Ted. Do your worst...


25 Feb 05 - 03:26 PM (#1420970)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST


25 Feb 05 - 04:16 PM (#1421005)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: GUEST,George Boosh

I spie with mi liddle iye. somethin beginnin with
W.O.M.D.

can yoo cee them to?


26 Feb 05 - 04:42 AM (#1421323)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Liz the Squeak

Well that's just not fair.. we don't have waste paper, we recycle our paper so it goes in a box, and my rubbish bin is called a rubbish bin and is full of cloth scraps and juice cartons.

I could just as easily say I spy something beginning with R and you'd never get it because it's called something else in every other country and isn't something you'd normally see lying around in open, on the desk!

LTS


26 Feb 05 - 04:45 AM (#1421325)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: skipy

Rule
Ruler
Skipy


27 Feb 05 - 03:19 AM (#1422102)
Subject: RE: BS: I Spy
From: Liz the Squeak

Nope....

Not even close.

LTS