After a multi-day cooling-off period from Boggle, we kicked it back into gear yesterday, a lazy Sunday, with two games, rounds 16 and 17.
The first one, Andie won by 35, 294 to 259, in 15 games. It was a strange coincidence when, for each of the first four games she shook, the “Qu” showed up.
We took a break by watching The Triplets Of Belleville which was surreal and refreshing. Before renting the movie, I hadn’t realized it didn’t have any dialogue, but that didn’t detract from the story at all. The characters move in exaggerated yet realistic ways, and the protagonists, Madame Souza and her obese dog, Bruno, are hilarious. The style is very “sketchy,” like 2D cartoon characters in 3D, and, in fact, several scenes were computer generated (many of the bicycling scenes, for example) but purposely made not to look that way. Highly recommended.
After I returned the DVD, we played another game of Boggle, which I somehow managed to win, 370 to 339 in 15 games. I’ve decided I tend to play the best when I can capitalize on a root word with multiple endings. For example, for my highest scoring game, I extended “please” to “pleased” and “pleaser,” and, by extension, played “lease,” “leased,” and “leaser.” I’ll have to investigate this theory further next time I win.