O/T Obscure / Random game

[MiB TFC]

As you lot seem to enjoy obscure and ultimately pointless games I thought I'd offer up an idea for a new, short term one, based on my impending TT tour of New Mexico, Texas and possibly bordering states.

This would need to involve the help of a TT regular (ok, Amber or ISIHAC or Botty as they're the only ones whose mobile number (I think) I've got).

What I would do is text a cryptic / best of I could think of at the time and I actually remembered clue across so it could be posted on here and you try to guess where I am.

When I get back I'd award points, on a seemingly random basis, that I may or may not bother to explain, and declare a winner.

The winner would get absolutely sod all apart from the satisfaction of knowing they're more obscure than anyone else on TT (apart from me obviously).

Thoughts / Texts? (other than I shouldn't post late at night when I've been down the pub and haven't slept properly for nearly a fortnight).

[malxscfc]

No prize. No clear structure. No point. Sounds utterly Tinpot.


Bring it on!! ;D

[ambersalamander]

Excellent

[Sultan of Cannock- SRFC]

Being as i only get to use this forum on a seemingly random basis these days the scoring system sounds good to me! ;D

Count me in if/when i'm around.

[MiB TFC]

Ok, based on the liking of tinpot and random I'll send random clues to random mobile numbers that I may, or may not have.

A random, on the hoof, points scoring system would probably work something along the lines of...

Correct country: 1pt
Correct state: 2pts
Correct county: 5 pts
Correct area: 10 pts
Correct town/city: 50 pts
Correct location in town/city: 100 pts
GPS coordinates of MY actual location: 100 pts
Being able to tell me where I am when I'm completely lost :1000 pts
Being able to tell me where I am and directions to my motel when I'm completely lost :2000 pts
Being able to tell me where I am and directions to my motel when I'm completely lost and drunk: 3000 pts
Giving me directions through an area where I get shot/mugged or similar: -1000000 pts
Getting me emergency medical treatment after the previous: I'll have the hump with you but you'll be slightly redeemed (you shouldn't have given me such crap directions in the first place).
Death due to accident/my own stupidity/ or the stupidity of others: I guess that's sort of the end of the competition and not returning in any fit state to award points it'll be a draw.

[malxscfc]

Can I play my Joker now, please?

[ambersalamander]

First clue has arrived:

"I'm where Father Christmas is a bit limp"

[votp]

Santa Fe.

[ambersalamander]

That was what I thought actually. I didn't want to say it straight away as I had a headstart having received the text. It has to be Santa something anyway

[ambersalamander]

There was a text the other day, saying "Show me the way..." and I'm not 100% sure it's a clue, but have it anyway

Today's is: "Where the wind comes rushing down the plain"

[votp]

Well that's Oklahoma (a working knowledge of 20th Century musicals is a must for any quix* team)



* Good job typong isn't.

[malxscfc]

ambersalamander said:

There was a text the other day, saying "Show me the way..." and I'm not 100% sure it's a clue, but have it anyway

That one is certainly 'Amarillo', just short of the OK border.

I toyed with looking for a place called "Togohome", but didn't think its existence to be probable...

[ambersalamander]

Mark has been very busy and sadly I have too, so we have a bit of a backlog.

1) "Now in abi's half a shed"

2) "Debbie did it"

3) "a mad place"

4) "Morris's twin"

5) "We have a problem"

[ambersalamander]

the last one is obviously Histon, um, I mean Houston

[ojiveojive]

I guess Morris's twin would be Austin