Ere Jeers Cue Din, Giver Darns Tiny Tat

Well, the weather seems to be conspiring against us these days, as our plans for walking explorations around town have been rained out two days in a row. Tomorrow's and Saturday's weather forecasts are much better, but we'll have to wait and see what happens. For now, today's extremely rainy afternoon was a good excuse to dig out the Scrabble board. Now, playing Scrabble with Bob is always an exercise in making things up--or, in my case, shooting down things that he makes up. He's not quite as bad as a certain regular reader (who shall remain unnamed to protect her reputation) who has been known to use misspelled words because her opponent doesn't notice! Surely that goes against all things Scrabble?! Anyway, sometimes I think Bob likes putting down fake words more than he likes making real ones. Here's a typical example:

Bob's explanation for trying to add an R-E to the existing word was that "they all rejoist when they heard the good news." Next up was: "But I hear it all the time in schools and on the street! C'mon bruv! Innit!" I had to agree that we've heard it used many times, but that doesn't make it a Scrabble word. Somehow, with all of Bob's attempts at getting questionable words on the board, we got through the game just in time for the pouring rain to stop as the wind blew away all the clouds.