Lake Lillian

Turn 9

Breaking Away!

Square Rider(s) Replacement Card
83 Curt Schilling (6);  Cooch Behar (5) 3
82 National (8);  Starr (10) 5
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- S E C O N D - S P R I N T - F I N I S H - L I N E -
80 Tom Corbeett;  Goat 3
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78 Ajar 3
77 The Bum Biting Crocodile 4
76 The Green Bit;  Dhank 5
75 Bhor 7
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73 Roger Manning;  Pedro Martinez;  Astro;  The Broken Blue Car 3
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71 Brian May;  Liftline 3
70 Polaris 5
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68 Derek Lowe;  John Deacon 3
67 Tim Wakefield 5
66 Freddie Mercury 6
65 Roger Taylor 7
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46 The Biff on the Nose Fairy 3

Corbeett blinks; allowing the Four to grab the big points. All teams except Queen get at least one point, whilst the pellaton fragments in preperation for the mad dash to the finish line.

Listed are the teams, player, accumulated points and manager (if any). Columns show level, card played, rider's name and cards currently held, with current replacement underlined in bold.

Maharajas on Wheels   Brendan Whyte
Points:  10
Team Manager: the Akund of Swat
A 15 Ajar 9 8 3
B 19 Bhor 13 3 7
C 20 Cooch Behar 4 8 3
D 11 Dhank 4 3 5  
 
Queen   Mark Stretch
Points:  2
A 9 Freddie Mercury 1 3 16 6
B 12 Brian May 7 14 3
C 5 Roger Taylor 13 13 7
D 3 John Deacon 3 3 3  
 
Family Icons   Jim Reader
Points:  13
Team Manager: Jim Reader
A 15 The Bum Biting Crocodile 5 3 11 4
B 5 The Green Bit 3 3 5
C 3 The Biff on the Nose Fairy 3 3 3
D 12 The Broken Blue Car 3 3 3  
 
Front Four   David Partridge
Points:  26
A 14 National 11 9 4 5
B 15 Liftline 5 19 3
C 13 Starr 11 3 5
D 4 Goat 3 3 3  
 
Red Sox Starters   Jim Burgess
Points:  11
Team Manager: Tito Francona
A 20 Curt Schilling 3 16 8 3
B 16 Pedro Martinez 17 18 3
C 3 Derek Lowe 4 3 3
D 3 Tim Wakefield 4 6 5  
 
Base Academy   Bill Scharf
Points:  6
Team Manager: Commander Evans
A 3 Tom Corbeett 9 3 3 3
B 16 Roger Manning 3 3 3
C 15 Astro 3 3 3
D 6 Polaris 4 3 5  

Press:
Ajar (with a Leer at his teammates):
Who or why, or which, or what,
Is the Akond of SWAT?
Is he tall or short, or dark or fair?
Does he sit on a stool or a sofa or chair,
   or SQUAT,
The Akond of Swat?
Is he wise or foolish, young or old?
Does he drink his soup and his coffee cold,
   or HOT,
The Akond of Swat?
Does he sing or whistle, jabber or talk,
And when riding abroad does he gallop or walk,
   or TROT,
The Akond of Swat?
Does he wear a turban, a fez, or a hat?
Does he sleep on a mattress, a bed, or a mat,
   or a COT,
The Akond of Swat?
When he writes a copy in round-hand size,
Does he cross his T's and finish his I's
   with a DOT,
The Akond of Swat?
Can he write a letter concisely clear
Without a speck or a smudge or smear
   or BLOT,
The Akond of Swat!
Do his people like him extremely well?
Or do they, whenever they can, rebel,
   or PLOT,
At the Akond of Swat?
If he catches them then, either old or young,
Does he have them chopped in pieces or hung,
   or SHOT,
The Akond of Swat?
Do his people prig in the lanes or park?
Or even at times, when days are dark,
   GAROTTE?
O the Akond of Swat!
Does he study the wants of his own dominion?
Or doesn't he care for public opinion
   a JOT,
The Akond of Swat?
To amuse his mind do his people show him
Pictures, or any one's last new poem,
   or WHAT,
For the Akond of Swat?
At night if he suddenly screams and wakes,
Do they bring him only a few small cakes,
   or a LOT,
For the Akond of Swat?
Does he live on turnips, tea, or tripe?
Does he like his shawl to be marked with a stripe,
   or a DOT,
The Akond of Swat?
Do he like to lie on his back in a boat
Like the lady who lived in that isle remote,
   SHALLOTT,
The Akond of Swat?
Is he quiet, or always making a fuss?
Is his steward a Swiss or a Swede or a Russ,
   or a SCOT,
The Akond of Swat?
Does he like to sit by the calm blue wave?
Or to sleep and snore in a dark green cave,
   or a GROTT,
The Akond of Swat?
Does he drink small beer from a silver jug?
Or a bowl? or a glass? or a cup? or a mug?
   or a POT,
The Akond of Swat?
Does he beat his wife with a gold-topped pipe,
When she lets the gooseberries grow too ripe,
   or ROT,
The Akond of Swat?
Does he wear a white tie when he dines with friends,
And tie it neat in a bow with ends,
   or a KNOT,
The Akond of Swat?
Does he like new cream, and hate mince-pies?
When he looks at the sun does he wink his eyes
   or NOT,
The Akond of Swat.
Does he teach his subjects to roast and bake?
Does he sail about on an inland lake,
   in a YACHT,
The Akond of Swat?
Some one, or nobody, knows, I wot,
Who or which or why or what
Is the Akond of Swat!
Bhor-Ajar: Please be disengaging your cranium and engaging your pedalia, to be making the wheels on your bike go round...
Ajar-Bhor: The wheels on the bike go round and round, round and round, round and round...
Cooch Behar-Bhor: Goodness Gracious Me! What have you started you foolish Bhor! We'll never shut him up now!
Akund, out of nowhere, to his bepedalling slaves: Shut up and pedal, or I shoot the bunny!
Dhank: I am thinking the Akund is Mrs Crabtree...
Tito to Semi-Astute GM: This is now useless. I'm pretty well dead with two riders and two riders should be able to score at the end. That will put me in the middle of the pack.
Semi-Astute GM to Tito: I dunno. I expected Corbeett to grab some points this turn and keep this game a bit closer. Still, even with a 15 point lead, the Four don't necessarily have a lock on the win. Of course, whoever does win this one still has to earn it.
Deadline for turn 10 is 6 PM PDT on Tuesday, 23 May 2006

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