The Next Best Book Club discussion
Fun and Games
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Game: Good and Bad
Good: Variety of books, DVD's, etc.Bad: Starting to charge sales tax in California this yr.
Saturday Night Live
GOOD: The early years -- Chevy Chase, John Belushi, etc.Bad: Not as truly funny as it was.
SUPER BOWL SUNDAY
Good: Giants are playingBad: Too much stuff going on before and after and DURING the game
SUMMER DAYS
Good: Sunny, warm, beautiful...Bad: In England, where I live, its mostly rain.
SNOW
Good: Good to make snowwmans.Bad: It takes forever to dry up.
BOOKS
Good: Print does not strain your eyesBad: Audio books with narrators that garble their words.
College Sport Teams
Good: SEC rules!!!Bad: Too much emphasis on the money.
TBR pile.
Good: Have something to read nextBad: Never gets any smaller!
Flowers
Good: lovelyBad: it can easily deflate.
POLICE
Good: They love to run fast and to play.Bad: Puppies want to chew on everything.
COLLEGE ROOMMATES
LOL #61 can't be responding to #60!!!College Roommates
Good: Better than being away from home and alone
Bad: Noisy and like to have sleepovers (wink)
CLOCKS
#61 was a response to #50 DOGS. I don't know why 51-60 were not visible to me when I played the game this morning :( Sorry for the inadvertent mix-up. How about if the next person gives two sets of Good/Bad, and then we're back on track. Please respond to bothPOLICE and CLOCKS
and then continue the game by selecting a brand new word for the next person.
POLICEGood: They protect
Bad: Give parking tickets
Good: Catch Thieves
Bad: Misfire their guns
CLOCKS
Good: Help to tell us when to take medicine
Bad: Have an alarm
Lollipops and Skis
(Hoping I did this right?)
I think she meant to continue with just one word, Lori. :-) So I'll go with Lollipops.Good: They're yummy!
Bad: They raise your blood sugar.
Tea
Good: Wakes me up in the morning.Bad: Stains the teeth.
The Age You Are
The Age I AmGood: Close to Retirement
Old: Body parts don't work as well as they used to.
CHEWING GUM
Good: you can chew on it to pass time.Bad: It loses flavor.
MONEY
Good: The more you have, the more comfortable your life.Bad: Desire for money can corrupt the desperate and weak minded.
APPLES
Good: Pink Lady ApplesBad: Apples with bruises
WEATHER
Good: Sunny day in the 60sBad: Freezing day in the 20s
Shampoo
Good: cleans your hair.Bad: can strip your color if you don't use the right kind. (Personal experience!)
Vintage clothes
Good: well madeBad: in need of repairs
BROWN BAG LUNCH
Good: a nice way to package food.Bad: if not careful the good can become spoiled.
INDEPENDENCE
Good: do what you want, when you want.Bad: might need someone's advice sometimes
REALITY TV
Good: Nothing I can think of except when it's cancelled.Bad: Lowers (if possible) the intelligence level of the TV.
WIND
GOOD: Clears out the smogBAD: Gets people
HEALTH FOOD STORE
Good: always good to eat healthy.Bad: needs to be a balance.
CAMERAS
Good: captures life as it is lived, to remember.Bad: captures how you look as life is lived.......
MOUNTAINS:
GOOD: Beautiful viewsBAD: Dangerous to climb
THEME PARKS
Good: Spend the day and do things you would not do if sane.Bad: Expensive and exhausting.
HOBBIES
good:you like doing thembad: you can get addicted
PIZZA
Good: Don't need silverware to eat.Bad: Too many calories
CENTS OFF COUPONS
Good:valuable when saving money.Bad: not usable when expired.
JUSTICE
good: when applied.bad: Often, bad things are done in the name of so-called justice.
OLYMPICS
Good: Winter Olympics for the Figure SkatingBad: On during the hours when I'm sleeping
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
Good: funny guests and skitsBad: some jokes are lame.
LIONS
Good: Majestic looking animalBad: Scare humans
DVD
Good: they are good for wet, miserable afternoons,Bad: sometimes don't work.
AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
Good: Can be informative.Bad: Are often poorly written.
The History Channel
Good: American Pickers teaches you historical facts in fun and unique ways.Bad: Not enough programming about immigrants who built up our country.
LATE NIGHT TALK SHOWS
Good: the monologues are the best part.Bad: the guests can be lame.
Good: Easy to stay in touch with relatives who live across the countryBad: It becomes addictive
FAST FOOD
Good: convenient and reasonably tasty (some of it)Bad: McDonalds Frappes -- very delicious, very fattening.
SUPER BOWL SUNDAY
Good: CommercialsBad: Don't care who wins
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Good: lots of booksBad: some are very grubby.
HISTORY
Good: We learn from it.Bad: World Wars
Fine Dining Restaurant
Good: most of the time, the food is not disappointing.Bad: you have to wait if they are crowded.
LIBRARY
Good: Free books, DVDs, CDsBad: Long waiting line for recent items
FAN FICTION
Good: Fun to speculate on what happened to favorite characters.Bad: Often the writing is bad.
Museums
Bad: You can't save them all.
AMAZON (:))