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Fantastic word game

"The old gringo" sounds like the title of a 1950's-style country song.

Probably sung by Lorne Greene, Marty Robbins or somebody from that era. It might even be a spoken-word record.
 
A 1950's-style country song needs to have a singer wearin' a pair o' boots when he performs.

n' Old Gringo, apparently, has you covered. Not fer me, though. I reckon y'all know, by now, that I'm a Tony Lama-wearin' hayseed.

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Prime cuts of meat won't be found inside the Freezer of Doom (FOD as most prefer), as most of what is in there has passed its expiration date, and much of it comes from unknown sources.
 
Unknown sources have just told me that Mister Ed has implanted a camera dee-vice somewhere on the ranch, n' is watchin' fer me to put my thumb on the send button n' then chiming in.

Doggone. The Fantastic highway is mighty crowded this afternoon. Must be a wreck up ahead at the DeSantis Turnpike.
 
Specialty items discussed recently on the Fantastic Word Game (TFWG as all should prefer) include, in no particular order: old Gringos, the evil eye, a one-eyed dog, boots, counting demerits, chiming in, 1950's-style country music, heifers, and various and sundry other items too numerous to mention.

I had the fiendish thought of bolding everything from "old Gringos" and beyond... 😆
 
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Too numerous to mention the number o' aspirins ol' WMC is gonna need when he stops by n' sees there's a whole slew o' new contributions penned by just the three of us.

Hot dang! Let's just go on n' open the ol' PowerWorld vault, shall we?

The Quest to 10,000 pages (or TQTP10K, as preferred) marches on.

Hey, now...is that a Crafty Colon I spy in the FoD?
 
Just the three of us who were not involved in today's activities are extremely impressed (except for that cranium-splattering colon, Ed!) by the number of contributions although I'm wondering why Ed didn't include band camp, the new Illusions, the 80s Rockfest, TPS Reports, Tasty Tidbits, the lovely young library interns, The Lovely OIivia (TLO as I prefer), The Lovely Megan (TLM as dmargalotti prefers), the Fantastic Word Game, Fantastic Word Game, tFWG, TFWG (as I prefer), the FWG, the Denny's-sponsored and permanently-guarded mechanical bull, PowerWorld, PowerWorld University (PU as some wiseass students prefer), the Executive Board, Radio-Info, RadioDiscussions, and my world-famous Welcome To TFWG speech.
 
Ed didn't include band camp, the new Illusions, the 80s Rockfest, TPS Reports, Tasty Tidbits, the lovely young library interns, The Lovely OIivia (TLO as I prefer), The Lovely Megan (TLM as dmargalotti prefers), the Fantastic Word Game, Fantastic Word Game, tFWG, TFWG (as I prefer), the FWG, the Denny's-sponsored and permanently-guarded mechanical bull, PowerWorld, PowerWorld University (PU as some wiseass students prefer), the Executive Board, Radio-Info, RadioDiscussions, and my world-famous Welcome To TFWG speech because, in the words of Steve Martin, "I forgot!"

I should have gone ahead with my fiendish thought above...

This is from my recently dusted-off copy of Merriam-Webster's Guide To Punctuation and Style which, when Mr. Ed needs to look something up, is final authority:
A colon introduces a list or series, often following a phrase such as the following or as follows

She has trial experience on three judicial levels: county, state, and federal.
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A colon is part of a sentence, and is therefore permissible, but we will await final word from the Master of the English Language (MOTEL as we all prefer).

Furthermore, the following are being submitted to the Department of Redundancy Department (DORD as we all prefer) for further review:
[T]he Fantastic Word Game, Fantastic Word Game, tFWG, TFWG (as I prefer), and the FWG.
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I forgot! to remind you, Ed, to once again look over my world-famous Welcome To TFWG speech because you will notice that The Fantastic Word Game, Fantastic Word Game, TFWG, tFWG, and the FWG have been mentioned in my speech for quite some time now.

The name of this game is Fantastic Word Game (no 'The'). Despite that, my preference has always been to include the 'The', making it TFWG. The other incarnations are the preferences of the various contributors over the years.

Time for bed. Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow.
 
For quite some time now, I've had the same argument with the Mayflower Man (TMM, if'n you prefer) over usage o' The Sinister Semicolon n' the Evil Ellipsis, n' to the point that I was plumb blue in the face, but instead o' just beatin' my 10-gallon hat against a brick wall, I pivoted n' just learned to have a little fun with it.

Which leads to periodical tests of the Emergency Evil Punctuation System (EEPS, as most rednecks prefer), or just an exquisitely-timed insertion of one (er both) fer the sheer enjoyment o' dodgin' brain fragments from the North.

So you know, Mister Ed, the Crafty Comma is all good in WMC's book, but he tends to not employ them all that often, leadin' to one of his (now coined by the ranch) Ridiculous Run-ons.
 
Have a little fun with it if you can because, (notice the comma) at some point, (another comma) it all just might come crashing down around you.

I learned run-ons from Miss Silkie. She is/was the best at it. A great teacher. In case you didn't pay attention to Contribution #51,709, there are commas aplenty with no brain-splattering Crafty Colons or Sinister Semicolons.
 
Around you here is a small but enthusiastic team of word masters who enjoy the challenge of composing sentences that begin with difficult clues while still adhering to the basic rules of grammar, some of which I have been known to violate a time or two.
 
A time or two each day, I sneak back home, have a tallboy (er two...er three) outta the Yeti cooler, n' hightail it on back to the gig partially lit.

I reckon that's why the back-half o' the show tends to be a lil' more loosey goosey.

Sorry, Padre. Reckon I'm the exception to yer contribution. I ain't no word master, hell, I barely adhere to the English language, at all. The basic rules o' grammar are kinda lost on me n' my John Tyler-approved edjumication.
 
Partially lit rooms around the PowerWorld University (PU according to some) campus caused people to ask the age-old question, "How many FWG'ers does it take to change a light bulb?"
 
To change a light bulb (lightbulb, as Texas rednecks often prefer) from incandescent to LED, at the behest o' our Federal government, really sent some o' my redneck brethren off'n the deep end, n' now I've got a heap o' neighbors who've dedicated dern-near a whole storage area to the former.
 
The former way of doing things was too inefficient, so the committee drafted and approved a new-and-improved set of standard operating procedures (SOP as most prefer).

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The name of this game is Fantastic Word Game (no 'The'). Despite that, my preference has always been to include the 'The', making it TFWG. The other incarnations are the preferences of the various contributors over the years.
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I'm sure the Department of Redundancy Department (DORD as we all prefer) will take that into account. :)
 
Standard operating procedures (SOP as most prefer) for the Operating Procedure Standards Committee are designed to guide the committee in establishing operating procedures for setting numerous standards for all kinds of stuff.
 
All kinds of stuff is rattlin' 'round the vast void beneath the 10-gallon Stetson hat right now, n' at the forefront o' it all is the unwaverin' suspicion that Mister Ed has been sent here by a diff'ernt, inferior band camp from the one that sent me, yet follerin' the same set of die-rectives that I received.

🤔

What ya think, Holly? Should we mention the code word n' see if'n he has the proper response?

No? Ok, then.

Oh, heck for...they don't even know who you are yet, girl. Back in yer pen, fer God's sake, 'fore they make a bee line fer them dad-blasted hills again.
 


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