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Stop before someone gets hurt
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I sure came along at the right time! Or else I did something wrong.
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Next round.
Sorry Cynth. It was x’s turn. I’m preempting you. 
you may now make an o move!
You’ve played this before I think…
Slan,
D.
You guys—I honestly wonder how I have survived. I have held responsible jobs, I did well enough in school, and yet I just do one d@mn stupid thing after another. I tried to think about it and to be careful, since I know I have this problem. And AGAIN I did something stupid. I mean do they have pills for this??? 
Please go on without me for this game. I am still recovering. 
You go ahead, dubh. Thank you for putting it so kindly, emmline. I once even studied up on how to play this very game!
No worries Cynth,
The print is a bit on the small side and it is easy enough to miss a beat on a message board…we have all done it at some point or other.
Way back in my younger days I was on the Irish tic - tac - toe squad but some jealous competitor filled my fountain pen with invisible ink knowing full well that Lemons were out of season.I ended up getting booted off the team for taking to long over my moves.It is a much faster moving game than a lot of people realise.
Slan,
D.
My dirty little secret is that I can only function in print. If you ever meet me in person I’ll sit there looking silly and awkward and having absolutely nothing intelligent to say. Perhaps you can go to the NE Chiff gathering and pretend to be me since I’m not likely to get there anyway?
My favourite game was a series of clear, plastic double blocks with a coloured bead in each half - 3D TTT. It was hard but fast, as well. Great for working those spacial dimension muscles. 
djm
Nice try. I am the one who put down “angelic music” on Gary’s “-tic” thread also. I don’t think I believe that story about the invisible ink.
We have something in common here. I have been known to sneak out back doors at “functions”!
Ah, that sounds like just the ticket for someone who can’t play tic-tac-toe! 
me too.
This is a great game. A real brain exercise:
It’s called Quarto.
The 16 pieces each have four characteristics:
tall or short
light or dark
hollow or solid
round or square
but each piece is unlike any other. (eg, 2 pieces may have 3 of those traits in common, but not 4)
So, on the sixteen position board, you must achieve
four in a row of any one characteristic,
eg, 4 shorts in a row wins, 4 solids, etc.
The catch is that when it’s your turn you must play the
piece your opponent hands you, so you even have to think
when it’s the other guy’s turn.
Told you somebody was going to get hurt!
We may not have something in common here. When we sneak out of a function, can we just, ummm, well, not play this game? We could read our books.
It’s getting crowded out back!
The time-delay here is handy, isn’t it? Gives you that extra edge you need to keep from being run over by the glib.