Phoenix '77 - The Year of the Cardinal

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:25 pm

Okay, bear with me here.

Wimbledon are the only English club to have done this 7 years in a row.

Stranraer are the only Scottish club to have done this 7 years in a row, and it's looking likely that they might make it a mighty 8.

Do what precisely?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:52 pm

yoyo between divisions?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:09 pm

Spot on. And a bit easy probably.

Still, I don't want to take the shine off your achievements. You worked hard, you put in 100% and noone can ask any more from the lad.

Er. Over to you

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:56 pm

let's hope Stranraer can stay up this year

can't think of a good Q. sorry.

except something horribly niche: what is the longest number of letters in a word allowed on word soup SWP.

if anyone has a better Q pls go for it.

civ77 · Post by **civ77** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:34 pm

I'd hope that antidisestablishmentarianism would be allowed as that is popularly known as an example of a very long word, so I'll go for 28 letters.

Although knowing some of the words that it does allow I wouldn't be too surprised if it was happy with antidisestablishmentarianismisticalicitinesses.

steveseagull · Post by **steveseagull** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:52 pm

counterrevolutionaries seems to ring a bell (i have never had a bigger one)
so i will go with 22 brian.
if not, how about Sprouououououououououts?

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:00 pm

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis ?

civ77 · Post by **civ77** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:15 pm

greatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgrandmotherfucker?

117 (unless it doesn't approve of archeological necrophilia in which case go back one generation and lose the fucker for 116).

blackmogu · Post by **blackmogu** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:39 pm

Istenem wrote:let's hope Stranraer can stay up this year

can't think of a good Q. sorry.

except something horribly niche: what is the longest number of letters in a word allowed on word soup SWP.

if anyone has a better Q pls go for it.

Craps.. I remember last week pressing tiles until it refused any more.. but can't recall how many I had when it stopped (I was very, very drunk). So, I will guess 28.

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:40 pm

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:39 am

26!

(and mon the Exeter and the Reading since we're being nice to each others teams)

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 4:37 pm

Cardinal wins by being the most improbably sad and trying it.
BlackMogu comes close and Civ can have an apple off the sideboard.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 4:45 pm

I'm going to pass my question onto Blackmogu since he was sad enough to try and it, whereas I'm only sad enough to read Word-up posts where other people have tried it.

(And I can't think of a question).

Could it be, Istenem, that on our 77th Phoenix, we've run out of ideas?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 4:49 pm

i'm not at work but, if i was, i'd have Isty's bumper book of facts behind me.

the only Q i can think of is about one of clinton's backroom staff who is called randy bumgardner. i think it is the december shatteredness rather than running out.

anyway Mogu...

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:26 am

well since Mogu is not around, i'll do one.

Ziad Fazah is a semi-fictional person who was in the guinness book of records for which feat of applied memory?