Topsurf – Do you win money at pool!? Wow, you’s some skillz! I think of wet sponges as.. smelly… You’ve done so great on your diet! Hang in there! Thanks for playing!

Tiny Tyrant – Pool Hall Hustle – that’s sounds like a great title for a movie or book! Oh Jet Ski’s … It’s snowing today, so that sounds like a dream…. Thanks for playing!

Just Jen – I think of pool halls as smokey too, but with the smoke ban, I wonder if they are anymore. Hmmm…. Ahahaha – so many people so little time! ahahaha Thanks for playing!

Claudia – I love that you put an exclamation point on the extraordinary. That’s indeed who you are! I do love the smell of wet hair but it’s very cold to have. At least here! Thanks for playing!

Not a mean girl – You do have extarordinary friends. It’s one of the things I admire about you. Heartfelt : Soulmeant What a lovely thought! Thanks for playing!

Furious Ball – Insipid : child?? Not one of your beautiful babies!! No way, don’t believe it. The beer? That, I believe! Thanks for playing!

Sandy Carlson – I love that you remember Route 66 – I used to live just off it in So. Cal. Starlight? Orion is my favorite winter site. Thanks for playing!

Reika – One of the reasons I love this game is how unique each person is. I think ‘bad greasy food for road trip’ and you think ‘freedom’! Wow! Maybe it’s the freedom to eat greasy food! Got to love the warm fuzzies! Thanks for playing!

Julia – I love your guilty pleasures! How cool is that? What a great way to celebrate your anniversary! We’ll have to try that! Thanks for playing!

Trinity River John – YAY!! Road Warrior it is! Seems like the dot did burst the bubble. That was a recession or two ago…. Thanks for playing!

Heart in San Francisco – Ha Ha!! I found you!! Thanks for letting me know that you’re post was sucked up! And sorry about that! You and your daughter are extraordinary. I love Big Sur. I’ve spent a couple birthdays there in the rain… ah…. Thanks for playing!

Ruprecht – I love the three lentan beers in Mutterings! Hmm… I wonder how horror films are heartfelt… I do love the Eurythmics… sigh.. Thanks for playing!

Miss Riss – There’s got to be a story behind the 1985 Road Trip! Are you offering a sister-strangling service?? Really?? Thanks for playing!

Perpstu – Hurray for vacations! Hmm…. wet noddles sound a tad Halloweeny – you know like the Haunted Manion ‘brains’. Uh.. never mind… Thanks for playing!

TWMark – Where would you go on your road trip? ooh I love touched as slightly insane. “We always knew she was touched.” Of course, I think completely mad.. but… Thanks for playing!

Janet – ooh Ted Nugent!? Wow. I think TV shows are insipid…. Yes, Johnny Depp. I’m hoping to cast him in the movie version of the thriller series so you can meet him. First step? Movie contract! Thanks for playing!

She – Wow, Tom Green? I haven’t thought about him in an age. Heartfelt tears are so sad. Thanks for playing!

1. Road trip :: Sandy Eggo
2. Pool hall :: Juke box
3. Extraordinary :: bullshit
4. Jackson :: Browne
5. Heartfelt :: Horror movie
6. Wet :: appetite (Rupe knows this should be “whet”. Get off me.)
7. Strangle :: hold
8. .com :: (Nothing comes to mind)
9. Touched :: Eurythmics
10. Insipid :: (Nothing comes to mind. Un-freakin’ real)

(Of Note: Nothing … NOTHING … came to Rupe’s mind at the looking over of the last three words. Finally, something popped in for #9.)

…………………………….. Ruprecht