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Hey:
Finally got someone to pay attention to me !
I feel so neglected some of the time.
Tell me the rules, PLEASE.
Luke


----please, draw me a sheep----
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Oh, my, I thought that's what we had been doing. Several times.

Rules:
Start with a word. It contains a bunch of letters.
(Some letters might be there more than once. Consider each repetition to be one letter. STREETS has E,E,R,S,S,T,T = seven letters.)
You may a)add one letter, or b)drop one letter, or c)change one letter to another. Only one of those three choices
Then you may, if you like, rearrange all the letters of the new bunch into another word.

The next person starts with that word and applies the rules again.

And so it goes.

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Hey what happened to my last post? I posted something after STALINISM but it has disappeared.

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"STREETS"

drop a T

RESETS

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drop an S for
TREES

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drop an e, give it a REST

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Originally Posted By: tsuwm
drop an e, give it a REST


If I replaced E, I could STIR up some trouble.

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Originally Posted By: TheFallibleFiend
Originally Posted By: tsuwm
drop an e, give it a REST


If I replaced E, I could STIR up some trouble.

Assuming you have and it's not just a hypothetical...

He adds an 'E' and TRIES to keep this moving.

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TRIES

Wouldn't want to make this into some sort of sermon, but...
add a P and get a PRIEST
...
How much ya wanna bet PIASTER is the next word?
...

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I prefer STRIPES (adding S) but if you PERSIST in adding 'S' you could make 'persists.'

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