Hee hee! I leave the compuker off all weekend and come back to such a lot of fun!

but sorry to say I still don't understand/get the point of some of these?

I'm going to pick on ewein for an example (sorry honey! you know I love you!). She said:

I wish I were taller, said Ewein longingly!

For this to be a Tom Swiftly (Swifty? now I'm even confused about the name of this game! is there an "l" or isn't there?), I would have said it should be:

I wish I were taller, said Ewein shortly.

Perhaps "longingly" could be used thusly:

"I didn't mean to look down on you," said Wilt Chamberlain, longingly.

(or maybe that's a stretch.... )

but I think Geoff's response was entirely a propos!

Let us go in peace to love and serve the board.