Need a ruling - I Spy...
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Right, on my train to work earlier a couple of kids nearby were playing the old favourite, I spy with my little eye...
Now, the girl (approx 10) is the lead and calls for something beginning with ‘R’. Her oppo (boy aged about 7) went through the rigmarole of calling everything and anything beginning with ‘R’ but to no avail.
Answer? Red Bag!
Boy calls foul. ‘Red’ is not a thing but a description of a thing and shouldn’t be allowed. Girl insists that that a red bag is indeed a thing and calls the boy a sore loser. Both end up in a huff.
I’m with the boy on this but my missus claims the girl was perfectly entitled to the point. (She also wondered what I do all day if this is occupying my mind but no matter).
Who wins the point?
Now, the girl (approx 10) is the lead and calls for something beginning with ‘R’. Her oppo (boy aged about 7) went through the rigmarole of calling everything and anything beginning with ‘R’ but to no avail.
Answer? Red Bag!
Boy calls foul. ‘Red’ is not a thing but a description of a thing and shouldn’t be allowed. Girl insists that that a red bag is indeed a thing and calls the boy a sore loser. Both end up in a huff.
I’m with the boy on this but my missus claims the girl was perfectly entitled to the point. (She also wondered what I do all day if this is occupying my mind but no matter).
Who wins the point?
A Yorkshireman and his wife were playing 'I Spy' in the kitchen (the dark nights must have flown by).
"It begins with T" he says.
"Is it teapot?"
"No"
"Trivet?"
No
"Toaster?"
Nah.
This goes on for some time until she gives up "Go on then, what is it?"
'S easy' 'e ses pointing, "it's t'oven innit!"
"It begins with T" he says.
"Is it teapot?"
"No"
"Trivet?"
No
"Toaster?"
Nah.
This goes on for some time until she gives up "Go on then, what is it?"
'S easy' 'e ses pointing, "it's t'oven innit!"
mattyn1 said:
defblade said:
Should have been "RB" for red bag anyway, even leaving out the "is the colour part of the name" question. Two words, two initials.
I agree. Has anyone else played I Spy in the dark?
dorset_clive said:
Majorly p!ssed off my kids on a drive down through France one year...my turn "I spy [etc] beginning with R"
Went most of the way for Orleans to Clermont-Ferrand before I finally relented at told them it was 'reflection' in the rear view mirror. Not sure they've ever forgiven me
Done similar as a smart arsed kid to my parents with Horizon. "Weve been going for an hour are you sure its still there..." Went most of the way for Orleans to Clermont-Ferrand before I finally relented at told them it was 'reflection' in the rear view mirror. Not sure they've ever forgiven me
I call foul as well.
There's a version of I-Spy specifically for younger children which I played with my nephew, where you say "I spy with my little eye, something.. Green" or whatever the colour of the object is, before they know their alphabet.
Red Bag is not allowed as a "beginning with R" answer
There's a version of I-Spy specifically for younger children which I played with my nephew, where you say "I spy with my little eye, something.. Green" or whatever the colour of the object is, before they know their alphabet.
Red Bag is not allowed as a "beginning with R" answer
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