# A pox on you, avabeth! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 25, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-you-avabeth/184206 "2003-06-25T03:01:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-you-avabeth/184206/1 "2003-06-25T03:01:45Z")
Thanks to your post in [this thread,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=191768) I went and downloaded Snood. Haven’t gotten a thing done since. Thanks a LOT, you :wally 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-you-avabeth/184206/2 "2003-06-25T03:27:32Z")
I, too, am Snood-ridden as a result of **avabeth** ’s reckless disregard for the GNP. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-you-avabeth/184206/3 "2003-06-25T04:05:00Z")
I am also a Snood fiend, though not because of **avabeth** ’s promotion. That blame is laid squarely at the feet of two of my dorm-mates. ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-you-avabeth/184206/4 "2003-06-25T05:39:46Z")
Oh god… Snood. It’s better than crack, and twice as addictive. I got hooked at my last job. Yeah, I worked hard. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-you-avabeth/184206/5 "2003-06-25T06:38:44Z")
Don’t worry, all. After two or three years, the charm wears off and you can move on. Mostly. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-you-avabeth/184206/6 "2003-06-25T09:40:46Z")
Snood. Oh dear. I haven’t downloaded that on my new computer yet. Damn you avabeth and Scarlett67! DAMN YOU!!! ---
**Author:** ![mallocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@mallocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mallocks)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-you-avabeth/184206/7 "2003-06-25T09:52:42Z")
ooh, got indirectly sick of that game through my sister playing it for hours on end, so now I don’t touch the thing. Sounds as if this is a good, not a bad thing 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-you-avabeth/184206/8 "2003-06-25T10:18:31Z")
Wow, that was ace. It installed two bonzibuddy icons and crashed my computer! Must … have … more… ---
**Author:** ![GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GSV_Consolation_of_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-you-avabeth/184206/9 "2003-06-25T10:40:55Z")
Yuck, Bonzibuddy. Try Frozen Bubble instead, [here](http://glenn.sanson.free.fr/fb/) Caution: I can’t get it to work behind my home PC’s Zonealarm firewall but my corporate proxy/firewall has no problems with it. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-you-avabeth/184206/10 "2003-06-25T12:27:05Z")
What is Snood? It won’t let me play without downloading it. Like I need another time-waster. I prefer Bookworm at [Popcap.com](http://Popcap.com). It’s like liquid crack, but with Scrabble tiles. ---
**Author:** ![Fin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@Fin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fin_man)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-you-avabeth/184206/11 "2003-06-25T12:30:23Z")
My cousin introduced me to Snood at her house back in October of 2001. It took me about 18 months to kick the habit. Hey **Kinsey** , if you like Bookworm, try Text Twist at [http://funpage.cometsystems.com/](http://funpage.cometsystems.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-you-avabeth/184206/12 "2003-06-25T12:41:21Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by atarian_ > Try Frozen Bubble instead Ta :-). I spent a very long time indeed playing dynomite on [games.yahoo.com](http://games.yahoo.com), so I imagine I could end up playing that one for a while. The most fiendishly addictive work game I’ve yet played was [Gridlock](http://www.crystalnewmedia.com/gridlock/gridlock.html). It’s a browser based block sliding thing, way above average and not even made by a dedicated games company… ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-you-avabeth/184206/13 "2003-06-25T12:51:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fin\_man \* > \*\*Hey **Kinsey** , if you like Bookworm, try Text Twist at [http://funpage.cometsystems.com/](http://funpage.cometsystems.com/) \*\* Damn you, **Fin\_man!** You’ll be getting the bill for my carpel tunnel treatments! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-you-avabeth/184206/14 "2003-06-25T12:53:40Z")
Snood. Ah yes. WE REGISTERED IT. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-you-avabeth/184206/15 "2003-06-25T13:21:46Z")
Ahh, Snood. The number one thing my friends and I did in college… ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-you-avabeth/184206/16 "2003-06-25T13:33:15Z")
Ooh ooh, if there are two of you, the one and only game you must play is [liero](http://www.kgivler.com/liero/). Hours upon countless hours of fun. Worms! Shooting things! Only better than Worms™! ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-you-avabeth/184206/17 "2003-06-25T15:19:39Z")
Wow, **scarlett** , you just scared the crap out of me! I was sitting her wracking my brain trying to figure out what I’d done to deserve a Pitting! I was away over the weekend for my brother’s wedding, so I didn’t even see this until this morning:D . Whew. I know - it’s addicting, isn’t it? I yelled at the person who sent it to me, too. And yes, I registered it for my home PC AND my Palm Pilot. They got me, too. Ava ---
**Author:** ![Special\_Agent\_Jazz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@Special\_Agent\_Jazz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Special_Agent_Jazz)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-you-avabeth/184206/18 "2003-06-26T00:29:06Z")
Thank god I don’t get addicted to things like that…though I’m sure my parents wished I did instead of dangerous stuff. LOL.