# \*Black Magic\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 19, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-magic/280692 "2004-12-19T22:02:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-magic/280692/21 "2004-12-21T19:09:18Z")
OP: itโ€™s just code and can be \*anything \* - Og ate a smiley. was it lemon or lime? ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-magic/280692/22 "2004-12-21T19:29:06Z")
So **gum** , now youโ€™re Black magic woman? ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-magic/280692/23 "2004-12-21T20:35:49Z")
**Queen Tonya** , Thanks! Yeah, I think Iโ€™m going to buy Cranium. I can draw and I donโ€™t mind making a fool of myself, but Iโ€™d _love_ to shift cards on, for instance, geography. ๐Ÿ™‚ Originally posted by **Scumpup** > [@](#): > > - What if they believe that there is actual black magic involved, snap into angry and fearful peasant mode, and decide to burn you and your accomplice at the stake? Huh? What then, smartass? What then? \* hehehe ๐Ÿ™‚ You know, true witches donโ€™t burn. **Maastricht** , Great one! You think it works with my cat as well? ๐Ÿ˜‰ > [@shijinn](#): > > OP: itโ€™s just code and can be \*anything \* - > Og ate a smiley. was it lemon or lime? ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ˜› huh? How about a banana? ๐Ÿ˜‰ Originally posted by **Tusculan** > [@](#): > > - So gum, now youโ€™re Black magic woman? \* Yep. and Iโ€™m tryโ€™in to make a devil out of you. _:: having Santana in my head, now_๐Ÿ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-magic/280692/24 "2004-12-21T22:40:15Z")
> [@gum](#): > > โ€ฆ huh? How about a banana? ๐Ÿ˜‰ โ€ฆ no, itโ€™s a lemon. Og ate a smiley. was it lemon or lime? ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ˜› ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-magic/280692/25 "2004-12-21T23:36:04Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > no, itโ€™s a lemon. > > Og ate a smiley. was it lemon or lime? ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ˜› hehehe. Do you mean the letter D? ๐Ÿ˜ƒ [looks more like cucumber to me] ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-magic/280692/26 "2004-12-22T04:55:09Z")
well, itโ€™s lime. this one looks almost edible, raspberry? ๐Ÿ˜• Og ate a smiley. was it lemon or lime? ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-magic/280692/27 "2004-12-22T05:23:12Z")
I have no idea what the lemon or lime thingโ€™s about. In my family we play alot of games. Scrabble, Tripoli (a board game involving poker), a new card/word game named Quiddle (IIRC), Trivial Pursuit, and our favorite and the loudest, Farkle. To play Farkle you need 6 die. You take turns and begin by throwing all the die. Ones give you a hundred points each. Fives give you fifty points. No other dice are worth anything, unless you get 2 twos, (in one roll) then you get 200 points, 3 threes, then you get 300 points, 4 fours, then you get 400 points, and so on. If, in one roll, you get 3 ones, you get 1000 points. Three fives is 500 points. After the first roll, you have to decide if you want to keep the points you have and not roll anymore, or you can roll some or all of the dice again and try to get a better score. For example, if on your first roll, you got a five and 2 ones, you have 250 points. You can keep those to the side and roll the other three die. If, however, on that next roll (unlimited as long as you keep getting ones or fives or combinations) you something like a 2, a 6, and a 3, you lose all the points you had for this turn and everyone yells FARKLE at the top of their lungs. I hope Iโ€™ve explained this good enough. Itโ€™s fun, but if you have a big family you may want to keep your windows closed, it can be very loud. In my Favorites I used to have a site that had every rule for every game imaginable, but I just looked for it and I donโ€™t know where it went. Shouldnโ€™t be too hard to Google, though. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-magic/280692/28 "2004-12-22T05:48:14Z")
Itโ€™s about Og who just ate a lime, though i think he prefers pie. Og ate a smiley. was it lemon or lime? ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ˜› ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-magic/280692/29 "2004-12-22T21:04:47Z")
**trublmakr** , Thanks for the tip. hehehehe, Iโ€™d love to yell FARKLE at the top of my lungs. [Iโ€™ll invite the neighbors] ๐Ÿ™‚ **shijinn** , AAAAAAAAA. What _is_ it? Please tell me. ๐Ÿ˜› ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-magic/280692/30 "2004-12-22T21:27:58Z")
> [@gum](#): > > **matt\_mcl** , Iโ€™m ashamed to say Iโ€™ve never played D&D, but a friend of mine does and he says itโ€™s cool. Killed any dragons lately? Actually yes โ€“ only our second, just this week. **kung fu lola** โ€™s character is in the process of transmogrifying into a dragon, and that was her quest to start it off. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-magic/280692/31 "2004-12-22T21:42:20Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > Actually yes โ€“ only our second, just this week. **kung fu lola** โ€™s character is in the process of transmogrifying into a dragon, and that was her quest to start it off. Congratulations! I donโ€™t know what transmogrifying is, but does that mean **kung fu lola** became a dragon and now is a dear departed **kung fu lola**? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-magic/280692/32 "2004-12-23T13:04:58Z")
capitalisation of the first letter of the post determines if itโ€™s lemon or lime. if it is face to face, you can choose anything to be the code. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-magic/280692.md?page=1)