# Oops. I told the grandwrex another fib. Bad, bad, bad Nana! Bad **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 25, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333 "2021-09-25T17:35:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333/1 "2021-09-25T17:35:40Z")
I’ve been playing vjunior Scrabble with the kids. Kept in mind these ages are 4 to almost 11. There’s a great divide in ages. And then me, an ol’ granny. Let me preface this by saying no one, NO! one has ever beaten me at Scrabble. And I don’t care if they are just kids, I am merciless. I think it builds character to lose to ones Nana. After 3 games, eldest grand-daughter asked me how I win all the time. I simply said "I’ve read the dictionary, and the Scrabble dictionary, and OTHER things. Her head and the eldest grand-son pea brain decided that meant I invented ‘Scrabble’ She goes on-line and sees it was invented in the 1930s. She states I would have to be nearly 100. (Great math there miss second grader) I said back “I never said I invented Scrabble in the 1930s” In his ultimate wisdom, eldest Grand-son says: " You must’ve been a young kid", (gah! Not good math skills there mister third grader) No matter what I say they believe I invented Scrabble. Umm… They also believe I’m the genius behind “knock-knock jokes” 🤭 Oops!!! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333/2 "2021-09-25T18:15:55Z")
My favorite nephews daughter (I forget what that makes her to me) told me about Abraham Lincoln on his birthday two years ago. I told her I used to go fishing with Abe when we were both kids. She stood up and told her teacher about her Uncle kayaker being friends with Lincoln. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333/3 "2021-09-25T22:18:35Z")
I would love to offer something, but I got nuthin. That’s because I suffer from decency and honesty. But you guys made me laugh out loud. j ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333/4 "2021-09-25T22:47:03Z")
Now. How to use my skills at faking out grand-wrex to take over the planet. “World domination is close, I can smell it” 😏 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333/5 "2021-09-25T22:48:03Z")
Tell them since you invented Scrabble, you’re also allowed to invent new words during the game. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333/6 "2021-09-25T22:50:26Z")
Oh, boy. I’ve used that skill playing against adults. No one ever questions my words. They’ve lost turns enough to know better. It’s a skill. All is fair in love and Scrabble. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333/7 "2021-09-25T22:56:52Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > All is fair in love and Scrabble. This reminds me of how we play Uno in our house. We call it “Cut-Throat Uno,” which means that, if someone is down to only a few cards in their hand (i.e., they’re close to winning), everyone else gangs up on them to make them draw lots of cards. When my niece was about 7 or 8, she got a “Hello Kitty” Uno deck for Christmas. She spent most of Christmas afternoon trying to entice my wife and me into playing with her. She still hasn’t forgiven us for how that game went. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333/8 "2021-09-25T22:58:30Z")
That’s so funny. I may have to pick up a junior UNO pack ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333/9 "2021-09-26T22:35:41Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > She still hasn’t forgiven us for how that game went. bwaa-ha-ha. I love these stories. My niece, now that she’s 26, has finally learned why I wouldn’t play games with her when she was a kid. Kids are constant cheaters and she was their queen. She says she still is. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333/10 "2021-09-27T10:41:57Z")
When I was 38, my hair and beard started to turn white. So I was teaching a class of new 11 year olds computing; the lesson had gone really well and with a couple of spare minutes to go I asked if they had any questions. Hands shot up. “Mr Glee, how old are you?” I was ready for this. 😉 “Well firstly, that is a personal question and you need to be careful. Some people don’t like being asked those sorts of questions. However I don’t mind. So type on your computer how old you think I am - and if anybody guesses correctly, I’ll answer.” Frantic typing ensued. I strolled round the room, looking at their screens. The youngest guess was **53** and the oldest **85**. 😲 I asked the ‘85’ guesser why he thought that. “Well you have white hair and beard and so does my grandfather. And he’s 85!” I congratulated the pupil on using logic and told the class nobody got it right… ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333/11 "2021-09-27T11:34:20Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > My favorite nephews daughter (I forget what that makes her to me) Grandniece. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333/12 "2021-09-27T13:36:19Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > She goes on-line and sees it was invented in the 1930s. > She states I would have to be nearly 100. (Great math there miss second grader) 91 (my mom’s age (born 1930)) is close to 100. It’s closer to 90, but pretty good estimating for a 7(ish) year-old. Certainly better then the third grader. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333/13 "2021-09-27T16:37:09Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > I would love to offer something, but I got nuthin. Maybe you’ll think of something as you climb the stairs to go to bed. I’ve been trying to find some reason to use that line since I saw your UID. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333/14 "2021-09-27T17:48:46Z")
Very well played, sir! j (For those not seeing the rather erudite joke, a treppenwitz is the funny remark you think of too late - literally, a staircase witticism. The joke you think of when you have left the building. I couldn’t think of anything funny, hence Hari’s observation. ) ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333/15 "2021-09-27T17:57:54Z")
It’s like some kind of esprit d’je ne sais quoi… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333/16 "2021-09-27T18:32:49Z")
I used to ‘reverse-cheat’ while playing Battleship with my kid years ago. He’d call out the dumbest places, and would never win if the game was legit. So, he’d call out a corner or something, and I’d move my ship there and make a big dramatic, “Oh! You hit my Ship!!!” Made the games reasonably short, and bearable. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333/17 "2021-09-27T19:00:45Z")
Kid’s game I hated most: Chutes and Ladders. It’s not only boring, it’s almost impossible to cheat so your kid will win and the game will be over sooner. Beck, you’re so good, I’m surprised anyone will play Scrabble with you. Maybe Don Quixote. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333/18 "2021-09-27T21:34:59Z")
@nelliebly, no adults in my house will allow me to play Scrabble. Trivial pursuit is out as well. Son-of-a-wrek says I have nothing better to do than read dictionaries and trivia books. It seems I’m not allowed to be better informed and have a nice vocabulary. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333/19 "2021-09-27T21:43:36Z")
That was great too but we better stop this hijack. (I can’t do the accents on my phone, but l’espirit d’escalier is the French for treppenwitz) j ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-told-the-grandwrex-another-fib-bad-bad-bad-nana-bad/951333/20 "2021-09-27T22:41:54Z")
My threads often go off in weird directions. I don’t mind it a bit. In fact I often learn something new. I now love that word and concept. Of course it happens to me. Alot.