# Snood **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2000, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snood/22676 "2000-06-17T04:07:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snood/22676/1 "2000-06-17T04:07:39Z")
Just wondering if anyone else here shares my addiction to Snood, which can be downloaded for free [here](http://snood.pair.com/). My best friend, who also posts here and will surely be lured in if she sees this thread title, got me hooked on it last spring. I spent most of last summer playing endless games (I’m talking in the thousands, at _work_), because I couldn’t stop. I was seeing Snoods when I closed my eyes. I hooked my boyfriend, my coworkers… one of my work friends has threatened my life because she can’t pull herself away from Snood. I thought I could quit anytime I wanted, but I was Snood’s hapless, helpless slave. After a while I thought I’d beaten the addiction, but lately it’s bubbled up again (I’ve just played about 20 consecutive games) thanks to my boyfriend who has himself lapsed, though he denies it. There’s a commericial for [Wingspan.com](http://Wingspan.com) that has a guy playing Snood while his wife tells him she’s expecting, so I’m wondering if it’s more popular than I realized… popular like heroin is popular… ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snood/22676/2 "2000-06-17T04:32:27Z")
Snood ate my life. Snood bad. ---
**Author:** ![Baglady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snood/22676/3 "2000-06-17T05:37:45Z")
I have played well over 100,000 games of Snood over the last four years. I am so completely addicted to this game that even now, I end up spending at least an hour a day playing this game. I have personally turned at least four other individuals into Snood addicts, including my boss. Thank goodness the current version for Windows NT is in beta and buggy; otherwise I’d spend my time at work playing Snood instead of working!! ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snood/22676/4 "2000-06-17T05:43:24Z")
Quote from my friend & coworker Kathy, last summer: “I am Snood’s bitch.” ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snood/22676/5 "2000-06-17T05:53:49Z")
Baglady is telling the truth, she is CONSTANTLY playing. We’ll be having an argument and she will sit down and start playing, not even realizing what she is doing. If she is surfing the web she will switch to Snood to get off three shots while waiting for a page to load. Here is a typical conversation: ME: Whatcha doing hon? HER: Working on my web page. ME: No, you’re playing Snood. HER: Oh. She has a 1.25" button press, she made Snood buttons (one run of buttons for each Snood). Her boss was actually happy to receive one. Once during some “bedroom roleplaying” she made me dress up as Grover Snood (well not really, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it happened some day). She’s playing right now (“doomp cheemp! Da-duh-da!”) ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snood/22676/6 "2000-06-17T06:25:04Z")
> [@](#): > > (“doomp cheemp! Da-duh-da!”) Aaaighhh, I can’t stop laughing! It’s funny 'cause it’s true! What always pissed me off was the people who were like 36th Chamber masters of Snood, even though they hadn’t played _nearly_ as many games as I had. ---
**Author:** ![PattyCake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9adbd/32.png) [@PattyCake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PattyCake)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snood/22676/7 "2000-06-18T03:50:55Z")
Rosebud, Rosebud, Rosebud. I have repeatedly apologized for my role in your Snood addiction, but I think it’s a good sign that you’re admitting that you have a problem. 😉 And don’t forget how we judge the passage of time: There’s Snood, and there’s the before-time. Has anyone gotten to the point where you have to download new Snood patterns to keep it challenging? ---
**Author:** ![monkeylucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@monkeylucifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeylucifer)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snood/22676/8 "2000-06-18T07:04:05Z")
I have wasted too much time at work recently playing Snood. Thank you for putting my position at risk. BTW…the round blue Snood is most certainly the evil-Grover. (It’s really a well-done version of Bust-A-Move) ---
**Author:** ![Jo3sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@Jo3sh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jo3sh)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snood/22676/9 "2000-06-18T16:02:52Z")
Hm. Downloaded it, installed it, ran it. Can’t see the appeal. Maybe I’m just odd. ---
**Author:** ![papertiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce73a5/32.png) [@papertiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papertiger)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snood/22676/10 "2000-06-18T16:55:18Z")
I have been looking for a decent bust-a-move clone, at last I can now vegetate for many hours, completely free! And Jo3sh, you _are_ odd! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snood/22676/11 "2000-06-18T17:05:26Z")
My computer doesn’t like Snood. It was running just fine until I came downstairs to it and brought the disk. Then it up and froze. So I rebooted a few times. Not until I had removed the disk from the computer’s sight did it reboot properly. Then I put the disk in again and tried installing. No soup (or perhaps Snood) for me. More rebooting, this time with the disk in a metal thingy far from the computer. It took me ten minutes, two per reboot, to get the thing back to a presentable state. Then Snood installed properly. Either it has been infected (the computer) by Snood or it gave up trying to warn me. Then I played Snood for an hour. Maybe we should start a new thread with high scores. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snood/22676/12 "2000-06-18T17:26:21Z")
Why don’t you just slip some heroin into my breakfast cereal too. ---
**Author:** ![Jo3sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@Jo3sh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jo3sh)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snood/22676/13 "2000-06-18T20:57:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Jo3sh, you _are_ odd! > \*\* Well, good. I’m glad I finally have some confirmation of that. The suspense has been killing me. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snood/22676/14 "2000-06-18T23:39:38Z")
I just got back from spending half the weekend, Snoodless, with my parents… in some ways, it was like the before-time. I have to admit that when I posted this, I kinda wondered if any of the Teeming Millions would be pulled into the Time Sucking Black Hole that is Snood… welcome to the collective! My favorite Snood is the little fuzzy blue one. And btw, once you realize you _have_ a favorite Snood, you’re beyond help. ---
**Author:** ![Baglady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snood/22676/15 "2000-06-19T06:54:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > My computer doesn’t like Snood. It was running just fine until I came downstairs to it and brought the disk. Then it up and froze. > Maybe we should start a new thread with high scores. > \*\* Snood is a native Mac app, so if you’re on Windows that might be the cause of your bugginess. As for high scores, my highest Evil score is 44,322 on my current computer (I think I had a Evil score that a was 58,000+ on my old laptop I sold earlier this year).