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FukinTroll -> New and Old (4/3/2011 1:12:16 PM)

Alrighty, here is a new goofy game fer ya... I would post it in humor but I iz skeered of the gold mail (see sig line). Although I think humor would be a great place for these games.

New and Old... works like this:

New: New York

Old: York UK; York's location on the River Ouse, in the center of the Vale of York and half way between the capitals of London and Edinburgh. 
TPA asks the New and TPB answers with the Old and asks the next New.
Although it works well with the above example, it can work just as well with New: Paris Tx Old: Paris France; "info blurb"
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New: New Orleans




FullCircle -> RE: New and Old (4/3/2011 1:21:27 PM)

Orléans:

"Orléans (pron) is a city in north-central France, about 130 km southwest of Paris. It is the capital of the Loiret department and of the Centre region. Orléans is located on the Loire River where the river curves south towards the Massif Central. The city of New Orleans (still called in French La Nouvelle-Orléans), in the United States is named after the commune of Orléans"

New: New Hampshire




FukinTroll -> RE: New and Old (4/3/2011 3:46:43 PM)

New: New Hampshire US


Old: Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom, notable especially for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force. It borders Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Surrey, and West Sussex.


Today, Hampshire is a popular holiday area. Its tourist attractions include many seaside resorts, the motor museum at Beaulieu, with national parks in both New Forest and the South Downs (covering some 45% of the county). Hampshire has a long maritime history and two of England's largest ports, Southampton and Portsmouth, lie on its coast. The county is famed as home of such writers as Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, as well as the birthplace of engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The county town is Winchester, a historic cathedral city in the center of the county.
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New: St. Petersburg Fl.




Aylee -> RE: New and Old (4/3/2011 9:40:20 PM)

OLD: St. Petersburg, Russia

Saint Petersburg was founded by Tsar Peter I of Russia on 27 [O.S. 16 May] 1703. From 1713 through 1728 and from 1732 it was the capital of the country until 1918 when the central government bodies moved from Petrograd to Moscow.[11] It is Russia's second largest city after Moscow with 4.6 million inhabitants. Saint Petersburg is a major European cultural centre, and an important Russian port on the Baltic Sea.

NEW: Newspeak




KMsAngel -> RE: New and Old (4/4/2011 1:49:41 AM)

OLD: Newspeak is a fictional language in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. In it, it refers to the deliberately impoverished language promoted by state. the basic principles of the language are explained. Newspeak is closely based on English but has a greatly reduced and simplified vocabulary and grammar. This suits the totalitarian regime of the Party, whose aim is to make any alternative thinking—"thoughtcrime", or "crimethink" in the newest edition of Newspeak—impossible by removing any words or possible constructs which describe the ideas of freedom, rebellion and so on. words with negative meanings were removed as redundant, so "bad" became "ungood". Words with comparative and superlative meanings were also simplified, so "better" became "gooder", and "best" likewise became "goodest". Intensifiers could be added, so "great" became "plusgood", and "excellent" and "splendid" likewise became "doubleplusgood".

NEW: PC




FukinTroll -> RE: New and Old (4/4/2011 3:32:38 PM)

NEW: PC (political Correctness, my assertion)

Old: PC, A personal computer (PC) is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator. PCs include any type of computer that is used in a "personal" manner. This is in contrast to the batch processing or time-sharing models which allowed large expensive mainframe systems to be used by many people, usually at the same time, or large data processing systems which required a full-time staff to operate efficiently.
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New: New Brunswick





tiggerspoohbear -> RE: New and Old (4/4/2011 4:40:38 PM)

New: New Brunswick  -   (French: Nouveau-Brunswick; pronounced: [nuvobʁɔnzwik]) is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only constitutionally bilingual province (English and French) in the federation.[/link] The provincial capital is [link=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredericton,_New_Brunswick]Fredericton, while Saint John is the most populous city, and metropolitan Moncton is the largest census metropolitan area. Statistics Canada estimates the provincial population in 2009 to be 750,457; a majority are English-speaking, but there is also a large Francophone minority (33%), chiefly of Acadian origin. The province's name comes from the English and French partial transcription of the city of Brunswick (Braunschweig in German) in northern Germany (and former duchy of the same name), the ancestral home of the Hanoverian King George III of Great Britain.


OldBraunschweig (German pronunciation: [ˈbʁaʊnʃvaɪk]; Low German: Brunswiek [ˈbrɔˑnsviːk]; English: Brunswick[2]), is a city of 247,400 people,[3] located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser. The offices of the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation (BFU) are located in Braunschweig.[4]
Pssst..... Did I get it right?  If not my apologies.  I'm tryin, really I am. [&:]




tiggerspoohbear -> RE: New and Old (4/4/2011 5:48:58 PM)

New:  Blue-Ray

Now have I got it?  lol

ETA:  Couldn't go back to my original post,too late to edit [>:]




FukinTroll -> RE: New and Old (4/4/2011 6:10:35 PM)

New: Blue Ray (Blu-ray technology, my assertion)

Old: Blueray

Vaccinium corymbosum
( Blueray Highbush Blueberry )
'Blueray' grows to heights of 4 to 5' and the same in diameter. This is a midseason, very hardy, upright vigorous bush that produces large, light-blue, highly tart fruit that ripens 1 to 2 weeks after the cultivar, 'Bluetta'. This deciduous shrub is dense with an upright, multiple-branched growth habit. Leaves are elliptical, and can be toothed or entire, to 3 inches long, turning red or yellow in the fall. White, sometimes pink tinged flowers to 1/2 inch across are held in pendant terminal racemes. Flowers are followed by edible, sweet, round, deep blue berries to 1/2 inch across. Many varieties are available, check for the ones that are best suited to your local area. Blueberries love acid soil.
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New: Sanindara (my youngest ums name)





sunshinemiss -> RE: New and Old (4/6/2011 3:07:30 AM)

Old - Methuselah - Oldest person according to the Old Testament - died at 969 years of age, a week before the flood. Evidently he was afraid of water. [:D] Did you know that Noah was his grandson?

New - Ritalin





ResidentSadist -> RE: New and Old (4/6/2011 5:38:01 AM)

Lemme' see if I understand this?

1- TPA has to have both topics relative to each other, in age.  One being old, one being "new".
2- The "old" and "new" relative to age have no bearing on the "Old" and "New" topics for the TPB. 
3- TPB has define either of the previous "Old" or "New" topics, depending upon which topic the TPA left undefined.
4- When TBP defines the previous "Old" or "New" topics, they have to find an age relative topic to link a 'new' undefined "Old" or "New" topic so the next TPB can define it.

So it would look like this?
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Old: Paris, France
Archaeological signs of permanent settlements in the Paris area date from around 4200 BC. The Parisii, a sub-tribe of the Celtic Senones, inhabited the area near the river Seine from around 250 BC.  The city of Paris, within its administrative limits largely unchanged since 1860, has an estimated population of 2,193,031, but the Paris metropolitan area has a population of 11,836,970, and is one of the most populated metropolitan areas in Europe.  Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region.

New: Paris, Texas
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Old: Paris, Texas
The first recorded settlement in the vicinity was in 1826, and settlements were known to be in the area as early as 1824. The town was founded by merchant George W. Wright, who donated 50 acres of land in 1844, when the community was also designated the county seat.  It was incorporated by the Congress of the Republic of Texas on 1845.   

New: Paris Hilton
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New: Paris Hilton
Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American socialite, heiress, media personality, model, singer, author, fashion designer and actress. She is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton (founder of Hilton Hotels). Hilton is known for her controversial participation in a sex tape in 2003, and appearance on the television series The Simple Life alongside fellow socialite and childhood best friend Nicole Richie.

Old: Hilton Hotels
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New: Hilton Hotels
Hilton Hotels became the first coast-to-coast hotel chain of the United States in 1943.  Hilton Hotels & Resorts (formerly known as Hilton Hotels) is an international chain of full-service hotels and resorts founded by Conrad Hilton and now owned by Hilton Worldwide. Hilton hotels are either owned by, managed by, or franchised to independent operators by the Hilton Hotels Corporation. As of 2008, there are 533 Hilton branded hotels across the world.

Old: Hilton, Ontario
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etc.


So is that how it goes??? 

What's up with Methuselah & Ritalin... I don't get it unless it's teh "Meth" part?  Ritalin (Methylphenidate)






sunshinemiss -> RE: New and Old (4/6/2011 5:40:17 PM)

No, RS, the NEXT topic does not have to be related to the previous.

THESE 2 are related:
NEW: Sanindara - FT's YOUNGEST person.
OLD - Methusala OLDEST person.

New topic (doesn't have to be related to previous)
Ritalin is the next NEW.

Unless Newspeak and Russia, a personal computer and New Brunswick, and FT's um and a blueberry bush have connections I'm not aware of.




KMsAngel -> RE: New and Old (4/6/2011 6:36:10 PM)

lol, actually PC was 'politically correct', which seems to often aspire to newspeak heights/depths.

however a little ambiguity sometimes comes up with more interesting angles




tiggerspoohbear -> RE: New and Old (4/7/2011 1:27:40 PM)

This is how I've been made to understand the game, the new you post is what the previous poster posted as new.  Then you do old for that new item you posted, then you post a separate new for the next poster.  O Lawdy Lawd, I think I got it right.

New: from previous poster's last new

Old: from your new above, related to it of course
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New: your choice of new


It's confuzzling, and I'm known to be a ditz at times, so this is one that really makes me think and I'm afraid my brain is gonna go BOOOOM!  [;)]




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