December 8, 2003

NOTE FROM CHRIS:

In a recent issue of Blender magazine, rapper Ludacris
said one of his favorite tour bus activities is
playing "hip-hop Scrabble," where only words such
as "bling" and "hizzo" are allowed on the board.


Excerpts from today's list:

The Top 15 Things Overheard
at a Hip-Hop Scrabble Tournament


14> "It has to be a regulation Scrabble set, Mr. Dogg. I can't
just let you bring in a bag of extra Z's."

8> "Well in *Detroit*, the plural of 'ho' is 'hoz,' sucka."

5> "You play on that E I'm scopin' and I may just have to
triple-letter-score a cap in yo' ass."

2> "Let's see: 'Shizznizzywizzle' on a triple word score gives
you... 87,000 points."