Sunday, February 20, 2011

"It is on my planet!"

In Other Words...
 A feature wherein TileHead presents a quote that is interesting, informative, inspiring, or humorous:
[Family is playing Scrabble]
Steve Smith: QUIVECS? That's not a word.
Roger the Alien: It is on my planet!
Francine Smith: Is it a proper noun?
[beat]
Roger the Alien: Damn!
[rearranges letters]
– In the TV series American Dad! (2005)

3 comments:

  1. There've been a couple Scrabble gags on the Simpsons recenltly, seen those? One has Moe throwing away the giant E from his sign, and it lands on a Scrabble game going on at the retirement home...

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  2. There are three 4-tile 'steals' for QUIVECS if anyone is feeling ambitious...

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  3. @Brian: yeah, I think I saw that one recently. Someday I'll post the KWYJIBO quote...

    @scrabblepodcast: congrats if you found any of those without assistance. I'm afraid I'm a little shaky on my 11's. :-)

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