The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)

[southendmd]

The magenta chairs were part of the ultramodernistic décor at the Twist-Newsome house.

[memento]

Lureen's hair color ran the gamut from brunette, to blonde to wheat.

=aside= Paul
Belated congratulations on reaching

[Fran]

Round 887!

A "Back to Basics" Round



Just post an unplayed word and relate it to BBM.

[Fran]

"Ennis's and Jack's acute emotions -- yearning, loneliness, disappointment, loss, love and, yes, lust -- are affecting because they are universal. But while the screenplay, by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, adheres closely to the Proulx original, it even more vividly roots the movie in the rural all-American milieu, with its forlorn honky-tonks and small-town Fourth of July picnics, familiar from elegiac McMurtry works like The Last Picture Show."

-- Frank Rich, The New York Times    

=aside= Paul
I'll second Sandy on congratulating
you here on your 10,000+ posts.

[southendmd]

Living on the mountain meant getting by with just the basics.

=aside= Sandy, Fran
Thanks!

[Meryl]

Jack confessed to Ennis that he'd made a crummy living on the rodeo circuit and decided to get out while he could still walk.

[memento]

Jack didn't want Ennis to dilly-dally when it came time to come down from Brokeback.

[southendmd]

"Beaver fever" refers to an infection with giardia lamblia, an enteric pathogen.

[Meryl]

Jack said he was tired of beans, but the flatulent effects of same may have contributed to his renunciation of the legumes.

[memento]

After working all day on Brokeback, Jack and Ennis got pretty grubby and then got down and dirty at night.