Zoom Comes to the Campfire

[AustinBoston]

Eventually, traffic slowed.  Since it had been 198 minutes since the last time, he pulled into a convenient rest area to "rest."

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zooom

[chip]

And, zoom.

[AustinBoston]

201: A Pop-up Story.

[tlhdoc]

The time was 2:02 and the night was suddenly calm...

[brainpause]

I'm about to zoom off to bed.

[tlhdoc]

204...

[chip]

Two C-notes and a Fin.

[brainpause]

206......

[AustinBoston]

He had thought hard and long.  What would he say in front of all these dignitaries.  Despite all his thinking, he had onlt one word.  So he stood at the podium, and softly, leaning into the micrphone slightly, simply said "Zoom," and returned to his seat.  For a moment, all was stunned silence.  Then it started, at first with just one, but soon spreading to others, and in a matter of seconds broke into the most thunderous applause that the hall had heard in years.

One state governor was heard to say afterwords, "It was one of the most eloquent speeches I have ever heard."

[tlhdoc]

That was one of the best speaches I have ever heard, and I have heard 208 of them.

[AustinBoston]

Why, thank you!  I've given it at 209 different diplomatic gatherings.

[ChisholmTrail-er]

She had thought hard and long. What would she say in front of all these dignitaries?  Despite all her thinking, she had only one word. So she stood at the podium, and softly, leaning into the microphone slightly, simply said "Mooz," and returned to her seat. For a moment, all was stunned silence. Then it started, at first with just one, but soon spreading to others, and in a matter of seconds broke into the most thunderous applause that the hall had heard in years.

One state governor was heard to say afterwords, "It was one of the most eloquent speeches I have ever heard."

And a small child said "But she said it backwards!"

[tlhdoc]

She should have said zoom...

[AustinBoston]

The name of this game is not a palindrome, but 212 is.