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Pete this is fun, but the I spy thing I came up with would not be suitable for this forum - so I will save it for another time

But you did get me going on searching for good lines and a recycle poem was the poor result - anyway here goes:

The bed is kind of narrow
Your arms are open wide
I’ll never see such arms again
In wrestling or in love

I need you, I need you now
Do not say the moment was imagine
I never thought we’d meet
In love we disappear

You kept me from believing
What I really think of you
You got old and wrinkled
Shine on the truth some day

Do you really need his hand for your passion
And is this what you wanted
Touch me with your naked hand
You will never see a man this naked

Ah – but don’t you go home with your hard-on
No one knows where the night is going
There were lots of invitations
And now you want to marry me

I have changed my name so often
You know that’s not my style
I am what I am
And who shall I say is calling

Lover, lover , lover come back to me
The Johnny Walker wisdom running high
I thought I’d be rewarded
That I am not the one who loves

I need you, I need you now
And is this what you wanted
I am not asking for mercy
I thought I’d leave this morning

Sorry LC for smudging the air with your words, hugs from Cia

Paula
You excel yet again. Now that your sole has been covered please ensure that it remains uncleansed as it will retain the essence of the encounter and make your points even more precious.

Jo
If you saw a naked body and you can, hand on heart, recollect but not necessarily recount the experience then you have gained your first points.
Big Chief is unsure how many points to award as he is not aware of the circumstances. If it was in the dark side of a gym then 250 points are in order but any other situation warrants 30 points.
The dead magazine on a chair is another example of first rate I spy etiquette. 20 points to add to your total.

Helven
Thankyou for your excellent response that absolutely clarifies the situation.
The conjecture that you describe is synonymous with the amplification of a similar hypopthesis that states a parallel consideration towards the existence of any one of a number of similar visions. The points made by the mare are eloquent in their delivery and the translucence that is sought in order to avoid a conflict has been expertly diverted towards the manufacture of an argument that sets out to prove the inverse of all that is claimed.
It is with this in mind that the mare, by virtue of it's existence alone, can be omnipotently present and absent within the same dimensions of time and objectivity.

Cia
All I Spys are suitable but some are more suitable than others.
Surely you have seen a narrow bed or a naked hand??.. or even both?
I think Big Chief will allow you 1 point for this unless you can honestly say that you have seen neither.
That means you are only 49 points behind Jo.
If you have left some hair upon your pillow of a morning ( 50 points) then just say the word and claim the points. That will put you ahead of Jo. If your vanity prevails then try for a sleepy golden storm (100 points) but then again that is Lizzytysh's speciality.
I know......love and chains and things you can't untie ( 120 points).. no, better not go there...
shoreline and the sea? only 15 points there.
Got it..make your eyes soft with sorrow and look into the mirror (60 points) and you're way in front.
If you look into the mirror in numberless places then it doubles to 120.
This looks like I'm helping Cia too much. Nothing could be further from the truth.. I'm just relaying what Big Chief tells me.

Jo
the high plateau!!!! Can't you see it from your window?? Worth 40 points.
especially it there is nothing above and nothing below..that will give a bonus of 20 points.

Pete

Pete, the absent mare asked me to thank you for the comments . She retired in order to smoke her conditionally existent pipe and think over your words.

And meanwhile I can continue to spy.
I’m not quite sure… but if “I came back from where I’ve been” and “my room, it looked the same” could it add some points?

A gym? A GYM????????

I'd rather run into a room full of plague victims than go anywhere near a gym - dark side or light side. But I have seen many naked bodies in other interesting places - but I certainly won't recount those here So the voyeurs amongst you can go fetch your teddy bears and dream on.

Do the tips you gave Cia apply to me too? If they do then I can safely claim at least a few thousand points: the narrow bed, the naked hand, the hair upon the pillow and don't forget that it was MY sailor who introduced me to LC in the first place by singing to me about sleepy golden storms... and the love and chains and things you can't untie .. you're right - it's better not to go there. Shoreline and the sea? You've gotta be kidding - ask the Big Chief if he's ever been to Cape Town.
Eyes soft with sorrow? I'll pass on that one but the mirror bits would certainly get me several points, not to even mention the misbehaving fingers and the stainless steel razor blades and the vision growing dim ... and the funeral in the mirror that's stopped at my face - oh lord - have I seen all these things with my very own dimming vision...

You may as well all give up now and award me the prize - whatever that may be... a weekend on a desert island with the pirate? You know where to find me - I'm the one getting lost in that hopeless little screen that's right in front of me at this very moment.

A high plateau, Pete? Does Table Mountain count or is that a figurative plateau?

Dear Fickle Pete ~

For the flow of innovative thought alone, in that lost but not forgotten poem, I think Ms. Cia shall be proclaimed Mistress Cia, and stand at your side for the judging and/or interventions with Big Chief. She has a way with words. [Besides, I was never asked if I was interested in the position . I maintain a strict policy of expressed-agreement-mistressing, only with permission granted. You'll find it in the handbook .]

~ Mistress-Expatriate Lizzy

Thank you for the triple points on the night coming on, of course, which I'm certain won't be withdrawn . For the cat points, as well. However, the sign [if there must be one] will have to be velcro, as he'll need to be able to take it with, for attachment to chairs of his choosing. The ownership of such things, when it comes to cats, is implicit presumption. Have you tried dislocating one from a chair you thought to be your own? A distinct, pfffftty attitude followed, unless your cat is of the ceramic variety. [And, between you and me, I don't think he'll be too inclined to find the sign necessary, either .]

Helven ~ So your chair stands, eh ? Mine sits . Perhaps yours is more formal ?

I saw a beggar minus a wooden crutch does that qualify for any points.
Oh and I regularly see a bird on a wire, almost everytime I look out the window.

Wendy

Sorry, Wendy
A decision was made earlier that beggar must be with crutch. Lizzytysh is busy searching her country for a sighting so it would be unfair to backtrack on this one and relax the rules.

Give yourself 10 points for a bird on a wire but only one sighting is allowed per person.

regards
Pete

p.s. Big Chief says Hi

I saw a dog in heat today, and it's not even spring. I even saw Pete behind the sofa watching Jaws, but I do not expect to get points for that one

Every day I see a war between the odd and the even, and if I do not get points for that, I will start a war between a man and a woman.

I wonder if Lizzytysh is allowed to promise me away to Big Chief as a mistress - but I must admit it sounds tempting

hugs from Cia (and if not I should be spying......!)

I really felt I should have had bonus points for stepping into an avalanche which covered up my sole and none were forthcoming.

My next offering is answering the phone for my daughter and asking "who shall I say is calling".

I gotta tell ya' ~ I saved this thread for last, cuz I knew it'd leave me laughing.

Paula ~ I'm not over your perfect cat sequence yet , and now you're heading into screening your daughter's calls . I'll have to answer someone else's phone to manage that one ~ or pretend I'm not me .

Cia ~ I seriously doubt if I am, but hey.....easy come, easy go, right? Just pass him on, if you're not interested . At least then it's a 'girl thing.'

Oh, no-no-no, Wendy.......he's gotta be leaning and on his one crutch only. And, it's gotta be wooden. I saw a beggar myself yesterday. Hey, Pete, can we carry a wooden crutch with us, and ask him to lean on it? Lest anyone think I'm being cold-hearted, the beggar I refer to is one of those bedraggled ones who "Will Work for Food;" starts back-peddling as soon as you roll down your car window and talk to them about a job, or try to give them food; and go home with more money than I do, after a day on the job. The least he could do is help me out with some I-Spy points.

I frequently see squirrels on the wire, but guessed Big Chief wouldn't be handing out any half-point awards, say 5.....if the 10 is based on 5 for the bird, and 5 for the wire. I'm afraid it's a case similar to the beggar, and all elements must be in place, or forget it .

All that said, Pete ~ for Big-Chief purposes, I hope you're keeping a record.......and can now award me some points .

Oh!
Elizabeth, I think our chairs are the most remarkable chairs in the world ! And yours is just unique !
Though, my one isn’t too remarkable . I was inattentive and wrote just as if I were writing in Russian. Actually, everything “stands” here – chairs, tables, cupboards, buildings...

Hi Helven ~

Well, if your furniture and structures are wooden, I guess they know from whence they came, and are not ready to give up the good fight. Ours, apparently, just decided to give in and take a rest. For their ongoing authenticity, regality, and exhaustion, I think yours have taken the more honourable approach.

Pete! Did you give Helven some points for her room looking the same, after she came back from where she'd been? You better, Big Guy....I mean Big Chief, I mean Big Chief Rep!

How mundane, Jo ......I've always heard the "dead magazine" in the way you've described it, too . I just had a thought of blaaaack, blaaack, blaack, black humour occur to me with regard to that lyric ~ so black, in fact, I won't even go there. The magazine would be the compartment in a gun where the bullets are placed . Oh my, I need to find a light posting somewhere. Maybe I'll hunt down Moonlight's and Lightning's . Well, speaking of Lightning, it's thundering and raining outside, so I guess I'll get off here, lest the lightning pay a personal visit. The last time I tempted fate, I ended up with a faded, brown-edged screen to show for it. Meanwhile, I'll listen to this phenomenal, remastered cd of Leonard's concert in Warsaw [1985] ~ WHAT a difference !!! All those precious, in-between-songs deliveries to the audience are not just decipherable, but clear !!!

~ Lizzy

I saw the morning after the promise at dawn, Pete.

How many points do I have now?

Wow!!

What a lot to consider here.. I sense an expectation of response and points here.
I will have a big pow wow with BC and report on the points that have been gained by all you I Spyers. Any decisions made are obviously not negotiable, as eloquently phrased in the rule book of which you have all subscribed by virtue of posting here. The rule book is currently out of print but trust me that I have a virtual image in my repertoire.

We need to respond to some individual sightings and comments but my tea is ready so you'll have to wait. BC is smoking his pipe and does not want to be disturbed.

When he has finished puffing away he will be setting a separate challenge for this week for which there will be special accreditation.

Pete

Thanks for the points pete too bad about the beggar. How do stand with this one I saw a silver needle ( not the hypodermic variety and I certainly didn't put it in my arm.

Total points carried forward 10

Wendy