Golden Girls Alphabet Game

[Miss Chevious]

Q is for quotas. As a result of the women's liberation moment, a lot of corporations had to hire more women/minorities to fill them.

[AndySmith]

R is for Reproductive Rights. Dorothy would have fought hard on this issue.

[AndySmith]

Wow...this thread died down quite a bit...wonder if it was due to this particular subject or something else.

[Miss Chevious]

This subject was a bit shall we say...challenging? I can usually come up with a lot of stuff but ideas did not flow so readily this time.

[FormerMod-a1]

I'd say if you want to jump to another round, you can.  Or someone can burn off the rest of the alphabet with some non-sense ones.  This is just a fun thing, it's doesn't need to be strict about the theme or rules.  :)

[Bastet]

I'm a feminist, a civil rights attorney with a focus on women's rights, and one whose undergrad degree consisted of a minor in gender studies, so this category is right up my alley.  I've just been pretty sporadic in checking the GG forum since I haven't been watching the show lately.

S is for Shula Firestone, whom none of the Girls would likely have been aware of at the time, although Dorothy - being in NY - might have heard mentions of Redstockings.

[Miss Chevious]

T is for Take Your Daughters to Work Day (later called Take Your Children to Work Day) which was a groundbreaking event for its day. The Girls all had daughters that would have learned about art, teaching and milking cows.

Edited May 31, 2016 by Miss Chevious
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[Maherjunkie]

U is for unity among women (they promised to take care of each other), v is for feminist play The Vagina Monologues (but Blanche is not likely to have slept with the producer), W is for Wicca (they could cast spells) X is for newfound sexual liberation such as losing your virginity in 7 different places. 

[Miss Chevious]

Y is for why why why did it take forever to do this category and Z is for the snoozefest it became. (Sorry don't mean to offend anyone).

For a new topic - since it's summertime, the Girls are going on vacation. Let's name some places/tourist sites they would NOT want to go to.

[legaleagle53]

It's a pity that Secretary Clinton's historic nomination to the Presidency couldn't have somehow been included in this particular game.  You just know that Dorothy would be cheering, if not doing actual cartwheels over it!

[camom]

A is for Antarctica.  I think that would be too much of an adventure even for Dorothy.

[AndySmith]

B is for Brazil. Despite the appeal of the country and the Olympics, all the political and economic instability, plus the Zika Virus scare, would keep the Girls away (for now).

[BookThief]

C is for Chattanooga where the girls probably won't be visiting soon due to all of Blanche's former arrests. Sure, she sheriff still writes but there are surely female members of the police force now who would not be lenient on Blanche.

D is for Denmark where something rotten is--their cheese! Rose would never agree to go.

[Miss Chevious]

E is for England. Rose might have trouble with the language.

[Maherjunkie]

F is for Ft. Lauderdale where Sophia can hear a canary break wind.

[Miss Chevious]

G is for Greece. Dorothy doesn't want to run into a bunch of Greek sailors who'd want to know how many drachma are in eight dollars.

[AndySmith]

H is for Houston. Despite all the city has to offer, the Girls wouldn't want to visit in the sweltering summer (they have enough of that in Miami).

[LilWharveyGal]

I is for Iceland.  The long Icelandic names would remind the girls too much of Rose's ridiculous Scandinavian words.

[Maherjunkie]

J is for Jonestown.  Rose would be too likely to drink the Koolaid.

[Miss Chevious]

K is for Kissimmee, FL. Rose would be afraid she'd contract mono again.

[babyhouseman]

L is for Los Angeles where "Grab That Dough" was. After that disaster, they wouldn't want to go back even if Guy Corbin makes Rose's ovaltine boil. 

Edited July 21, 2016 by babyhouseman

[Maherjunkie]

M is for Minnesota, only because their children would never go there  college wise  and there are only farmers to date

[AndySmith]

N is for Nigeria, because the Girls want to have fun, not worry about being kidnapped and held for ransom.

[legaleagle53]

On 7/25/2016 at 9:27 PM, Maherjunkie said:

M is for Minnesota, only because their children would never go there  college wise  and there are only farmers to date

Have you forgotten that that's Rose's home state?  Of course SHE'D want to visit there!

[Maherjunkie]

Oh right!  I was thinking of the other 2.

[LilWharveyGal]

O is for Omaha.  It's so close to Miami anyway, what would be the point? :)

[Maherjunkie]

Perry Street in Greenwich Village.  There would be nothing for Blanche, Dorothy wouldn't want to be hit on by women, and Rose would wonder why some people wore leather in all those bars.

[AndySmith]

Q is for Qatar, which the girls wouldn't visit, since it's just a less interesting, more boring version of Dubai, where the girls would end up visiting instead.

[Eri]

R is for Russia because they'd be too grouchy from the toilet paper (only in Rose's mind would the Russian audience be the best audience in the world).

[Miss Chevious]

S is for Sarasota. Both Rose and Blanche had bad experiences with clowns from there.

T is for Tunnels. Sophia almost disappeared in one.

[AndySmith]

U is for Uranium City, Canada, which based on the name, none of the girls would be interested in visiting at all.

[Mom x 3]

X is for Xamien, China where they wouldn't be able to afford to go since it would cost more than a new roof.  

[AndySmith]

You missed a couple of letters there, HospiceDoc ;)

[Mom x 3]

Oh geez, I've been scrolling through the old ones for days.  Forgive me.

V is for Veracruz, Mexico, because "It's beauty is found in it's grit rather than it's grandiosity."  

W is for West Texas, where I am, because there is nothing here but red dirt.  

[LilWharveyGal]

Y is for a trip to Yankee Stadium.  Sophia would still be loyal to Sal's Dodgers, Dorothy would be leery of having to sit next to a fat, shirtless man, Rose would still be confused about the Big Potato, and Blanche would have an aversion to anything with "yankee" in the title.

[Mom x 3]

Z is for Zahedan, Iran.  No way Dorothy would let Sophia go there.  With her mouth, she'd be arrested before they left the airport.  Blanche probably couldn't deal with the dress code.  

Hmmm...how about for the next one:  Items the girls would love or hate that exist now but didn't exist (in the same form) in the 80's.  

A....airport security as it currently is.  Again, Sophia would go to jail.  

[BookThief]

B is for Binge watching. I think the ladies would dig watching episodes of things like I Love Lucy back-to-back but with the added convenience of being able to pick up where you left off instead of missing the whole marathon when your friend's daughter shows up at the house in marital distress.

[AndySmith]

C is for cell phones. The girls would be frustrated with them at first, until they figured out how to use them correctly. Rose would probably be the most frustrated, while Sophia would probably chuck hers out the window even if she did figure it out.

Edited October 12, 2016 by AndySmith

[Miss Chevious]

D is for Dating Apps. Blanche would be all over it, she'd be on every dating website from eHarmony to MeetMe, Tinder and beyond. And be in her element doing it.

 Rose would be reluctant at first, but then her competitive nature would kick in. She'd also remember the disastrous results she had with the personal columns in the newspaper.

Dorothy, too, would be lukewarm at first but then she'd say what the hell and go for it. Anything's got to be better than figuring out how many drachmas are in eight dollars, right?

Sophia would be the lone holdout. She'd say she wouldn't want to put matchmakers like Mrs. Contini out of business, plus she can meet all the geezers she wants at the senior center. 

[Maherjunkie]

E is for elections.  They've gotten dirtier since the days of Gil  Kessler.

[babyhouseman]

F is for Facebook. Blanche would publish pictures of herself to entice her men. Dorothy would follow news and social causes. Rose would like cute videos. Sophia could look at recipes and argue with people that she's the best cook. 

[LilWharveyGal]

G is for Google.  Rose could finally look up Spanish fly, metaphors, lesbians, how a Thermos keeps things both hot and cold, and all the other stuff she doesn't understand.

[AndySmith]

H is for Hybrid cars. Dorothy and Rose, being the more social conscious of the 4 girls, would probably be the ones most adamant about getting one.

Edited October 14, 2016 by AndySmith

[LilWharveyGal]

I is for Instagram.  I don't know if Dorothy would get into it, but I can imagine Sophia posting pictures of the dishes she cooks or unflattering shots of Dorothy, and Rose posting flowers or puppies.  Blanche's pictures would be inappropriate.

[legaleagle53]

2 hours ago, LilWharveyGal said:

I is for Instagram.  I don't know if Dorothy would get into it, but I can imagine Sophia posting pictures of the dishes she cooks or unflattering shots of Dorothy, and Rose posting flowers or puppies.  Blanche's pictures would be inappropriate.

Blanche's pictures would get her banned from half the Internet.

[Bastet]

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Blanche's pictures would get her banned from half the Internet.

But make her very popular on the other half.

[FormerMod-a1]

J is for Justin Bieber.  Would Blanche be a "Belieber" after the naked boat pictures?  He is almost half her age after all.  In what, Blanche?  Dog years?!!!

[camom]

K is for the Kardashians.  Sophia and Dorothy would both have no use for them, Rose wouldn't understand them (kind of like me!), and Blanche would try to become their best friends.

[AndySmith]

L is for Low Cost Carriers. Their reactions would be mixed; they'd love the cheaper prices, but find the service and soft product wanting as they all remember how better things were "back in the good old days" of flying. But. Cheaper prices on fixed incomes means more traveling. But...etc, etc.

[Miss Chevious]

M is for Measurement Devices, like Fitbit for example. The Girls wouldn't have any use for such gadgets. Except maybe Blanche, she might want to check her heart rate to make sure her ticker is still ticking.