Strip-Search Demanded At World Scrabble Championship To Find
Letter "G"  It may come as news to most of the universe that the
World Scrabble Championships took place last week, and ended
yesterday when Nigel Richards of New Zealand defeated Aussie
Andrew Fisher, 3-2. Richards ended the five-day tournament with
95 points on the word "omnified"—which, as proof that humans can
still beat the machines, spell check refuses to recognize as a
word.  But the real highlight of the weekend was not Richards,
his beard, or his acceptance speech (reportedly: "Nice!"), but
this item, from The Independent:  At the event, which opened on
Wednesday, a Thai player demanded England's Ed Martin be taken
to the toilet and strip-searched to prove he had not hidden a
'G' tile that mysteriously went missing during their game. The
judges ruled in Mr Martin's favour, sparing him the indignity of
a search and seeing a tight defeat turned into victory by a
single buttock-clenching point.  According to reports from
people who keep track