Daily Archives: July 26, 2019

Friday Filler – Of Family, Friends, and Fripperies

Thank Grog It’s Firday!

I think the old saying goes, “You can’t pick your family, but you can pick your nose.”  Or something like that. But, the reality is (and has been since there was family) you may be related by blood, but you may not be friends with members of your family.  In other words, it comes down to that other old saying, “I love you, but I don’t LIKE you right now.”  I hear that more and more these days as politics and religion become the unsocial side of social media.

However, in our game,  Family, Politics, Religion and all sorts of other related topics became fair game…and the writers did themselves proud, with some of the funniest dialogue in years!

I’ll dive into some of it, right after I answer this question.  “Since when are “mini-events” (which Flanders Family Reunion Clearly Is) two weeks long???”  The answer?  Since EA and the writers have decided to stretch everything out, in order to make less work for “the team.”

EALP or SLAW?  You decide.
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Flanders Family Reunion Prize Breakdown: Lord Thistlewick Flanders

Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!

The Flanders have invaded Springfield…hopefully to liven this up a bit! As the Flanders Family Reunion has officially kicked off! What will happen in the new update?  Will Canadian Flanders say one eh to many?  Will Ted Flanders unload all of his Spinich?  Well, you’ll have to read the dialogue to find out! Of course, a new event means new prizes to earn and new prizes mean it’s time for everyone’s favorite prize breakdown posts!

Remember, this event is designed to follow a series of tasks via the questline to unlock prizes.  For each of the parts of the Flanders-O-Rama questline, you’ll have to earn  via various character tasks in order to unlock the prize for that part.

So let’s take a look at the final event prize, Lord Thistlewick Flanders…because every family has “one of those”…

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