Well it does exercise the brain

Scrabble is a big sport in Senegal, and Dakar is hosting the annual World Championships right now.

Consider:

You don’t have time to move around, you don’t have time to look anywhere. All you can do is concentrate.

“Afterward,” he adds, “you’re exhausted, like someone who ran kilometers.”

Mental gymnastics are exhausting.

And, says a local sports journalist, President Abdoulaye Wade gave an audience to all the competitors – whom he addressed as “athletes.”

It’s about time those who exercise the power of words are appreciated.