@Caroline,
Either play the game properly Caroline or get off it. You can't jump into something others have been playing for years without a hitch and start making new rules and chucking your weight about. This game has nothing to do with other threads. Start your own association game with a rule that nobody need take any notice of the previous word or something equally stupid. If you can't stand having chunks ripped out of you in debates, which I get all the time, then get off the debate threads as well. Go get a colouring book.
I now know what a troll is. It's you. Not only do you want to butt in on established games but you want to change the rules as well. Wait for when somebody else has left the word on and if you're ignoring me then ignore the thread when I'm on last. You're actually looking for trouble and you've just proved it this morning.