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[DesEsseintes]

Another decision made. Splendid. I did so hope you'd go for the ship. But it is a long old journey to Thailand. We had better bring some board games.

 

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xk 120 roadster

Strange car. Holds more oil that a diesel truck. Aluminum panels on top of wood frames. Huge motor. It sat neglected in a back yard for decades.

I do hope that you'll start a thread with pics once that beauty is done.

 

[Jennifer]

Another decision made. Splendid. I did so hope you'd go for the ship. But it is a long old journey to Thailand. We had better bring some board games.

Parcheesi? Mad Libs? I really love playing games. We can play card games too, Kings, Spayds, etc. I would love for someone to teach me Bridge.

 

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[Garnate]

*Perk* Pinochle? I'm in.

 

[Jennifer]

I LOVE MAD LIBS!

I'd like to learn bridge, as well. I'm fierce at Euchre and I know Pinochle. THIS is exactly the kind of fun I was hoping to have with you.

I want to learn both of those games! Can't wait to learn. I can't imagine how fun mad libs will be with this group

 

[DesEsseintes]

Seriously? I love Bridge. Played at college and, once, got the drunkest I have ever been because of it. I'll happily go through the basics, though the conventions and strategies take a lifetime to master. But, like poker, it can be fun even once you know the basic rules.

But, um - isn't this in danger of turning into quite a geeky sort of cruise? I mean, there is a swimming pool on board and so on, right?

 

[DesEsseintes]

I do hope that you'll start a thread with pics once that beauty is done.

Seconded. Thirded if I could.

 

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[DesEsseintes]

OK, I'll bite. What's Mad Libs?

 

[Jennifer]

OK, I'll bite. What's Mad Libs?

From Wiki:Mad Libs is a phrasal template word game where one player prompts others for a list of words to substitute for blanks in a story, before reading the – often comical or nonsensical – story aloud. The game is frequently played as a party game or as a pastime.

 

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[Jennifer]

Des, please give me the following:

Verb:
Noun:
Name of drink:
Famous person:
Animal (plural):
Name of a nut:
Noun:
Verb ending in "ed":
Verb:
Place:
Famous person:
Phrase:

I assume you will share?

 

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[Jennifer]

Yep!

Although, it might suffer from being written rather than read aloud.

True. I can't wait until my kids are old enough to do these.

 

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[1HF]

Mad Libs, Jr. is a thing, and a nice introduction. It's even better, though, when they're old enough to know the goal here and use clever adjectives, odd body parts (nostril? Tongue?). The bathroom humor stage is okay, mainly good for a few laughs and then passing quickly. (How many times can one really use "fart" as a verb, you know?)

The bathroom humor stage is funny, mainly because when I'm reading it back we both get the giggles. No matter how much I roll my eyes when she uses the same words, we always end up laughing when it's read out loud. Lately we've been trying to go all gross ( warts, oozing, etc ) or all fluff ( sparkle, rainbows, prancing ) and seeing how ridiculous we can get.

The munchkins also love when I make up our own Mad Libs. I started doing their favorite disney songs.. The results were awesome.

 

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I started that stage at my house. I can still see my girls' faces when they asked, "adjective?" and I replied, "stinky." That was it and they went all gross-out for a while. It is funny.

My favorite is when I can manage to gross them out. I feel all proud then.

 

[DesEsseintes]

Des, please give me the following:

Verb: Undermine.
Noun: Purple.
Name of drink: absinthe.
Famous person: John Milton.
Animal (plural): scorpions.
Name of a nut: hazelnut.
Noun: bluebell.
Verb ending in "ed": Sated.
Verb: inhale.
Place: Vermont.
Famous person: Alan Turing.
Phrase: 'April is the cruellest month.'

OK - now what?

 

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[DesEsseintes]

I have to go and be productive for a bit. I'll post the story when I can.

OK - so they turn into a story? Lovely idea. I shall look forward to it at your convenience.

 

[DesEsseintes]

Did Jelly run off to Litopia and leave us all behind? Does anyone still want to make this work? What new people would make the shortlist? And most of all, it's cold, and someone needs to make me a shelter/fire.