Re: [Paddlewise] And now for something completely different...

Brian Wrote:

>What are your favorite games to play while sitting around the campfire
>or while sitting under the tarp waiting for the storm to blow over?
>(Remember that this is a family oriented list, so keep it clean ;-)


These old word game puzzles often crop up:

Someone proposes a scenario, and the rest of the group has to figure out
what happened by asking questions, proposer answers with just yes or no. The
more wit, and surprising the answer the better.

Example scenarios are:

'Man walks into a room to find a wet carpet, a cat, and two naked bodies.'
What happened ?

'A man is found dead next a bag in a phone box. The phone is off the hook,
and his wrists are slit.' What happened ?

''Two men in a restaurant, both order albatross. When it arrives, after
eating a bit one of them throws up.' What happened ?

If anyone is interested, email me for the answers. Loads more where these
came from.

Then there are puzzles like Granny's picnic .... Group tries to figure the
puzzle by asking what Granny takes on the picnic. ... Granny would clearly
take apples and a banana, but she probably wouldn't take cheese ....

If these get a bit dull, then there is as Rich Kulawiec pointed out, the
fine and noble art of 'bullshiting'. First take alcohol, a group of
preferably male companions, and then simply lie about your prowess
boating/climbing/skiing/bikeing/(add sport of the moment here). This one is
usually played in the pub though, and is generally helpful when you want to
commit yourself the next day to something you probably don't actually want
to do :-)

Cheers

Colin Calder
57º19'N  2º10'W



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