games people play

I love word games...crossword puzzles...correcting others English- anything challenging having to do with the English language is fun for me.

I also adore Stacy. She is a co-worker and FRIEND who keeps me on my toes and is always up to some sort of shennanigans!

This can be a deadly combination- but also an incredibly hilarious combination that will one day get us in trouble.

(and if I make any grammatical errors or spelling errors, I blame it solely on the computer, not user error!)

Stacy has a game she likes to play and has pulled me into its evil clutches. I don't think anyone we play with will ever read my blog so I feel secure posting it here- and I would like to invite you to play. It doesn't cost anything and its a great way to break up a boring meeting at any time.

Ok here goes- One day Stace and I are sitting getting ready for a vendor meeting and she says "act of congress and I like to do splits". Ok, the challenge is on. I have to find some way to fit those phrases into conversation with the vendor, very smoothly, in order to win points. Of course I cannot arouse suspicion or giggle when I do it.

The congressional act is easy- the vendor was talking about his recent heart surgery and how difficult it was to get the nurses to tell him anything regarding what was going on. Thus, "its like it took an act of congress, right???" was my response. BOOM- got one. The next was a bit harder as he was a handbag vendor and what in the world that had to do with splits was beyond me. I cannot remember how I did it but I did it and BOOM- another point. There was a third one, because apparently its done in threes but I cannot remember that one right now. (Now let me interject here that I cannot pass up a challenge. We were meeting with another vendor another day and she has become a friend- so we were explaining the game to her and we brought up the split thing. Stacy said to me, "I bet you can't even do a split". Well, what do you think??? I got up, hitched up my britches and did a split in the middle of the common area in which we were meeting. Needless to say I got applause from some people sitting on the couches across from us. I hadn't even noticed them there. Thanks Stacy. Yes, I would jump off a bridge and all that...)

Today we met with someone elsex someone important, and it was fairly simple- "massage, pedicure and haircut" she said. I managed to get all three in fairly quickly, altho unbeknownst to me my boss was also playing and he threw them out quite unceremoniously and not nearly as gracefully as I. He said, "WE could have a spa day with pedicures and massages and give haircuts". He got points for trying but you CANNOT throw the terms out that easily, nor can you do it in the same sentence. And then Stacy dropped the bomb...a FOURTH- yes, FOURTH word...no fair stacy- we were done with the game. But this one was particularly challenging as it was "plumber". Seriously??? Plumber??? WE are in a budget meeting and I have to figure out how to throw plumber into it??? We're a hospital gift shop...not a plumbing supply company. How in the Sam Hill am I supposed to do that? Time ticked away. I got several openings but started to giggle and just couldn't do it. Finally, I said "We need to find our target audience in order to plan the next event. For example, if it were plumbers, we would have to find the right pipe wrench in order for them to purchase". BOOM!!! Got it and without a giggle, and with a totally straight face. I could feel Stacy's shoulders shaking a bit as she was starting to giggle...but we made it through without a hitch.

Its not a disrespectful game if played correctly. We are not mocking anyone...just trying to throw in phrases or words. And it is quite the test of mental agility. And makes for hours of laughter after! Now she's telling me she has another game that involves Bingo- oh my- save me from Stacy!!! But ya'll have fun with this- I know I have. And if you have a fun one to share, please do...like I said, I am always up for a challenge!!!