"Ghost Community"
Saturday night - playing some pretty intense Pictionary with friends of ours. Not that intense, but intense enough that the frequency with which our rolls resulted in "All-play" vs. their rolls was pointed out. More than once. And apparently we're "just good at rolling high numbers."
Anyway, it's our turn, my wife is drawing. She draws well. I should point out that I'm at least a half dozen strong Jack & Cokes into the evening at this point (so the intensity may have been higher, but I wasn't feeling it).
My wife draws your basic ghost. "Ghost" I say proudly, assuming the round was done. She keeps drawing. She draws a house. "Ghost House" I say and I know immediately that it makes no sense.
She draws another house. "Second Ghost House" I say, this time thinking I was funny. I was not.
Time is running out.
She draws a third house. Then circles all three houses. I'm looking at a group of houses. And I think we all know the common term for such a thing. "Community! Ghost community!" I shout.
Time expires.
We've all played games like this before. And you just don't have any control over what comes out of your mouth while your playing. Your eyes see a group of houses and your brain just grabs a box of synonyms and starts throwing them out of your mouth. It does not have time to try and match those synonyms with the first part of the puzzle. "Ghost Town" obviously makes more sense, as it's a term people actually use, but that's just not the first word my brain heaved out of my mouth.
Now, as married man of almost 7 years, I've seen a lot of disappointment in my wife's face. A lot. I can spot it pretty easily. Usually, it appears right after I'm done speaking. And this was no exception.
We all immediately agreed that "ghost community" is a term nobody had ever heard before. And that novelty is not lost on my wife, who seems determined to help my newly coined phrase make up for lost time by including it in almost everything she says.
I'd be mad at her, but I know I'd be doing the same thing.
(Side note: We went 2-0 at Pictionary.)
Anyway, it's our turn, my wife is drawing. She draws well. I should point out that I'm at least a half dozen strong Jack & Cokes into the evening at this point (so the intensity may have been higher, but I wasn't feeling it).
My wife draws your basic ghost. "Ghost" I say proudly, assuming the round was done. She keeps drawing. She draws a house. "Ghost House" I say and I know immediately that it makes no sense.
She draws another house. "Second Ghost House" I say, this time thinking I was funny. I was not.
Time is running out.
She draws a third house. Then circles all three houses. I'm looking at a group of houses. And I think we all know the common term for such a thing. "Community! Ghost community!" I shout.
Time expires.
We've all played games like this before. And you just don't have any control over what comes out of your mouth while your playing. Your eyes see a group of houses and your brain just grabs a box of synonyms and starts throwing them out of your mouth. It does not have time to try and match those synonyms with the first part of the puzzle. "Ghost Town" obviously makes more sense, as it's a term people actually use, but that's just not the first word my brain heaved out of my mouth.
Now, as married man of almost 7 years, I've seen a lot of disappointment in my wife's face. A lot. I can spot it pretty easily. Usually, it appears right after I'm done speaking. And this was no exception.
We all immediately agreed that "ghost community" is a term nobody had ever heard before. And that novelty is not lost on my wife, who seems determined to help my newly coined phrase make up for lost time by including it in almost everything she says.
I'd be mad at her, but I know I'd be doing the same thing.
(Side note: We went 2-0 at Pictionary.)
Labels: game, ghost community, Pictionary
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