| Me: "She hid her crackers in the basement for fear that the cheese bandit would discover them." --> Meghan: picture --> Jason: "The evil man's picture was spotted by the woman as she was washing the clothing at the coin op. She prefers Ritz, the original cracker cleaner cleanser." |
| Jason: "Meghan, who was sunning herself in the warmth of Jason's electric blanket, was being spied upon by a large rhinocerous who had three legs. Meghan had broccoli in her teeth" --> Me: picture --> Meghan: "'I will lure the rhinocerous into the cage with fresh cherries,' said the girl who was about to get trampled when she mocked the savage beast. |
| Meghan: "'I do not understand how the swiss cheese stays on the bread'" said the forlorn duck. 'Let me consult my crystal ball.'" --> Jason: picture --> me: "The cheese on the toast had molded by the time the chicken laid the egg. It was now rather late for breakfast." |
| Picture Game, or Jason's variation (examples) |
| Athena: "The Angel Gabriel said to Mary: You're pregnant. But the pinball machine was too absorbing and she didn't understand what he said until a few months later." --> Me: picture --> Forrest: "The Angel of death screams in frustration as Mother Theresa beats her pinball high-score, set centuries ago" and Meghan: "The angel Gabriel appeared to the Blessed Virgin Mary one starry night. She was too distracted by her pinball game to listen to him. Needless to say, she was quite surprised some nine months later."* |
| Another variation on the game enables more than one caption to be written of the same picture (this works if you play with more than three people). Here are some examples. |
| Forrest: "Keep rowing you fools! The ghost may have disappeared the gold and the boat, bless her heart, but it's not getting my soul." --> Mitch: picture --> Athena: "Jerry the boyscout leader threatened the evil greedy ghost who suddenly grabbed the prow of the boat and threatened to remove all chance of the boys receiving their water safety merit badges" and me: "The Canadian mountie from hell guided this tour into "scenic" British Columbia -- if by scenic you mean slave-driven and plagued by ghosts." |
| Forrest: "The bartender stood close to the counter to hide his deformity from his patrons. He did not realize that they could still see it by looking in the mirror behind him." --> Mitch: picture --> me: "Befuddled regulars at Joe's bar backed away from their drinks when they found out Joe was the devil" and Athena: "The drunk guys at the bar loved Barry the Magician. But they were too drunk to see through his cheap parlor tricks. But maybe they weren't so cheap...The mirror did not reflect them." |
| Meghan: "When the sharp-toothed shark smelled the merman's porkchop, he swam toward the merman to ask what seasonings were used. The merman didn't known the shark was a friendly chef... He swam away frightened." --> Forrest: picture --> Athena: "The merman was about to steal the gourmet chef shark's prime rib. But the shark put the merman in his place, driving him off. Only afterwards did the shark wonder what the excrement-like substance on his steak could be" and Mitch: "One day Jubjub the merman decided to have steak for dinner, he invited his good friend Sharky over who decided to bring some salt and pepper. The merman took the salt and pepper as an insult and swam away leaving Sharky in dismay." |
| Meghan: "That Christmas the children were sad: Santa spent December 24th drinking a martini. One martini per hour, that is." --> Forrest: picture --> Athena: "Twas the night before Christmas...and Santa, who was going through a divorce, felt like getting drunk and just not giving a damn this Christmas -- so there" and Mitch: "One Christmas eve Santa decided to become a filthy drunk boozehound instead of delivering presents to sad, needy children." |
| Athena: "As the giant squid wrapped its tentacles around the galleon, pirate first mate Bloodbeard screeched to the captain, "I told you we were going the wrong way!" --> Forrest: picture --> me: "'How lovely!' They exclaimed in delight" and Mitch: "The crew of the Royal British Navy ship became terrified when a giant squid started to make sweet love with their ship." |
| Me: "'There is a rat in my coffee,' thought the callous student. 'But that's ok, Mitch will recycle it for me.'" --> Athena: picture --> Mitch: "One day Sally had an evil plot to destroy the world. She started by recycling a dead rat infected with the plague in hopes that the blame would be forced onto the poor innocent recycle boy" and Forrest: "Athena found a possom in her bag of chips, so she dutifully recycled it. The recycler/janitor Mitch came by and picked up the recyclables, including the possom." |
| Forrest: "As the starving child slowly passed into the hands of death, he saw the answer to his prayers: God in his true form." --> Mitch: picture --> Athena: As the gream reaper advanced on Pablo, a rainbow-colored ray of light shone upon him. Finally , Pablo knew that his worhsip of a ridiculous feast-providing clown was not in vain. Surely he would be rewarded in heaven" and me: "Death came swiftly to the little boy who had chosen to go to Chuck E. Cheese's instead of church." |
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