I Truly Dislike Cutesy "Party Games"... What About You?

[arwalden]

What kind of person doesn't like party games? Surely there must be something wrong with me.

Charades. Taboo. Pictionary. (Ugh!) AM I FORGETTING ANY OTHERS?

Sometimes I'll go along and play the game (as a courtesy to the hostess) but I always hate it. Should I tell her how I feel? Or just let-it-go and say nothing?

When I think about it, as a child I never liked pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey, or Simon-Says either. Hmmm.

Just show me where the grill and beer cooler are.

[ronnykmarshall]

1. Oh come on!

What about nude gay blindfolded spin the bottle???

[arwalden]

2. Nude and blindfolded? Wheres the fun in that?

Unless I'm a spectator, of course. :-)

RULES?
Fill me in!

-- Allen

[GOPisEvil]

3. Argh...Pictionary...

Not that I have anything against the game itself, but I hate playing it now. Two friends ruined it for me. A boyfriend/girlfriend team (later married, later divorced). She drew A STRAIGHT FUCKING LINE; he shouts "HIPPOPOTAMUS"!!!! Goddammit - that was the right answer. I quit that game on the spot!

Now full contact Trivial Pursuit is another matter. Bring it on! :P

[meegbear]

4. Strip Russian Roulette

You put one bullet into a gun chamber. One at a time, a person spins the chamber, put the gun to his head and pulls the trigger. If it doesn't go off, the person hands the gun to the next persona and removes an article of clothing.

The mix of sex and death is sure to liven up any party.

[FreeperSlayer]

5. How about "Passout"?

It was always a personal fav.

[soleft]

6. There ain't nothing cutsey about party games when I play them

It's kill or be killed

[arwalden]

7. Do You Take Party Games As Seriously As "Will and Grace" Do?

That always cracks me up.

-- Allen

[TrogL]

8. Aids to socialization

I suppose, for those people who insist upon forcing themselves to socialize, they're a help.

Personally, I loathe them, especially because I often win and then people are mad at me.

I'm reminded of an office party we had last Christmas. The "socializers" went to a lot of trouble to get games going. They forgot their audience - geeks. The majority of people ignored the games and were reading tech manuals under the table.

But then again, I met my second wife playing strip blackjack (I think she was losing on purpose).

[arwalden]

10. I Think I Was At That Party Too...

... one office Xmas party I attended, some of our programmers brought printouts of bug reports to mull over.

Can't fault the dedication, I guess.

-- Allen

[Nlighten1]

9. Ever play "suck and blow"

It sounds naughty doesn't it but it is a great icebreaker. Take a deck of cards, make a circle of participants, take one card and have the first person pucker their lips and suck on the card until it is being held on their lips by the suction. Have this person face the person next to them and that person has to try to get the card by sucking on it from the other side. No hands can be used.

[arwalden]

11. Didn't they play that in the movie "Clueless"??

Looks like it would be fun.

-- Allen

(An awesome movie by the way.)

[Nlighten1]

14. I don't remember.

I don't think I even saw that movie.

[eyesroll]

12. You've never been subject to shower games, have you?

Like "find the poopie in the diaper" for a baby shower. (The poopie diaper is usually a tootsie roll in a napkin, mixed in with plain napkins, and the person with the poopie diaper gets a prize.)

Or "bridal party trivia." Because we all care where the matron of honor went to college.

Or "purse points" -- empty your purse and get 5 points for every lipstick, 3 points for every key, 30 points for every tampon, 50 points for every condom, 100 points for anything "adult oriented" (this one was played at a co-workers' shower).

[arwalden]

13. Purse Points? TOO FUNNY!!!

What's the point value of one of those slender "facial and neck vibrators" you always see advertised in the back of the National Enquirer?

-- Allen

(You know the ones.)

[Love Bug]

15. I don't mind those kind of games,

but I HATE the stupid games women play at bridal and baby showers!