Word Game

N'Everybody and I accidentally "invented" a game yesterday. It is a game with words. Now, I say "invented", my middle and pointer fingers firmly held in rigid hook positions, because I can't be sure that we are the trailblazers for this mental exercise. But much like Columbus I'm going to take credit for something that I may or may not have done. Let history sort it out.

So the game, which has no winner or points, though does feature elaborate costumes we call uniforms, goes like this: You take a simple sentence and then try to rhyme the key words together in a new sentence altogether. Or, add some punctuation for a new meaning. Or yet still, change the spelling of a word to a new word with the same pronunciation, thus changing the meaning. Our unintended exchange went like this...

By the hammer of Thor!

Buy the hammer of Thor?

Buy the Hummer, I'm bored.

Bye! - The Hammer of Thor

Cry this summer behind the door.

Rules are flexible. I don't know why this is worthwhile, but I bet it would help pass some time and get some giggles on a long car ride. It is more diffucult to do verbally, only because the spelling and punctuation are not seen as easily. But it may provide some new opportunities I haven't even considered. And you are thinking about words, which can't be bad.

Like most of the things I think are cool, I feel like second graders would really appreciate this.