Prior to the arrival of grandkids, my family did a bunch
of stuff together. One of the favorites was playing games at the kitchen table. The preferred games usually involved some type
of cognitive activity linked to general knowledge or vocabulary chicanery. The other favorite was card games. There were several card games that required
more than one deck so my dad would buy multiple packs of cards and then drill a
hole through an entire deck, each deck having the hole at a different
location. Sorting out decks post game
was fairly easy.
I have four sisters so there was usually a boyfriend or two hanging out and they would get roped into participating. The thing is, my family was not known for having an abundance of patience, leaving the boyfriend struggling to keep up.
One of the boyfriends had an especially hard time and
made a suggestion. He’ll bring over a bunch of broken appliances and some basic
tools. Appliances go in a pile in the
middle and tools are allocated for specific times. Whoever gets an appliance to
function in the shortest time wins! Genius!
Even when there wasn’t a game in play, there was a bunch of sitting around talking about stuff. One day the topic was who was your
first kiss? Well, turned out that the
little Don Juan down the street had kissed my sister AND her twin sister AND our
baby sister. Good Job!
2 comments :
What boyfriend suggested the appliances? Brilliant. Yes, the romance of knowing your boyfriend was also TWO of your sisters' first kiss. But you liked him because he never parked in the driveway. J
Yeah, which boyfriend was ballsy enough to suggest the appliances? I seem to remember that but can't remember who.
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