Stupid
Things For You
To
Do If You Are Bored
games invented and/or
advocated by Saurav Bhowmik, Bob Yuncken, Shuja Haider, Stef Pulford, Gillian
Kinney,
Sean McBride, Alice
Teeple, Lori Boozer, Erin Schleigh, Jane Teeple, Kim Carusone, Two Guys
in England
The Hi
Game
Go to a high balcony overlooking a crowded area and start saying "hi" to
the people down below.
If they look up at you wave furiously, smile as sincerely as you can, and
say "hi" again.
This only works if you are genuinely happy; people know right away if you
are only being a smart-ass,
and will probably say something nasty, or throw vegetables at you.
The Beep
Game
Get in a car and start driving.
Beep at a random person passing by, and wave. Try and get them to
wave back at you.

Dollar
On A String
Attach a dollar to a long piece of string and dangle it from a high place.
Snatch it away if someone tries to take it. Works best with a partner.
Stupid
Note On A String
Attach a stupid note to a long piece of string and dangle it from a high
place.
Snatch it away if someone tries to take it.
If someone DOES take it, however, it doesn't matter as much as if it were
a dollar, because it's just a
stupid note.
The
Merv Griffin Game
Go into a crowded place with a friend and scream really loudly,
"MERV GRIFFIN!"
The other person screams back really loudly, "MERV GRIFFIN!"
Continue until you get into trouble.
(This is based on a stupid comic by Evan
Dorkin called "Milk and Cheese." )
The "Turkey
Sandwich (SORRY)" Game
Whenever someone yells "FORTY-SEVEN!",
you yell "SORRY!"
Whenever someone yells "TURKEY SANDWICH!" you yell "SORRY!"
(I'm going to have to ask Stef the actual meaning behind this game...but
she and Gillian always played it)
The Temperature
Game
When someone is taking a shower at your place, show them the diverse range
of your water temperature
by turning on the hot and cold water in the bathroom sink. Thus,
their shower exhibits a wide range of
temperatures, not just one boring temperature.
"It's a great way to get friends and family
interested in learning about temperature,
and about how to kill you later!" - Kim Carusone
Gorby-ball
This can only be played if you are Saurav, Erin, Bob, or a Teeple, because
we're the only ones who know
what Gorby-ball actually is, and we're not sure how to explain it.
Leaf
Lurking
Find a friend and a big
pile of leaves. One person hides in the leaf pile. The other sits outside
the leaf pile and talks to you. The funny part is, to the people
walking past, it looks like that person is talking to him/herself.
Until the person inside the leaf pile pops out and shrieks and scares any
onlookers.
The Pididdle
Game
When the Secret Thing happens, you say "Pididdle!" and punch the roof of
the car. If two people say it,
whoever says it first gets it. And when you get five, you get "lucky."
I'm not sure what the "Secret Thing" or
the connotation of "getting lucky" are, but Kim does.
Phone Bashing
Dress up in a stolen mobile phone suit.
Go to England.
Look for random people walking on the street talking on mobile phones.
Run up to them, scream "KILL MOBILE PHONES!", take their mobile phone,
and stomp on it.
Then run away.
(Make sure you have a person film it from an undisclosed position.)
Click on the phone man to see a demonstration.
The Stupid-Excuse-for-Punching-People
Game #1
There are not many rules in The Stupid-Excuse-for-Punching-People Game.
Player One draws an X with his or
her finger on any part of another Player Two's body. This circle must be
wiped off in three seconds, or Player
One is allowed to administer a punch to Player Two. But the plot thickens...if
Player One draws a circle on
Player Two's body, and Player Two, in a fit of madness, wipes it off, Player
One may administer another punch.
Player Two may do the same to Player One. Anyone who wishes to join after
the game has begun may do so.
Players may also volunteer other players by quietly drawing Xs on them.
This works best if they have never
played before.
The Stupid-Excuse-for-Punching-People
Game #2
This variation is more complicated, but the basic idea is the same (punching
people). In this game, Player One
must make his or her thumb and forefinger and make them into a circle.
This circle is to be placed anywhere
on Player One's body below the waist. If Player One manages to get Player
Two to look at it, Player One is
allowed a punch. However, if Player Two manages to stick his or her forefinger
into the hole, Player Two is
allowed a punch. Again, there can be as many players as possible, hopefully
some who don't know what's going
on.
-Shuja Haider
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