Words for My Enjoyment

Words To Make Them Lose Their Mind

January 3rd, 2005

I’m no stranger to driving people crazy. But, specifically, I’m no stranger to making people think they’re crazy with a simple little game I like to play at loud, busy parties.

Step #1: Find a party.

Step #2: Attend said party.

Step #3: Find a party-goer.

Step #4: Approach said party-goer.

Step #5: Say “hey.”

Step #6: Begin a conversation with said party-goer who you’ve just said “hey” to.

Step #7: Now this is where the true game begins. You’re going to say a sentence to this party-goer and make only one word make sense. The rest has to be gibberish. For example:

“Blagua hasaminta hu kannie telephone“

Said party-goer will look at you — having heard the word “telephone” and think they’re going crazy. They will probably say, “I’m sorry — what was that?”

Step #8: Repeat the above gibberish with the one coherent word after you tell them, “Oh, let me say it SLOWER for you.” Then, do it — saying the same incoherence but slower. This will make the person feel even more idiotic when they still don’t understand you. They will probably say, “It’s totally loud in here, I couldn’t hear you — come over here and tell me again.” You will move to a quiet doorway.

Step #9: You will repeat the phrase for a final and third time. They will probably say, “Oh, yeah — totally!” This is, of course, even though they have no idea what you have just said. The reality — people do not want to look stupid and after three tries they will just pretend they have heard correctly.

Step #10: You say, “Are you serious? Really!?” They will, 99% of the time get very nervous, afraid they have just faked their way through a very serious statement and will say, “W-w-w-w-wait a second! What did you say?”

It is more fun than lighting plastic on fire.

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