The Moo Game

The Moo Game was taught to me many, many years ago by a group of mad Scotsmen during a particularly debauched drinking session. The word "Moo" - as previously discussed, is a very interesting word because of its flexibility of usage. The Moo game exploits the word's interrogative and onomatopoeic values to make an interesting pastime. In layman's terms...well just look at the example.

Person 1: (seeing a cow and indicating this in an entertaining fashion) "Moo!"

Person 2: (mistaking Person 1's exclamation as a request for they themselves to Moo) "What now?"

Person 1: (realising Person 2's mistake but choosing to exploit the situation) "Yes"

Person 2: (obediently) Moo!

Person 1: (mistaking Person 2's exclamation as a request for they themselves to Moo) "What now?"

Person 2: (seeking revenge) "Yes"

Person 1: Moo

Etc etc ad nauseum.

As you can see, The Moo Game is a two person game. In the classic game of Moo - the winner is the person who gives up last (or murders their opponent). On long train journeys or prolonged drinking sessions, you will be surprised how long this can actually take.

With time, variations upon the original theme developed and now The Moo Game comes in no less than 7 different flavours. These are

Persistence Moo (another name for Moo classic)

Style Moo - where the winner is the person who can Moo the most impressively

Speed Moo - where you have to go through the repetitions of "Moo", "What now", "Yes" as quickly as you can, and the winner is the last person to get confused or trip over their words.

E-Moo - Moo classic, but played via e-mail

TxtMoo - Moo classic, but played via mobile phone SMS

Tri-Moo - played with three or more players. Not logical, but interesting if only for its difficulty of play.

Solitaire Moo - a singularly unfulfilling 1 person version which should only be played in the privacy of your own home, else you will get locked up.

I have being playing The Moo Game for 10 years now, across continents and in a variety of different settings. Moo spans the language barrier ("Meu![Moo]", "Moi?", "Mais oui!"), the class barrier ("Moo", "I say, do you mean me old chap?", "Aye lad, aye"), the age barrier...oh everything. The sooner it is taught in schools, the better.

Oh and by the way.

Moo.