A Conversation for Xylophone
Interesting point.
teeheee Started conversation Jan 20, 2001
My friend and I play this game in extremely boring lectures etc at college, where we aim to listen to the speaker (an admirable feat, I'm sure you'll agree) and, going through the alphabet, pick out a word they say beginning with 'a', 'b' and so on... The idea is to get all through the alphabet, which gives you a real sense of acievement. However, towards the end of the alphabet there are some tricky letters. 'q' is OK if they ask for questions towards the end. 'Xylophone' becomes a very useful word to enable us to complete the alphabet. You ask the person speaking, "Can I just ask a question, it's a bit silly and I'm not sure it's relevant..." They invariable say yes. You then ask them how to spell xylophone. They will be a bit taken aback, but will probabaly start, all the same, 'x','y'... You then look confused and say innocently..."So there's no 'z' in xylophone then? Hopefully they then say, that there is no 'z' in xylophone. This gives you a really good feeling for the rest of the day. Sad. But fun. Anyone got any ideas for other words we can use that are slightly more allied to the subject (Sociology). Enjoy the game, everyone... >->
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