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Games my sister and I play (part one of many)

My sister and I like to invent games which other people tend not to appreciate nearly as much as we do which I’ve always chalked up to the fact we’re lightning years ahead of our time. In the future, everyone will play the following game:

Nasty Ass: Someone mentions a category of items and then you have to name a specific thing in that group that you personally find to be unpleasant. There is a twist, however, a subtle nuance if you will, in that there can’t be anything inherently gross about the item, it just has to be something you personally find unappealing. This is a distinction not everyone understands. So for example if the category is Nasty Ass breadstuffs you could say “jalapeno muffin” or “banana nut loaf” but you could not say “moldy bread.” Or if the category is Nasty Ass furniture you could say “wicker” but you could not say “a desk with barf all over it.” The game is admittedly ill-named because people hear “nasty ass” and think they’re supposed to come up with something disgusting. Maybe it should be called “I don’t care for that, personally, though I  know some other people do.” Except we want to one day make a “12 Months of Nasty Ass” calendar and each month will feature a large photo of a Nasty Ass (by our definition) item and frankly, “12 Months of Items We Don’t Care For Personally Though We Realize Some Other People Do” would never fly off a spinner rack.

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37 Responses to Games my sister and I play (part one of many)

  1. Tony Muckleroy December 15, 2010 at 10:41 am #

    Oh! Of course! A Christmas theme, the 12 days of Christmas Nasty Ass Game! Fruitcake!

  2. BobLepore December 15, 2010 at 1:27 pm #

    I remember feeling like this when I read and tried to understand the theory of relativity

  3. Andrew Hunt December 15, 2010 at 1:29 pm #

    haha. You are Frasier.

  4. Alison Rosen December 15, 2010 at 1:56 pm #

    Myrrh!

  5. Alison Rosen December 15, 2010 at 1:58 pm #

    Okay, let’s play Nasty Ass in the comments. The category is greetings. Mine is “yello!”

  6. Jonfun December 15, 2010 at 2:05 pm #

    Seriously?

  7. boinkity December 15, 2010 at 2:08 pm #

    home made frankincense

  8. Tony Muckleroy December 15, 2010 at 2:09 pm #

    “Greetings and salutations!”

  9. mugby December 15, 2010 at 2:14 pm #

    “Hey Motherfucker!”

  10. Tony Muckleroy December 15, 2010 at 2:16 pm #

    “Pine needles”

  11. Tony Muckleroy December 15, 2010 at 6:41 pm #

    Oh! Of course! A Christmas theme, the 12 days of Christmas Nasty Ass Game! Fruitcake!

  12. BobLepore December 15, 2010 at 9:27 pm #

    I remember feeling like this when I read and tried to understand the theory of relativity

  13. Andrew Hunt December 15, 2010 at 9:29 pm #

    haha. You are Frasier.

  14. TrappDog December 15, 2010 at 6:49 pm #

    “Yo!”

  15. Alison Rosen December 15, 2010 at 9:56 pm #

    Myrrh!

  16. Alison Rosen December 15, 2010 at 9:58 pm #

    Okay, let's play Nasty Ass in the comments. The category is greetings. Mine is “yello!”

  17. boinkity December 15, 2010 at 10:08 pm #

    home made frankincense

  18. Tony Muckleroy December 15, 2010 at 10:09 pm #

    “Greetings and salutations!”

  19. mugby December 15, 2010 at 10:14 pm #

    “Hey Motherfucker!”

  20. Tony Muckleroy December 15, 2010 at 10:16 pm #

    “Pine needles”

  21. Puttie December 15, 2010 at 8:40 pm #

    Ahoy!

  22. Puttie December 15, 2010 at 8:49 pm #

    Butts up?

  23. Joseph Smith December 15, 2010 at 10:22 pm #

    Is the “which one!” or “this one!” quiz?

  24. TrappDog December 16, 2010 at 2:49 am #

    “Yo!”

  25. Puttie December 16, 2010 at 4:40 am #

    Ahoy!

  26. Puttie December 16, 2010 at 4:49 am #

    Butts up?

  27. Joseph Smith December 16, 2010 at 6:22 am #

    Is the “which one!” or “this one!” quiz?

  28. boinkity December 16, 2010 at 10:15 am #

    There is a part of me that is starting to think that Alison’s sister didn’t really play this game with her when they were young. Alison may have tried to get her sister to play, but I think she might have said, “Alison, your games are from Bizarroland!”

  29. Tony Muckleroy December 16, 2010 at 10:23 am #

    Not attempting to “take up” for Ali, but being a little more than strange myself… Let’s just say it’s easy to be like everyone else, and harder to continue being a little different. ;o)

  30. Puttie December 16, 2010 at 2:54 pm #

    Fruit Baskets

  31. boinkity December 16, 2010 at 6:15 pm #

    There is a part of me that is starting to think that Alison's sister didn't really play this game with her when they were young. Alison may have tried to get her sister to play, but I think she might have said, “Alison, your games are from Bizarroland!”

  32. Puttie December 16, 2010 at 3:19 pm #

    Welcome to Walmart!

  33. Tony Muckleroy December 16, 2010 at 6:23 pm #

    Not attempting to “take up” for Ali, but being a little more than strange myself… Let's just say it's easy to be like everyone else, and harder to continue being a little different. ;o)

  34. Puttie December 16, 2010 at 10:54 pm #

    Fruit Baskets

  35. Puttie December 16, 2010 at 11:19 pm #

    Welcome to Walmart!

  36. TrappDog December 17, 2010 at 5:11 am #

    Expression: My bad

  37. TrappDog December 17, 2010 at 1:11 pm #

    Expression: My bad

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