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Games
can come from some unusual sources! These games are from an advertising
booklet entitled "Penetro Book of Facts: Helpful Suggestions for
Thrifty Home-Makers," which I found in an antique store in Lafayette,
Indiana. The book is chock full of ads for Penetro products, including
"Spiro, a Powder Deodorant" (the ad warns that there is "no
closed season for armpit odor"), and "Argotane" ("Constipation
is no fun.").
On
the page opposite the Spiro ad there is a section
of "4 Good Party Games," with a picture of a cute young couple
having good clean fun. Here are the games...word for word. Though I haven't
tried them all out, they seem like great ice-breakers. They're all sit-down
games, so anyone can play! Notice that even in these game description,
the writers have slipped in a little ad for a Penetro product.
- Names
- One player begins
game by calling out some name like "Ned." The next player
has to call another name beginning with the last letter of the name
just called, like "Dora." Players are allowed only ten seconds.
One who holds out longest wins and no names may be repeated.
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- Slogans
- Let each guest
call out a slogan, such as "The world's largest seller at 10 cents,"
which as most folks know is used by the makers of St. Joseph Aspirin.
The first one to identify the slogan correctly then names another slogan,
and asks the other guests to identify it.
- Jig-Saw
- Give each guest
a few pieces of a jig-saw puzzle. Have them put down a piece at a time.
The first guest begins by putting down one piece and all must see if
they have a piece that fits, and so on to the end of the puzzle. Guest
who plays all his pieces first wins.
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- Telegrams
- Give each guest
a slip of paper on which are written several letters, such as "W
D Y U Y H." Everyone has to read his telegram in turn. One interpretation
of the letters above is "Why don't you use your head?"; another
"When did you unburden your heart?"
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