Word games

There is a game that the kids and I play every now and then (often when we're stuck together on a car ride): you make up a "story" with each person contributing a single word at a time, e.g. Ethan picks the first word, then Lydia does the second, etc. This morning we were sitting around the computer room and Lydia suggested that we play a round, so I decided to write down the results. Here is what we came up with:

Ethan	Lydia	Than
		Suddenly
Underdog	licked	popsicles
ferociously,	creating	storms
above	the	kitchen
stove.	By	now
everything	was	exploding,
and	sending	purple
probes	to	the
giant	peach	strudel.
Unfortunately	acorns	flew
across	heaven,	zooming
with	cakes	and
croissants.	Champagne	dripped
onto	yellow	wailing
plankton,	and	finally
the	cats	peeled
onions	while	Thanksgiving
loomed.	Harry	Potter
dramatically	cast	the
death	frog	aside,
while	eating	chocolate
pants.	Dumbledore	giggled
at	outstanding	fruit
flavored	pictures	of
Voldemort.	Hermione	jumped
over	the	pickled
frogs	and	threw
sizable	chocolate	tantrums
because	she	wanted
a	balloon	for
her	hair.

The entire creation:

Suddenly Underdog licked popsicles ferociously, creating storms above the kitchen stove. By now, everything was exploding, and sending purple probes to the giant peach strudel. Unfortunately acorns flew across heaven, zooming with cakes and croissants. Champagne dripped onto yellow wailing plankton, and finally the cats peeled onions while Thanksgiving loomed. Harry Potter dramatically cast the death frog aside, while eating chocolate pants. Dumbledore giggled at outstanding fruit flavored pictures of Voldemort. Hermione jumped over the pickled frogs and threw sizable chocolate tantrums because she wanted a balloon for her hair.

Now that's high-quality fiction writing... The other fun thing you can do at this point is read down the columns. I enjoyed Ethan's "Onto plankton the onions loomed dramatically", not to mention my gem "Exploding purple, the strudel flew zooming". Heh.