4. Make an awful face.
5. Hop the rest of the way with one foot.
6. Run with hands waving in a flying motion.
Boast!
All guests are seated and are roughly divided into two groups. A representative is chosen from each side. Each one is to proclaim the merits of the members of his group. The only drawback is that they are to do it at the same time. Impartial judges are chosen, and they are to base their judgment on delivery, continuity of thought, and last, but most important, on truth! The speakers face the audience, and at a signal, start to speak at the same time, each one trying his best to drown out the other.
It goes without saying that it is a comparatively simple matter to speak intelligently and logically, and at the same time to speak as loudly as you can, especially when a rival is doing all these things at the same time.
A Mixup.
Two slips of paper are given each one, together with the request that a perfectly good question be written on one, and a perfectly good answer to it on the other. All questions and answers are gathered, the questions in one box and the answers in another. They are thoroughly mixed and then passed around, each one taking both a question and an answer. They are called on in turn to read their slips, and some of them are slips to be sure! At one party one of the men drew, “What did you do last Saturday?” and the answer was, “A permanent wave, a henna rinse, and a facial!”
Flattery.
Each guest writes his initials on the top of a piece of paper. These papers are collected, mixed up, and then passed around again. Players are to use the initials on their slips in writing out the most unctuous words of flattery they can think of about the owner of the initials, every word they use, however, having to start with the initials on the paper. The results are startling!