Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Altered State of the Union

Buzzword Bingo

The rules are simple. Make up a 5 by 5 grid on a piece of paper. Select 24 words from the list below or come up with your own. If you pick any of your own, you’re cheating if you try to use articles or prepositions (a, an, the, in, on, with, etc.). You’re also cheating if you try to use the intro to win early… like by putting “Mister,” “Speaker,” “My,” “Fellow” in a row with the center square… which brings me to the center square, a freebie: Americans.

If you get a bingo, be sure to post it in the comments. You know you want to win first... this is your chance to beat me. Oh yes, I am playing, and you better believe I will be playing to win.

So, here’s the list, and feel free to get creative:

Afghanistan
Banks
Benefits
Bipartisanship
Bonuses
Budget
Children
College
Combat
Complex
Deficit
Drilling
Economy
Education
Energy
Environment
Exports
Filibuster
Financial
Foreign
Freeze
Future
Global
Green
Healthcare
History
Hope
Immigration
Incentives
Infrastructure
Iraq
Jobs
Korea
Lobbyists
Mars
Michelle
Middle-class
Mortgage
Nation
Offshore
Oil
Overhaul
Overseas
Partisanship
Recovery
Reform
Regulation
Repeal
Rhetoric
Schools
Stimulate
TARP
Taxes
Tort
Trade
Transparency
Troops
Unemployment
Veto
Withdraw
Withdrew

Consumption Game

You can’t use the list from Buzzword Bingo, or you risk being admitted to a hospital with alcohol poisoning (or getting so stoned the remote control looks edible). You also might not want to use “every standing ovation” as a trigger, because there is usually over 25 per speech.

It will probably be best if you go with phrases, not words. So, without further delay, here’s the official list for the SE consumption game:

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
“Wall Street”
“Main Street”
Something about high-speed trains/rails
Mentioning a random person by name and describing their heart-breaking situation
Anything related to the seating arrangement
Mention of the state you live in (double)
Camera focusing on someone in audience mentioned by Obama

If you’re still too sober, there’s a bonus round that can be played while listening to the Republican response:

“Tax cuts”
“Tea Party”
“Repeal Obamacare”
“Entitlement programs”
Any mention of Socialism (triple if “Communism”)
Referencing the 2010 election as a “mandate”

2 comments:

  1. It's already starting. Musical chairs. Cross-sitting as a show of solidarity.

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  2. Almost as fun to play as it was to organize.

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