5 Covert Conversational Games

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Ever find that you need a challenge? Do you feel that ordinary games just don't cut the mustard? Would you like the entertainment to last a whole day? Well, I might just have what you're looking for.

Here are five challenging games you can play all day long, and nobody else needs to know you are playing them.

1. Song lyric conversations - choose a song for which you know all the words. Try to work every sentence or phrase from the song into conversations you have throughout the day. Double points for saying the lyrics in order. Triple points if nobody catches on. "What time is the party? Um, it's nine o'clock on a Saturday. I'm expecting the regular crowd to shuffle in a bit late." You get the picture.

2. Last letter first - when conversing with someone, make sure the first word you say begins with the last letter of the last word the other person said. This one makes you actually listen to the person talking.

3. Mispronounce me - choose a word that comes up often in your conversations and purposely mispronounce it, even after someone corrects you. Quadruple points if you don't laugh.

4. The multi-joke - find a short, funny joke and see how many individual people you can tell it to in one day. The trick here is that you can only tell it to one person at a time, and the joke has to be in the context of your conversation, such that it would be appropriate to say, "Hey,  that reminds me of a joke!" Some conversation engineering might be required.

5. No questions asked - this one is an old "theatre sports" favorite. During a conversation, avoid asking any sort of question. Phrase everything as a statement. This is more difficult than it seems.
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