When do I get a brownie?

So awhile back we were inspired by a blog and since the game either didn't have a name or we didn't remember it, we decided to call it “When do I get a brownie?” (A quote from Rebekah's mom). The game is kind of a visual telephone game where a phrase is interpreted as a picture, which is then interpreted again as a phrase. To play, each person (6-9 people is best) starts with as many blank squares of scrap paper as there are people. Each person then writes a phrase on the top piece of paper and passes their whole stack to the next person. When a player gets a stack they read the phrase and place that piece of paper on the bottom of the stack and draw a picture that represents the phrase. The stack is passed again and the player that gets the picture looks at it and then places it on the bottom of the stack and writes what phrase they think the picture represents. The game then ends when the stack gets back to the original phrase writer. Once everyone is finished the stacks are shared and much hilarity ensues.


While we were making Triple Chocolate Coffee Bean Cookies the other day we played “When do I get a brownie?” with four players passing the stacks two rounds (we also added a fifth stack to make it a little harder to remember which stack was the one you started with). Here is one of the stacks:



Cindy started out with “Wet socks are bad luck”.



Clara followed with some lovely wet socks (most certianly unlucky on their own) and a crossed out four-leaf clover.



Rebekah interpreted this as “Gym socks dripping with sweat are not a good luck charm.” A reasonable interpretation.



I then drew a charm necklace featuring a four-leaf clover, rainbow, gym socks (crossed out and dripping), fuzzy dice, and a pony (quite the charming necklace). My attention to detail here caused quite a backlog.



Cindy then interpreted that as “Charm bracelets should never have socks” (a truism I'm sure).



Clara then took the quick route with the impression of individual charms (one slightly detailed towards a four-leaf clover) an implies arrow and a no socks sign. I think I would have interpreted this one as “Beads imply no-sock-wearing hippy”.



Rebekah instead thought that that meant “Charm bracelets are not gym socks”.



I was still in the mindset of “necklace” so I quickly drew a charm necklace that only a geometry teacher could love not equaling socks. I'll post some of the funnier stacks so that all can enjoy.