tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84568572011-04-21T20:29:41.364+01:00The game was originally posted upon the <a href="www.halfbakery.com">halfbakery</a> The idea is to present a topic and then let anyone come back with a aphorism or related pun and play on words.freerunnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204221801518232890noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8456857.post-1142427946343800992006-03-15T13:04:00.000Z2006-03-29T16:32:41.240+01:00<a href="http://www.halfbakery.com">halfbakery</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8456857-114242794634380099?l=aphorism-game.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>freerunnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204221801518232890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8456857.post-1142357462591309252006-03-14T17:30:00.000Z2006-03-15T10:03:26.890Z<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20021003001816/www.halfbakery.com/idea/aphorism_20Game_20Show">aphorism gameshow</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8456857-114235746259130925?l=aphorism-game.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>freerunnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204221801518232890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8456857.post-1096646790440389442004-10-01T17:05:00.000+01:002006-03-14T17:37:58.810Z<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8456857-109664679044038944?l=aphorism-game.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>freerunnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204221801518232890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8456857.post-1096545108797471272004-09-30T13:46:00.000+01:002006-03-14T17:40:27.670Z<em>It goes something like this..</em><br /><br /><strong><strong>You have a panel of contestants standing behind the good old horseshoe shape dripping under the bright studio lights, the host at random selects a modern day subject (no altruism or cynicism here) it's the first to hit the buzzer to answer and return with their short pithy instructive saying..eg:(topic) "Mass ratio" 1-2-3-4-<strong>Bzzzzzzz</strong> (contestant) "Its easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if its been through a blender first" quote unquote =10 points (topic) "Hallucinations" 3-4-5-6 "must hurry you now" <strong>Bzzzzzzz</strong>(contestant) "Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum" quote unquote. =10 points(topic)"Cutlery"...<strong>Bzzz..Bzzzz </strong>(contestant) "If you come to a fork in the road take it" more points. <br /><br />And so on..subjects could include modern day warfare,automotive assembly,pizza,Ken and Barbie,sex,astrophysics,pets etc..etc the end result after half an hour is a bunch of contestants being helped off the podium by a large number of psychiatrists supporting them as they (contestants) drag their craniums along the gameshow floor.<br /><br />With the winner a proud owner of a 2 day pass to the Plato and Wittgenstein theme park and $1500 in gift vouchers(there's a thought).I'm sure there must be thousends of aphorism's to play with to modern society lifestyle. <strong>Bzzzzzzzzzz</strong>.."I don't even butter my bread;i consider that cooking"..."mmm"..dribble .. what was the topic again?"...".dribble.</strong></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8456857-109654510879747127?l=aphorism-game.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>freerunnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204221801518232890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8456857.post-1096035028914386532004-09-24T15:08:00.000+01:002004-09-24T15:10:28.913+01:00:Birds <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8456857-109603502891438653?l=aphorism-game.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>freerunnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204221801518232890noreply@blogger.com23