Girly Games #1: Either/Or
November 7, 2007I’m starting to embrace my inner girly girl… she’s always been in there, loving red shoes and pre-Raphaelites and taffeta. In honor of her, here’s a game we used to play in the various costume shops and wardrobe rooms of my misspent youth (about as girly an environment as you can find).
Either/Or can be innocuous or vicious, depending on the whims of the participants. The rules are:
- You must answer every question.
- You must choose one of the two options.
- You cannot have both, ever.
That’s it! Here’s innocuous:
- Beach house or ski chalet?
- Roses or daisies?
- White wine or tequila?
Here’s vicious:
- Persistent bad breath or incurable profuse sweating?
- Pneumatic breasts or a perky ass?
- Sex slave to Michael Jackson or Liza Minnelli?
The best version, of course, is when you use a pool of real people and terribly embarrassing questions; it’s like Truth or Dare without the wimpy dare option.
Next up: Pick One, and I’ll set up an actual game here.
OK. Think I’ll take a pass on this one.
Oooh! Oooh! this is like “Marry, F***, Kill”! Do you know that one?
Yep!
Is that like “Death Is Not an Option”? Where you name two people and you have to choose which you’d have sex with? Like “Rush Limbaugh or Karl Rove? Death is not an option.” You can also do it with comparably attractive people, although there the main problem is that both is not an option.
Let’s start with innocuous, okay? And I don’t see any reason boys can’t play, so JS needs to participate! We need the testosterone.
Karl Rove or Rush Limbaugh? And death is not an option.
I don’t think I’ll sleep well at nights.
I’m with Polly on this one – boys can play, and I say start with innocuous.
Your mom reads this, for heaven’s sake.