Guess who had the bigger stomach ache after finishing their bubble tea?
As far as I know, residents of Seattle love three things: 1) rain, or more accurately, the perception that it rains so much in Seattle that quality of life is severely compromised, a misconception that prevents millions of Americans from invading their city, 2) beautiful mountain views, and 3) anything that in the slightest bit sort of kind of in a remote way maybe possibly perhaps perchance conceivably resembles in the tiniest way imaginable an inkling of a semblance of the likeness of a shadow of the concept of the notion of the idea of something that reminds them of coffee.
With that being said, Lindsay, Devon, and I had no greater pleasure than visiting a coffee shop near the University of Washington and, in clear deviance of established Seattle coffee norms, ordering extra-large bubble tea beverages. During the hour required to consume these virtually indigestible troughs of gelatinous, milky goodness, we took the opportunity to observe the Seattle coffee culture, in all their unkempt, Northface-wearing glory, and relax to any number of board games of our choosing. Naturally, we chose Guess Who? The Mystery Face Game.
As we re-familiarized ourselves with the rules and drew up the tournament bracket, Lindsay, Devon, and I realized that the last time any of us played a game of Guess Who? was with Kelli; oddly, we couldn’t recall a single instance in which we actually played against each other. We also realized how odd it was that Hasbro subtitled it The Mystery Face Game, when there isn’t much mystery to a homogeneous group of upper-class white people wearing outfits lifted straight from the instructional cartoon characters in any early 90′s French textbook. The real mysteries here are why the characters are making any of those peculiar facial expressions and hand gestures, especially since they aren’t the ones doing the guessing, and perhaps what their non-visible hands are doing. I’m thankful the latter mystery remains unsolved.
I’ll leave it up to you to Guess Who won.
Buh.
September 15, 2008
friends and family, games