Archives for December 2008
Your Brilliance Needed, Por favor.
Are you familiar with Mad Gab? For those of you who may not know how to play, it is quite simple really. A phrase is provided to you. As written, the phrase makes no sense. You have to listen to what it says as you say the phrase quickly. The answer is what you HEAR, not what is actually written. Try repeating the phrase over and over until you hear what’s intended.
Here’s an example: Awe Haze Could Furl Half. Answer: Always Good for a laugh.
Another example: Height Whole Chews Ho. Answer: I told you so.
Another example: Noose Pay Per Heap Hoarder. Answer: Newspaper Reporter.
So here is where I am in need of your help. I have a friend that is getting ready for a Christmas party and is wanting to come up with Christmas Related Mad Gabs. Christmas songs are best, but it can be anything Christmas related too. They shouldn’t be TOO easy, but should be fun. Here are some that I have come up with for her:
#1 Upon deer of tap
#2 Lid Hulled Rumor Buoy
#3 Ole ole wean i’d
#4 Glow Raining Ex Celsius Day, Oh?
#5 Olive dolt hound dove bath laugh ham
#6 These amber tint tee fit
#7 Chad key knit wise
Hint: Five of them are Christmas songs, one is Christmas Related, and one is something santa does.
SO…NOW FOR THE FUN. FEEL FREE TO GUESS FROM MY LIST, AND PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE come up with some of your own! Your help is needed! Have fun!
To Educate You on Important Matters of Life.
chawbacon • \CHAW-bay-kun\ 
• noun
definition: bumpkin, hick
Example Sentence:
Michael has been living in the city for almost a decade, but he’s still as much of a chawbacon as the day he left the farm. (JUST KIDDDDDING, MICHAEL. BTW: I had his permission to use that sentence because it’s not true…and he never was one, anyway.)
Did you know?
“Chaw” is an alteration of “chew” that is still used in some English dialects, especially in rural areas. Cured pork, or bacon, was a staple of some rural folks’ diets in the past. Since the 16th century, “chaw” has been combined with “bacon” to create a ludicrous name for an uncultured yokel. Over the centuries, the word has lent its delicious dialect flavor to a wide range of publications, but it has become less common in recent decades. Today, city dwellers are as likely as country folk to chow down on bacon, and the word “chawbacon” isn’t often on the lips of either group.
FROM M-W.COM
