During our Iowa trip, some of us played the Who-What-Where-When-Why game, in which each person has a piece of paper with “Who”, “What”, “Where”, “When”, and “Why” written on the left side of the page and each word on a different line. Each person begins by writing a phrase identifying the subject of a story next to the “Who”. Each person then folds the top part of their paper to hide their “Who” phrase and then passes their paper to the next person (usually to the left). With their new piece of paper, each person then writes a phrase for “What” the person did, then folds the paper to cover what they wrote, and so on and so forth. The result is a set of statements that often turn out to be nonsensical, but sometimes comical. Sometimes, they actually make sense.
Below are some of the stories that were written. As I recall, James, Emily, Becca, and I played the game.
Story 1
Who: The alligator
What: swept the floors, polished the furniture, and generally did all the work around the place
Where: somewhere over the rainbow
When: on that sultry summer’s afternoon
Why: because he was tired of being stereotyped as a villain and wanted to prove that he could be a superhero.
Story 2
Who: Gretchen
What: procured some mighty fine bacon
Where: in front of the comic book store
When: while everyone else was having fun
Why: because she read the instructions upside down.
Story 3
Who: Becca
What: chopped down 16 trees
Where: into the wilds of the West
When: at just the wrong time
Why: because she was freezing and just wanted to be warmer
Story 4
Who: The lonely pilgrim
What: ate everybody’s leftover food
Where: in Iowa
When: a couple minutes before the sun came up and you still see a small glimpse of the beautiful blue moon
Why: because the road goes ever on, and the heart of man is in the unknown.
Story 5
Who: Brinkley
What: stole all the blankets in the hotel room
Where: under a blanket
When: as gloaming heralded the night fires
Why: in order to get to the grocery store when the prices were low.
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Hahaha! Those are good. I like the alligator one best.
The one about Becca just wanting to get warmer is fitting! 🙂
I like the alligator one, too
Stealing blankets while under a blanket… is this the application of Pippin’s remark, “The closer we are to danger, the farther we are from harm,” or is Brinkley just being sneaky?
Those are great! I love that game. It is good for stirring up creativity.
Awesome! Those really made me laugh! Thank you for sharing these!