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Subject: Re: "Lower totals predeicted for 2001 Holiday spending"


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Date Posted: 19:36:06 03/14/05 Mon
In reply to: Leigh 's message, ""Lower totals predeicted for 2001 Holiday spending"" on 07:23:59 12/19/01 Wed

>>Since I am always on the lookout for something new and
>>different, I don't hesitate to "borrow" possible games
>>from other sources (Readers Digest and so forth).
>>
>>Last evening I was watching Letterman and he had Kevin
>>Spacey as a guest. Kevin of course had a clip of his
>>new movie - "The Shiping News" and the clip presented
>>a possible idea for a game.
>>
>>This will not be verbatim, but the gist of the clip
>>featured Kevin's character who is beginning to learn
>>headline writing talking to the editor(maybe) of the
>>local paper.
>>
>>The editor points out over the shoreline and asks
>>Kevin's character to tell him what he sees, in
>>headline fashion.
>>
>>Kevin's character says something like - Dark Skys are
>>on the Horizon.
>>The editor says something like....."Violent Storm
>>Threatens Village."
>>Kevin's character asks - "What if the storm doesn't
>>happen?"
>>To which the editor replays something like - "Village
>>Spared From Severe Storm".
>>
>>So that is the idea behind this game - I will type in
>>a situation and it will be up to everyone else to
>>restate the basic facts in headline grabbing phrases.
>>We'll do a couple for the first entry and then change
>>situations.
>>
>>I hope this one works.
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