Telephone

Do you remember playing the game "telephone" when you were a kid?

Health class is one of the required courses at my son's middle school. In the few weeks he's been in the class, they've studied the muscular system, skeletal system, making good choices and lately, communication.  As part of the unit, they played the old-fashioned game of telephone. The teacher must be a baseball fan. The message started out as: "Indians spring training starts soon."  By the end, the message was: "Indiana Jones sprays his hair, too."

Both the seventh-grader and his sister found this quite amusing as he retold the story at the dinner table that evening. Last night during dinner, they decided we should play our own game of telephone. This is just the type of game that you have to be careful when Dad is in the mix. He's not afraid to use his creative license and I have a feeling that some of the words were changed -- on purpose.

What began as, "The rain in Spain fall mainly on the plain,"  became: "The reining great dane ate the plane."

"Only the best tomatoes for the best ketchup" was transformed into: "The last potatoes will have to catch up."

"Pass the pepper" turned out to be: "My, you look dapper."

There were more, which I've already forgotten. Anyway, cheap dinnertime entertainment for everyone.