This is a Cup
Hee hee! I LOVE this game! Many thanks to Kristen Byrnes for posting it to the Guide Mailing List and thereby reminding me of its existence!
This is a game best played at banquets and other large events, where people are sitting at tables waiting for food...
The first person (person A) turns to the person on their left (person B) and says "This is a cup" while showing them a cup (it always starts with a cup). Person B says "a what?" Person A says "a cup". Person B says "a what?" Person A says "a cup". Person B says "oh it's a cup". Person A picks something else off the table... say a spoon. Person A says to Person B "this is a spoon" while Person B is saying to Person C (to the left of Person B) "this is a cup". Both person B and C turn to their right and say "a what". Person A says "a spoon" to person B while Person B says to Person C "a cup".... it keeps going like this until there is the same number of items around the table as people. Its quite funny as you tend to get confused at what is being passed to you. You may want to teach the girls first so it goes a bit more smoothly and they'll be better then their parents. It goes pretty fast and you can play if someone makes a major mistake then everyone starts again. Just remember that every item being passed around can only have one syllable in its name to keep the rhythm even (i.e. if a salt shaker enters then it is often called a "salt").
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