On the Bob & Tom Show the other day, they were talking about games played while driving...
One guy called said he played "Poker" with the numbers on his odometer -- he currently had a pair of 7's.
Another guy played "Scrabble" with his gas gauge. He currently had an "e" and an "f".
The next caller took "dashboard Scrabble" to a whole 'nother level when they combined the gas gauge letters with the speedometer letters, giving him an "m", a "p" and an "h" -- from which he managed to spell "HEMP" and it was a double-word score!
Okay, that's all well & good -- makes for some entertaining rush hour drive talk -- but it actually reminded me of a driving game that we DID play when I was growing up....
How To Play The License Plate Game
We played "the license plate game" so much as a kid that that now it's a subconscious activity whenever I'm driving.
It's where you add up all the numbers on the license plate in front of you (ex: 83F1XP = 12), then you add THOSE numbers together... until you get down to a single-digit number (ex: 1+2 = 3). Then, if that digit was actually on the license plate, you score one point for the # of times that number appeared (ex: 1 point here).
Then, it's the next person's turn to take the next license plate that passes... Keep a running tally of points scored, and you can kill some time on a long trip!
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We play the alphabet/ sign game. Starting at A, you look for a sign with a word on it beginning with A. Then onto B. Q and X are pretty hard.
Abby - That's a good one.
For some reason it reminded me of one that Jim said he used to play...
He actually said it turned into more of a "drinking game" when they continued to play it at the local pub they stopped at for dinner -- the nearby table even got involved in the game!
It goes something like this:
Pick a theme ("bands" is the one that they liked most).
Then say a band's name.
The first person has to say a band that STARTS with the letter that name ENDED with.
Next person does the same thing... and so on and so on. (I guess it's supposed to move pretty fast, so when someone gets "stumped" and pauses at all, they have to drink (or lose one point if you're driving while playing).
Great topic. On the way to Michigan this year, Neil and I played "Name the 50 States" game. (yep, that's an original). Needless to say, Neil might need to go back to junior high. It took him 45 minutes to get New Jersey and Minnesota. These are big ones. I would have expected Rhode Island or Delaware.