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  1. These all sound as though they could be a lot of fun at parties for children or adults., especially if the adults have been partaking of the odd glass of negus!

    Some friends of ours hold an annual party this time of year and after dinner, it’s time for charades. Watching our friend, who’s five foot tall and skinny with it too, trying to act out “Conan the Barbarian” has become the stuff of legend! Another game we play there involves sticking a post-it note on each others’ foreheads with a song, film, TV or book title, or some such written on it (each round of the game has a theme). Then we all have to circulate around the company asking questions so as to identify what’s written on our own note. One time, a couple of years after the Conan incident, I was paired with our diminutive friend for the film round, so of course I had to put Conan the Barbarian on her forehead, didn’t I? I’m pretty sure that game must have a name, but I’ve no idea what it is.

  2. Something I forgot to mention about that last game. At the start of each round, everyone’s name is put into a hat (or other receptacle) and you pull one out to see who you’re paired with. You can’t be paired with the same person twice, so depending on the size of the company, the game either lasts as long as it takes to be paired with everyone else, or until you’ve had enough if it’s a large company.

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