Telephone Pictionary

Very recently I was introduced to a fabulous new game that the patrons of Rufus have grown to know and love. The game was off to a rough start after a failed attempt by the Haug to use the game as space filler for Big B's Youth group at HCBCUT. My brother Kendal had given me faulty instructions that resulted in a lot of waiting around and starring blankly at somebody as they tried to draw or write something creative. After a stellar introduction to the real game by Kendal during a family/friend gathering, I was ready to introduce everybody I came across to the newly fascinating game. In order to tell the story and for anybody to get it, I will briefly describe the game and try and give you an idea of why it has quickly become our favorite game at Rufus. The game can be played with as many people as you want, but it seems to work best with about 8 people. Everybody needs a pen and as many pieces of paper as their are players in the game. The first round starts with everybody writing a word or phrase and then passing the stack of paper to the person next to them. The next round consists of looking at the paper to see what the previous person came up with, and drawing what is written to the best of your ability. This alternating of drawing and writing usually leads to a botching of the original word or phrase and always leads to a good time reviewing the progression of the cards.

Now that the stage is set, I must tell you about the most recent episode of telephone pictionary that was played out at Rufus. The company was entertaining in itself, including the usual characters of the Haug, Big B, B real, The Roz, The Watts, The Drew, Rach and was enhanced by the addition of the Roz's sister and husband (Camille and Marcos). As usual, frannie the fire bowl was in full affect, and the new addition of a coffee maker (aided by some Baileys) helped to heat up the coldest night of the year thus far. The game started off well with several ridiculous drawing and outlandish interpretations. However the game was taken to a new level when we got to the end of the the second round to discover the awesome progression that had started with none other than Ms. Rosalyn Perry (special lady friend). The cards went something like this, after a prompting from The Haug to write something that she could see, the Roz writes out nothing else but the name of the Haug himself (yes I know, isn't she cute). The next card created by Marcos was a likeness of myself that included big exclamation marks coming out of my mouth (I could only interpret this to mean that he felt I was a little loud...oh well). B real was up next and thought that the crazy loud person in the drawing could be nobody else but the Roz herself( I could only interpret this to mean that he felt she was a little loud...oh well). The Drew saw the name Rosalyn and began to draw a picture of the Roz in the sweater she was wearing at the time (real original Drew). This drawing was correctly recognized by The B as the loudest patron of Rufus (Roz), which he described as "drunk Rosalyn". The Watts (or 1.21 jiggawatts to those who love her) thought that the best way to sum up her good friend the "drunk Roz" was to draw a girl with a HUGE open mouth with musical notes and exclamation marks coming out. Now a normal person might be confused by this drawing or mistakenly guess Gene Simmons, but not The Haug. I instantly recognized the picture to be the likeness of the sweet yet over the top lady that has recently become the Haug's main squeeze. Lets just say that the game has forever been ingrained in the hearts of the rufus Ruffians. More to come.