Taboo!!!

You can learn a lot about how guys and gals communicate and think, just from one night of Taboo. Last nite, my colleagues and I stayed bk after class for a game of Taboo....we split up into 2 teams: guys vs gals....and it was just the weirdest, most hilarious Taboo game i've ever played.

Here are some amusing 'soundbites':

GUYS:
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Aaron: You need to take this to survive....(points to a bottle of mineral water)
Wilson: ICE-KACHANG!!!!!
*obviously some of us need diff things to survive*
(Answer: Bottled Water)

Aaron: Ok, you can buy this from downstairs.....or we can brew it with our machine here (points to the coffee machine in the pantry)
Daniel Wilson and Wilson *simultaneously and excitedly*: SLURPEE!!!
(Answer: Coffee)

Daniel Wilson: Ok...its red, its an insect...
Guys: Moth!! Beetle!! Cockroach!
Daniel Wilson: Noooo.....another word for woman.
Wilson: Lady!
Aaron: Oh oh i know!! It's a WO-MOTH!
* a what????*
(Answer: Ladybug)

Aaron: Ah, its very delicious...we all like to eat this...
Guys (VERY excitedly): BAK KWA! EGG-TART! TAU HUAY!!!
(Answer: i can't rem...but why wld these words b on a Taboo flashcard in the first place?!?!?)

Daniel Wilson: Alright...EVERY computer has this!
Wilson: VIRUS!!!!!
Daniel Wilson: NO...if u go under 'Entertainment', you usually find a few of these. One of them is free cell....
Wilson: SOLITUDE!!!
(Answer: Solitaire)

Aaron: ah!!! this one u shld know ok! its a smelly part of ur body
Wilson: Backside! ARMPIT!!
(Answer: Armpit. finally.)

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GALS (who for the record, kicked the guys' asses SO BADLY, we didn't even bother to tally the score)
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Miram: Famous hollywood director
Mich: Steven Spielberg!
(Correct Answer)

Miriam: you go to zouk, and you order a ...
Mich: BEER!!!!!!!!
Miriam: it comes in a glass tts shaped like this (does V shape with fingers)
Mich: Martini
(how can i get this wrong? duh!)

Mich: you 2 play this..
Gals: KEYBOARD!
(correct)

Miriam: Michelle's fav animal..
Bernice: HORSE!
Miriam: 2nd word, i wear this at the bottom of my body
Bernice: SHOE! HORSE-SHOE!
(correct)

Mich: its kinda like a field in history...
Bernice: Archaelogy
(Correct. how did she get tt so fast? i didn't even say dinosaurs yet)

Mich: ok, blonde actor...short....acted in movies in the 80s...
Miriam: Michael J. Fox!
(Correct..amazingly)

Mich: its a book n tv show, its Brit....something "guide to the galaxy"
Miriam: Hitchhiker!
*guy team moans in dis-belief*
(Answer: Hitch)

and this one is the winner....
Miriam: that guy is such a....
Mich (albeit a bit too excitedly): JERK!!! BASTARD!!!
*mad laughter from Aaron in the guys' camp*
(Answer: Jerk)

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Lesson of the day: Guys don't listen (but they sure love their fd), and Gals make an effort to know each other, and they can be freakingly intuitive.