Friday, January 11, 2013

Mad Libs!

Michael's Date Night

This is such an awesome date that this is the third time we've done it. It's really simple, easy to prepare for, repeatable, hilarious, and best of all, completely free!

All you need is access to a printer and a pencil. I went to www.madglibs.com, which has free printable Mad Libs (be aware that some of them aren't very well made), and I picked out a few that I liked.

I also came up with an idea for one that wasn't on the website and made it myself in Microsoft Word: Captain Kirk's intro to Star Trek ("Space: the final frontier"). I printed all of them out and we got ready.


For those of you who may not have done Mad Libs before, it's really simple. There's a passage of text with certain words replaced by numbered blanks.
  • Each blank in the text matches up with a list of the parts of speech of the missing words. 
  • One person reads the part of speech, the other person provides a word that fits that part of speech. For instance, if the missing word is a "verb ending in 'ing'", the person might suggest "falling." 
  • Once the list is complete, you read through the passage, putting in the new words where the blanks are. It can get really hilarious.

Some of our highlights from tonight:
  • From "Yesterday" by the Beatles: "There's an air compressor falling over me."
  • From "Superhero Almanac: Superman": "Clark initially used his powers snobbishly to help people and prevent or thwart bicentennials."
  • Also, Superman has "obnoxious vision"
We had a great time coming up with silly words and hearing them in silly ways. It's always great to laugh together!

 Total cost for this date: FREE!

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