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And this time, it’s not a telemarketer. 

I have this telephone thing going. It’s not a meme because you can’t pass it on to many or it won’t work and it’s best played one person at a time. That means of course, occasionally it stalls when someone just doesn’t do it.  It was based on that telephone game we played as kids. If you click the link at the beginning of this paragraph, you’ll get a better idea of what I’m talking about. I’ve been too busy lately to notice, but it got stuck at the 20th person and so as per my own instructions, that means I get to take another turn in order to send it on again to another sucker, um willing participant… friendly soul who will recognize that they will get freebie links from playing my silly game.

Here was the original text. The person I’m tagging for it is the lovely and generous LindaC. (Actually, it’s because she’s my sis and tagging her allows me to reminisce by running like mad and yelling, “You’re It… nya nya.”) Please copy and paste everything between the * into your own post, change the one word you’d like to change and tag one person to keep it going.

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Remember when we were kids and at every opportunity, some adult would have us play that silly Telephone game? You know… the one where the lead person comes up with a sentence or statement, whispers it into the ear of the next person in line, and the sentence is passed from person to person until it reaches the end of the line. The last person then repeats the sentence out loud, the first person announces what it actually was, and everyone gets to laugh about how goofy it got by being passed from ear to ear and being altered because of mispronunciations and hearing ability.

Of course I realize that the game was simply a means for adults to keep us in line while we were waiting for something or killing time. Haven’t we even now as adults, tried to use it on our own kids?

Being the silly kind of fracas that I am, I’ve decided to create an internet version of the game, and use it as an opportunity for link-getting. Everyone wants links, and yet lots of people I know, prefer to get their links in a non-obvious kind of way. We’ve all done the “copy this list and create a post and you’ll get links” type of tag… at least once, but most of us don’t want to fill our blogs with those posts. It may get links, but eventually will chase readers away.

This is a fun way to give your readers something entertaining to read and get a few links too

Instructions:

If you’ve been tagged, check the last entry on the list.  Copy the appropriate portion of this post, add your name and link to the end of the list, copy the sentence in the previous person’s entry and change ONE word in it to try and change the meaning of the sentence for your entry. Name and link only ONE person to tag and then post the whole thing as a new entry in your own blog.  Please make sure to transfer all the links to your post otherwise you aren’t providing fair linkage to the people before you.  Although this will take longer to get around, by tagging only one person you will avoid making mass enemies by having to tag many people, and it will also guarantee only one true version of the game is circulating out there. Fracas, the creator, will attempt to keep tabs on the game and periodically report on it.

Please try not to tag someone you see is already on the list. If you’re on the list, have been tagged again by someone who didn’t pay attention to the instructions and you don’t want to do another turn, please leave a comment at this post over at Fracas, and Fracas will take your turn for you in order to keep the list going.

1. Fracas - http://fracas.wordpress.com writes:
Never continue dating anyone who is rude to the waiter.

2. Mark @ Blogitude - http://www.blogitude.com/ writes:
Never continue dating anyone who is nude to the waiter.

3. Wiggy @ http://damewigginsoflee.wordpress.com writes:
Forever continue dating anyone who is nude to the waiter.

4. Froggy @ The Road Less Traveled - http://froglette79.wordpress.com writes:
 Forever continue dating anyone who is nude under the waiter.

5. InTheFastLane@ That’s Life - http://thatslifev2.blogspot.com writes:
Forever continue dating anyone who is nude under the water.

6. Treadmillista @ Just Treadmilling Around - http://treadmillinginplace.blogspot.com/ writes:
Forever continue dating everyone who is nude under the water.

7. Christine @ Watch Me! No, Watch Me! - http://watchmenowatchme.blogspot.com/ writes:
Forever continue watching everyone who is nude under the water.

8. Candace @ not that i don’t love my kids - http://notthatidontlovemykids.blogspot.com/  writes:
Forever continue scratching everyone who is nude under the water.

9. Fracas @ fracas - http://fracas.wordpress.com writes:
Forever avoid scratching everyone who is nude under the water.

10. Bluepaintred @ Bluepaintred - http://www.bluepaintred.com writes:
Never avoid scratching everyone who is nude under the water.

11. Shelli @ Shelli’s Sentiments - http://shellis-sentiments.com writes:
Never avoid kissing everyone who is nude under the water.

12. Judy @ Sugar Queen’s Dream - http://sugar-queens-dream.blogspot.com/ writes:
Never avoid kissing everyone who is nude under the blankets.

13. Trish @ Not Your Typical Granny -  http://notagranny.blogspot.com/ writes:
Never avoid spanking everyone who is nude under the blankets.

14. Amy @ Amy’s Musings - http://www.amysmusings.com/ writes:
Never try spanking everyone who is nude under the blankets.

15. Tense @ A Tense Teacher - http://tenseteacher.net/ writes:
Never try shagging everyone who is nude under the blankets.

16. Chili @ The Blue Door - http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/ writes:
Certainly try shagging everyone who is nude under the blankets.

17. O’Mama @ Life and Times of Organic Mama - http://thebluetwin.wordpress.com/ writes:
Certainly try shagging everyone who is nude under the bleachers.

18. Grammar Snob @ Grammar Snob - http://amylynn1313.blogspot.com/ writes:
Certainly try judging everyone who is nude under the bleachers.

19. Prof. J. @ Professor J’s Place - http://professorjsplace.blogspot.com/ writes:
Certainly try judging everyone who is rude under the bleachers.

20. Shrieking Lizzy @ Shriekinglizzy’s new digs - http://shriekinglizzy.multiply.com/ writes:
Certainly try juggling everyone who is rude under the bleachers.

21. Fracas @ Fracas - http://fracas.wordpress.com writes:
Certainly try ignoring everyone who is rude under the bleachers.

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