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message 1: by Allison, Fairy Mod-mother (new)

Allison Hurd | 14221 comments Mod
Some of you, like me, may be stuck in a waiting room or elevator or traffic or something (PLEASE DON'T TEXT AND DRIVE!)

Anyways, here's the game. You poorly explain a book/series and people try to guess it.

Ex:

Unkillable child goes around beating people with a stick, blowing people up, and running away, all while plotting the murder of an adult. Everyone at his school knows and is totally cool with it.

Answer: (view spoiler)


message 2: by Jen (new)

Jen (jenlb) | 174 comments The Canterbury Tales in space.

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message 3: by Allison, Fairy Mod-mother (new)

Allison Hurd | 14221 comments Mod
Jen wrote: "The Canterbury Tales in space.

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ha!


message 4: by Kev (new)

Kev (Kevtheaudiobooklistener) | 14 comments A vertically challenged individual takes some jewellery to be smelted.


message 5: by Francisca (new)

Francisca | 228 comments Kev wrote: "A vertically challenged individual takes some jewellery to be smelted."

Kev would that be (view spoiler)?


message 6: by Kev (new)

Kev (Kevtheaudiobooklistener) | 14 comments I can't remove spoilers unfortunately. I'd say it was a pretty bad plot explanation for Lord of the rings though.


message 7: by Kev (new)

Kev (Kevtheaudiobooklistener) | 14 comments I cant even see spoilers sorry in the app. 😯


message 8: by Allison, Fairy Mod-mother (new)

Allison Hurd | 14221 comments Mod
Kev wrote: "I can't remove spoilers unfortunately. I'd say it was a pretty bad plot explanation for Lord of the rings though."

Yes! I got it :)


message 9: by Kev (new)

Kev (Kevtheaudiobooklistener) | 14 comments Excellent! 😁


message 10: by Allison, Fairy Mod-mother (new)

Allison Hurd | 14221 comments Mod
Kev wrote: "A vertically challenged individual takes some jewellery to be smelted."


You could say it was his sme-goal.


message 11: by Kev (new)

Kev (Kevtheaudiobooklistener) | 14 comments Nice 😁


message 12: by Trike (new)

Trike My favorite version of this came out 20 years ago:

“Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again.”

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message 13: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 3168 comments Guy wanders through the desert with random kid to hunt down a missing person.

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i'm terrible at this game- but I loved the LOTR one!


message 14: by Allison, Fairy Mod-mother (new)

Allison Hurd | 14221 comments Mod
Sarah wrote: "Guy wanders through the desert with random kid to hunt down a missing person.

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i'm terrible at this game- but I loved the LOTR one!"


Nice one! You didn't suck at it, I had to think for a second but I got it :)


message 15: by Allison, Fairy Mod-mother (new)

Allison Hurd | 14221 comments Mod
Someone messed up an entire production of future-calendars and now someone has to pay.

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message 16: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 3168 comments Allison wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Guy wanders through the desert with random kid to hunt down a missing person.

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i'm terrible at this game- but I loved the LOTR one!"

Nice one! You didn't suck at ..."


I stink at guessing! I looked at the LOTR one and was like... wth? but then it made perfect sense when I clicked it. Same for Trike's- which is also great.


message 17: by Amanda (new)

Amanda | 53 comments Charts the path of a subject librarian to the head of the religious library she works at.

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message 18: by Chris (new)

Chris | 1130 comments Thirsty drug addicts kill space marines.

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message 19: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 3168 comments Okay this one is a movie:

People vacation at tropical island resort to feed the local wildlife.

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message 20: by Tom (new)

Tom Wood (tom_wood) | 83 comments An orphan visits a space station, murders entire construction crew.

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message 21: by Allison, Fairy Mod-mother (new)

Allison Hurd | 14221 comments Mod
lolol


message 22: by Dj (new)

Dj | 2364 comments Allison wrote: "Some of you, like me, may be stuck in a waiting room or elevator or traffic or something (PLEASE DON'T TEXT AND DRIVE!)

Anyways, here's the game. You poorly explain a book/series and people try to..."


And here I was thinking it was everyone's favorite Monkey


message 23: by Dj (new)

Dj | 2364 comments Chris wrote: "Thirsty drug addicts kill space marines.

[spoilers removed]"


Epic


message 24: by Dj (new)

Dj | 2364 comments Sarah wrote: "Okay this one is a movie:

People vacation at tropical island resort to feed the local wildlife.

[spoilers removed]"


Could have been any of them, couldn't it?


message 25: by Dj (new)

Dj | 2364 comments Tom wrote: "An orphan visits a space station, murders entire construction crew.

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Should have been the title.


message 26: by Peggy (new)

Peggy (psramsey) | 393 comments Immigrant starts sex cult.

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message 27: by Phillip (last edited Feb 07, 2018 06:22AM) (new)

Phillip Murrell | 604 comments Crew members marooned in a strange land are killed by the locals as they hunt for food.

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message 28: by Trike (new)

Trike Educated elitists travel vast distances only to be brought low by the unwashed proletariat, who take over everything.

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message 29: by Chyina (new)

Chyina | 9 comments Boring field trip turns into '50s beach party.

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message 30: by Michele (new)

Michele | 1215 comments Trike wrote: "Educated elitists travel vast distances only to be brought low by the unwashed proletariat, who take over everything.

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Ha! Nice one :D


message 31: by Michele (new)

Michele | 1215 comments Tom wrote: "An orphan visits a space station, murders entire construction crew.

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Technically he's not an orphan -- his father is still alive ;)


message 32: by Michele (new)

Michele | 1215 comments Boy meets immortal girl, boy loses immortal girl.

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message 33: by Michele (new)

Michele | 1215 comments Girl marries her stalker, gives their child to obsessive friend.

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message 34: by Trike (new)

Trike An old man and his young girlfriend, along with a giant talking cat, are duped by a space alien into traveling to a distant space station where they crashland. They go looking for help on their flying motorcycles, the man and girl break up, the alien’s lies are revealed, and the cat gets super mad, all while having adventures with the sexy natives.

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message 35: by Michele (new)

Michele | 1215 comments Chyina wrote: "Boring field trip turns into '50s beach party.

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That makes me glad I never went to a beach party in the 1950s lol!!


message 36: by Michele (new)

Michele | 1215 comments Chris wrote: "Thirsty drug addicts kill space marines.

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Hahahaaa! Awesome XD


message 37: by Eva (last edited Feb 12, 2020 08:31AM) (new)

Eva | 968 comments Man gets f*ed up by faulty automated system, spends the rest of the book searching for the bug so he can fix it. Meanwhile, his fiance smuggles weapons and a priest tries to convert everyone.

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message 38: by Eva (new)

Eva | 968 comments And a movie:

Fake man suspects other people to be fake people, too, and either kills or marries them.

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message 39: by Allison, Fairy Mod-mother (new)

Allison Hurd | 14221 comments Mod
Wow hahaha the first one took me a minute but thats good! I got the second one right away ^^


message 40: by Sha (new)

Sha | 112 comments Old woman goes on aggressive cleaning spree. Man attempts to avoid his responsibilities.

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colleen the convivial curmudgeon (blackrose13) | 2717 comments Sha wrote: "Old woman goes on aggressive cleaning spree. Man attempts to avoid his responsibilities.

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OMG - one I actually guessed!


message 42: by Allison, Fairy Mod-mother (new)

Allison Hurd | 14221 comments Mod
People move to a new planet and learn how to act like better plants.


message 43: by Sha (last edited Feb 12, 2020 11:55AM) (new)

Sha | 112 comments is it (view spoiler)? I've not read it but that sounds about right.


message 44: by Allison, Fairy Mod-mother (new)

Allison Hurd | 14221 comments Mod
Yes, Sha!


message 45: by Allison, Fairy Mod-mother (new)

Allison Hurd | 14221 comments Mod
Okay here's one.

A serial killer would like to know if you have a personal relationship with God.


message 46: by Eva (new)

Eva | 968 comments Is it (view spoiler)?


message 47: by Sha (new)

Sha | 112 comments My guess was "specifically the Nale subplot in stormlight archive" and I had a feeling that wasn't going to be right.


message 48: by Allison, Fairy Mod-mother (new)

Allison Hurd | 14221 comments Mod
Eva got it!


message 49: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 3168 comments Allison wrote: "Okay here's one.

A serial killer would like to know if you have a personal relationship with God."


Sheesh. I can’t believe I missed that one. I kept thinking: why does that sound so familiar


message 50: by Chris (new)

Chris | 1130 comments Misfits with large ears seduce their neighbors' girlfriends.

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