Scene: A cold and rainy day. Dark clouds obscure the sky, while the rain occasionally turns to slush. Our group sits around the table and plays a board game.
Theo: One, two, three...that's geography.
Quisyndia: I'll Ask! Okay, Theo...What country was formerly known as Burma?
Theo: Burma? Isn't that an after shave? Sheesh...where do these questions come from?
Quisyndia: So you don't know?
Theo: I'll guess India.
Quisyndia: Wrong! Anyone?
Kromdale: Bolivia...they both have a 'b'.
Quisyndia: Krom! That is so lame!
Dame Orchid: It is Myanmar. It was part of the French empire in Asia and known as Burma under their rule.
Quisyndia: Correct! How did you know that?
Dame Orchid: I was there in the forties while the war was on.
Quisyndia: Sheesh. I always forget how long you've lived.
Kromdale: My turn! A five, that lets me reach this sports and leisure color. Come on, give me a drink, any drink, I'll name it!
Theo: My turn. Here it is...name the Jewish pitcher who threw five no-hitters for the dodgers in a career that lasted only a decade.
Kromdale: What? What does that have to do with drinking? Stupid sports...Jewish? Okay, Saul T. Light.
Quisyndia: That's the name you made up for your cyberpunk character...it isn't even Jewish!
Kromdale: Whatever...was I right?
Theo: Umm, no.
Kromdale: You didn't even look.
Theo: Okay, I'm looking. Whoa! Wait, actually...you're wrong again...
Dame Orchid: It's Sandy Koufax.
Quisyndia: Sheesh, you knew that too?
Dame Orchid: I watched him play. Hraust, your turn.
Hraust: A one. Bah! I'm stuck with entertainment. Give it to me.
Quisyndia: I love entertainment! Okay, here goes...name the lead actor and actress from the movie Father Goose.
Hraust: Hey, that's not fair! That's two questions!
Theo: He's right...
Quisyndia: Okay, name either and you get to go again.
Hraust: Hmmm. Father Goose? Sounds like a comedy...let's see...comedy...Dean Martin?
Theo: Good guess!
Quisyndia: Yeah...but not correct, it's--
Dame Orchid: Cary Grant and Leslie Caron.
Quisyndia: you knew that too? Let me guess...you were at the premier?
Dame Orchid: No, but I saw it ten times. I wanted to be Leslie Caron soooo bad! Cary Grant had it going if you get my meaning...
Quisyndia: Boy, I sure do...that man makes me swoon! Why if he were here, I'd--
Theo: We get the point. Move on.
Kromdale: Yeah, before I throw up.
Hraust: Dame Orchid, your turn.
Dame Orchid: A three, roll again, and...six! Woot, give me history for some pie!
Quisyndia: History! Sheesh...as if that's fair! Where's my magic category?
Hraust: Yeah, and my mining one.
Kromdal: <Belch> And ales. We need an ale category.
Dame Orchid: Stop whining and ask me a question.
Quisyndia: Fine. Here it is...General John J. Pershing spoke a famous phrase upon arrival in France with the American Expeditionary force in World War I. What did he say? Hah! That is a tough one! And I'm calling for exact words here to make it fai--
Dame Orchid: Lafayette, we are here.
Quisyndia: Frakken dang fangin gobbly gook! How did you possible know...wait, let me guess.
Everyone together: I was there!
Dame Orchid: Maybe...