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Welcome to the Anything but "it" thread - a dedicated place for distractions!
The idea: Pick a game, make a game, bring your own distraction, have a chat (maybe even a laugh) to stay busy if it helps.
Here are some ideas that might be helpful distractions, or ways to have some fun thinking about anything but "it" for a while:
* The getting to know you questions game. Here's a thread with some great ideas for getting to know you questions - thanks 5-HT
* The Lyrics Game - Lisajane started this great lyrics game thread here
* The classic 20 Questions, also known as Animal, Vegetable or Mineral
* Virtual Celebrity Heads - each person chooses a celebrity for someone else, then using yes/no questions, take turns in guessing until someone guesses correctly
*Two Truths and a Tale - tell two truths and one not-truth about yourself and others guess which is the not-truth
* Would You Rather? - ask someone a question with two options to choose from and they explain why. Example: Would you rather have a horses tail or a unicorn horn? Or for the more serious - would you rather be rich and live a short life, or poor and live a long life?
That will do for now - we can add as we go if we like 🙂
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Anything standing out to you @outlander? Want to play 20 questions? 🙂
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Ok well how about I start @outlander. (the idea is that someone picks an animal vegetable or mineral and others ask questions that can be answered with only yes or no. You have 20 questions to guess)
So I am thinking of an animal 😄
(now you ask a yes/no answerable question. *hint - start BIG like "Does it live in the ocean? Is it a mammal?")
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