Confirming my nerd status through my choice of party games
At a friend’s dinner party last week (which included far more wine than dinner), I kept some of the partygoers amused by drawing the outlines of all 50 states and having friends name them. I would then add the two-letter abbreviation and move on to the next outline.
I’m no Al Franken, but I would say I did a pretty good job.
The only state I had trouble drawing was New Jersey. After several fruitless attempts to draw it accurately, I resorted to old stereotypes.
At that point, two players guessed it correctly right away.
Sorry, New Jersey.
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September 28th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Marc says:Nice job, Chris. I’m esp. impressed with the detail of your Kansas, Missouri, Alabama and Mississippi since no one knows how those states look except the people who live there. I’d be impressed with your Vermont and New Hampshire if you lived anywhere else in the country but the northeast. And I had a good laugh at Jersey’s expense, that was cute.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
stealthnerd says:Wow…those are some impressive drawings. I have enough troubling labeling all the states but drawing them? Forget it. Oh, but don’t worry, I can name them all and I can do it to song. (Thank you “fify nifty” song!)
September 29th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Deb says:New Jersey = armpit shape
Don’t you remember that Mom went to college in the armpit of New Jersey?
September 29th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Danielle says:I know we’re talking states here, but every time I see a smelly garbage can, or for that matter, a waste disposal of any kind, I can’t help but think of Staten Island. I grew up there, and well, I can say first hand we fit more trash in our little borough than New Jersey did in their entire state.
Oh the shame…
P.S. That is a very impressive map.
September 29th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Irish says:Duuuuude. WTF!!!!!!!!
October 2nd, 2009 at 10:22 am
Paul says:You just lost a reader! LOL…
March 4th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
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