This evening, President Barack Hussein Obama gives his 3rd State of the Union Address to the Congress, where he, as with all presidents before him, will (a) proudly announce his accomplishments, (2) subtly assign blame for failures to the usual suspects (for Obama, it’s the greedy banks, stubborn Republicans, TEA Party activists, Big Oil, and insurance companies), and (c) paint a gloomy future if he and his fellow Democrats are not (re)elected.
Yep, it’s going to be absolutely riveting, edge-of-your-seat entertainment, with maybe a little bit of histrionics thrown in if the TOTUS allows it – after all, the Oscars® aren’t that far away, and I’m sure they must have a category for it.
Sarcasm aside (or is it cynicism? Probably both), why not make this special night even more entertaining by inviting friends over and playing a game of:
Obama Wordarrhea!
It’s easy and fun – Here’s how to play:
You’ll need:
- 2-6 people
- 3 ordinary dice
- This list of words and phases:
- Green
- Change is
- Hope and Change
- We can’t wait
- Stimulus
- Reduced unemployment
- Arab Spring
- National Security
- Your help
- Divisive(ness)
- Tax cuts
- Sacrifice(s)
- Haves / Have nots
- Fair
- China
- Tourism
- Failed
- Together We
- Children, Grandchildren
- High Speed Rail
- Energy Independence, Energy Dependency
- Republican
- Roadblock(s)
- Infrastructure
- Education
- Paper (graph paper works better)
- Money
- Booze (optional)
Setting up the game: Well before the speech starts, do the following:
- Each player takes a piece of paper.
- Players arrange in a circle.
- Each player puts a small, identical amount of money into the “pot”. (Optionally, the amount of money can be tied to the individual’s income, or cost of some personal asset, to effect “wealth redistribution” – although this is better left to experts)
- Each player rolls two dice, ties revert to the first player to roll the number, highest total goes first.
- The first player rolls three dice and writes down the word or phrase from the list corresponding to the total of the dice. Dice then move clockwise to the next player.
- Players continue rolling the dice in the above manner until either (a) the list is exhausted, or (b) each player has at least 3 words/phrases. Note: it does not matter if multiple players have the same word/phrase as long as there are no identical lists among the players.
Playing the game:
During the president’s speech, whenever he speaks one of the words or phrases on your list place a check or tick mark next to it. Notes: For listed words separated by a comma, either can be spoken; for words separated by a slash (/) all must be spoken. Do not include any outbursts by the audience or commentators. Drinking can be used during the game to decrease scoring accuracy or increase the humor. At the conclusion of the speech, the player with the most number of tick marks on his/her paper wins the money!
Enjoy! (and, if you turn it into an app, kindly let me know 
Thanks for reading!
