Alice Calling

Let’s play Telephone!  Did you ever play the game Telephone when you were a kid?  It’s sometimes called Rumor or Gossip.  You sit in a circle, the bigger the better.

The ring leader will tell a “secret” to one person.  That person turns to the person on their left and whispers it.  Each person hears the “secret” on one side and tells it on the other until it goes all the way around the circle.  The last person says out loud what they were told, then the ring leader says what everyone started with.  Most of the time it isn’t the same thing, and can be quite funny.

 Using the power of the Internet, let’s give it a try. 

 I’m going to write a paragraph.  You’re job is to make a change.  It can be as little as one word or as big as twenty words.  Post it on your blog with a link to THIS POST.  I mean the post, not just the blog.  I will link back to you.  Pick three people to whom you will “whisper” your modified version.  Let them know they are up next.  Link to them and to the person who passed it to you.

DO NOT USE MY PARAGRAPH TO START FROM.  DO NOT LIMIT YOURSELF TO IT.  USE THE PARAGRAPH OF THE PERSON WHO TAGGED YOU.

Here’s my paragraph:

Jack and Jill went up Boot Hill to fetch a keg of beer.  Jack fell down and lost ten crowns and a couple of pence. Jill hadn’t drunk as much, so she managed to get off the hill without losing anything.  Her heart doesn’t count.  If she hadn’t already lost it to Jack, she would never have gone to a beer bust in a cemetery to begin with.

I’m whispering to Renee, Jodi, and Andi.  You can still play this game even if I didn’t tag you.  Just follow the rules.Come back in a month and see what happened to our little rumor.

Here are the rules for this meme:

1. Change something in the paragraph you received; a minimum of 1 word, a maximum of 20 words.
2. Link to the post at http://aliceaudrey.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/alice-calling/  and leave a comment so we can keep track of what happens to the paragraph.  I will link back to you.
3. Link to the person who tagged you, preferably to where ever they posted their version of the paragraph.
4. Tag three people you think might enjoy this game.  Let them know they’ve been tagged.  Link to them.
5. Include these rules in your post.

The links to participants are all here:  View Participants here