"I THOUGHT I SAW—"

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 6, 26 August 1927, Page 15

"I THOUGHT I SAW—"

A JOLLY PHNCIL-AND-PAPER GAME FOR WINTER LEVENINGS. Are you fond of playing pencil-and-paper games? ‘One of the best of all these is writing little, simple verses, all of which have to begin in the same way, You can have lots of fun at this game, Each player is given a piece of paper, on which he is fo write a line beginning, "I thonght I saw," and add a word of three syllables, such as:"TY thought I saw an omnibus." The paper is then folded, and passed to the next ptayer, who writes the next line, without knowing what the first one is. Perhaps he will write, ‘Eating pickled ham.’"? When he has written his original line, he has to add, "I looked again and saw it was," fold the paper and pass it on. The third player, who, of course, has no idea what the first lines are like (except that he has to rhyme with "ham’’), does the last ine. Perhaps he will write, "An airship on a tram," or "A pot of raspberry jam,’’ or anything else ending in ‘‘am.’* The completed ‘‘poem" will read as follows :-- "¥ thought I saw an omnibus, Eating pickled ham. I tookeq again and saw it was 4 An airship on a tram." In playing this game, you must afways remember that two lines are always the same, "I thought I saw," and | "T looked again and saw it was." The player who writes the second line"Rating pickled ham’’-must write his: last word-"ham’’-on the paper when he folds it over, so that the last playef can see what the rhyme is. . With a company of smart plavers game can be most amusing; and the abe . surd verses, when read out, will cause roats of laughter.