Carnelli
From Wikipedia,
Carnelli is a parlor game created by Jan Carnell, a member of the Metropolitan Washington chapter of Mensa. This game has been popular at Mensa gatherings for years, and has turned up at science fiction conventions as well. It can be called a "title association" game, like "word association" only using titles, such as those of a book, play, movie, or song.
It is played by a group of people who arrange themselves in a circle, with the nonplaying judge (or "Carnelli Master") standing in the center of the circle. The Carnelli Master starts the game by pointing to one of the players and saying a title. The pointed-to player must continue the game by saying a title himself, which must connect to the previous title in some way, such as having a word in common (The Time Machine and Time Enough for Love), having a common author (Hamlet and Macbeth), a common actor or producer, or other linkages of a similar nature -- different groups of Carnelli players can vary in exactly what kinds of links are permissible. A common rule is to allow pun linkages as long as they draw sufficient groans from the other people present -- the link from Tequila Sunrise to To Kill a Mockingbird (pronounced "Tequila Mockingbird" for effect) is a popular one. Going from The Night of the Iguana to "Iguana Hold Your Hand" has also been done.
= = = = = = =
For the purpose of this game, when you post your title if case the connection isn't really obvious, please also post a brief statement of what the connection is. Let's not leave people saying "huh?" and forcing side comments for explanations,
Let the game begin!
Moon River
Carnelli is a parlor game created by Jan Carnell, a member of the Metropolitan Washington chapter of Mensa. This game has been popular at Mensa gatherings for years, and has turned up at science fiction conventions as well. It can be called a "title association" game, like "word association" only using titles, such as those of a book, play, movie, or song.
It is played by a group of people who arrange themselves in a circle, with the nonplaying judge (or "Carnelli Master") standing in the center of the circle. The Carnelli Master starts the game by pointing to one of the players and saying a title. The pointed-to player must continue the game by saying a title himself, which must connect to the previous title in some way, such as having a word in common (The Time Machine and Time Enough for Love), having a common author (Hamlet and Macbeth), a common actor or producer, or other linkages of a similar nature -- different groups of Carnelli players can vary in exactly what kinds of links are permissible. A common rule is to allow pun linkages as long as they draw sufficient groans from the other people present -- the link from Tequila Sunrise to To Kill a Mockingbird (pronounced "Tequila Mockingbird" for effect) is a popular one. Going from The Night of the Iguana to "Iguana Hold Your Hand" has also been done.
= = = = = = =
For the purpose of this game, when you post your title if case the connection isn't really obvious, please also post a brief statement of what the connection is. Let's not leave people saying "huh?" and forcing side comments for explanations,
Let the game begin!
Moon River
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by MrBassMan on -
Careful now... Response should just be a title, not multiple lines. (Though in the case of a nursery rhyme, I suppose it might be hard to tell what "the" title is.)
Diddle Diddle Dumpling
-
Permalink Reply by MrBassMan on
-
OK, I give... What's the link between Diddle Diddle Dumpling and Lyndon Johnson?
-
Permalink Reply by MrBassMan on
-
Answer should always be a title -- a book, a movie, a song, a poem, ...
The link could be a word in common
- Moon River / Fly Me to the Moon
common performer
- Star Wars / Raiders of the Lost Ark (Harrison Ford)
common author
- Hamlet / Macbeth
etc.
Puns are eagerly accepted (though they might be a little harder in writing than spoken
- Tequila Sunrise / To Kill a Mockingbird (Tequila Mockingbird)
I'd go for
- Hamlet / Three Little Pigs
because a "ham"let ought to be a word for a baby pig, but that's just me.
Going with links based on later words in a poem doesn't quite make it.
-
Permalink Reply by Ron Kruger on -
Smokey and the Bandit/Pirates of the Carribean.
-
Permalink Reply by redstella on -
Pirates of the Caribbean/Captain Blood (1935 swashbuckler starring Errol Flynn)
-
Permalink Reply by Ron Kruger on
-
Captain Blood/In Cold Blood
About
BIRTHDAY CLUB
Latest Activity
allways something left to see isn't there
a new part hairy arse
Forget Rudolph. Who's the most fucked-up PHONY ARTIST of all??!
NAKED GUY: Anybody got some Altoids? I can't stand egg-breath. --No offense, Miley.
Wow, Candice, your heel smells like shit. What the hell did you DO last night?
What IS this, a Fucking EXHIBIT?
Nine months later, little Freeshow came into the world.
Off camera are the Cheerleaders:
Slam her again
Slam her again
Har-der
Har-der
They're all Plowed, but one more than others.
If on this bed we're boffin
Don't come a-scoffin
She says she's squeaky clean but I put that down to braggadouchio.
GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BILL CAMPANA
Any dog left? I am Hongreh.
Suck my stocking, you filthmouth stalkerperv kidonyerlapmolester. Here's something for your back chimney.
These guys really get into BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY. I bet they saw WAYNE'S WORLD too.
i just joined so that must make a change a lot of ning sites are quieter now dont know why
Badge
© 2009 Created by Garooch on Ning. Create a Ning Network!
