Comments on: Ten free ways to have fun in troubled economic times

By: Trish

Trish — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:53:07 +0000

HEY! I invented that game in our family. Except it’s called ‘Shut Up for ten minutes’. The beauty of it is that when the inevitable breach occurs, the ten minute counter resets even for the compliant. A bonus is that on the breach, everyone else gets to shout ‘SHUT UP FOR TEN MINUTES’. It’s really quite refreshing.

By: Meagan

Meagan — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:45:51 +0000

My mom called that “The Quiet Game”. As in, “Hey, I know! Why don’t you three play the Quiet Game for a while!”

By: anne

anne — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:33:59 +0000

My grandfather liked to get me to play “Let’s see who can be the quietest.”