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Re: Chinese Whispers
Posted By: Howard, on host 209.86.39.124
Date: Monday, August 28, 2000, at 18:30:14
In Reply To: Re: Chinese Whispers posted by Brunnen-G on Monday, August 28, 2000, at 14:13:23:

> > > How on earth do you get from talking about Vietnam and Tron to European cars?
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> > Beats me. What does this have to do with Chinese Whispers?
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> Chinese Whispers is when somebody tells somebody else a message and everyone passes it down the line to each other until it comes out a completely different message at the other end. The classic example is the one sent via numerous messengers from the trenches in WWI. It started out "Send reinforcements, we're going to advance" and by the time it got to the final recipient it was "Send three-and-fourpence, we're going to a dance."
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> Brunnen-"probably an early urban legend, but I love it anyway"G

I remember that! We played it at parties and called it "coffeepot." Don't ask me why.
Howard