> > My favorite way to pass the time is by playing the alphabet game (you know, where you find each letter of the alphabet in order)
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> Hey, I play that game! You pretty much need license plates (or antique stores) to find 'Q', but 'X' is surprisingly easy on the highway ("Exit" signs.)
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> The other game we play is where you have to find things that *start* with each letter of the alphabet, in order. What you see has to be located outside the car, and the letter has to be the first letter of a noun, not an adjective. 'A' is easy ("automobile"), as are other letters, but others are tricky. With 'Q' and certainly 'X', though, you usually have to be lax on the rules. For 'X', we settle for finding something with 'X' *in* the word rather than beginning with it, but most of the time I hold out for a "queue" (looking through restaurant windows) or a "quagmire" to make it legitimate.

That sounds like a great game, too.
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> > Lui "Watch for ice on bridge signs are a great way to start" sa
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> Er...how? Where's the 'A' in those?

Er. . . wAtch for ice on bridge?