I decided to play another man vs. woman game of Catch Phrase, only this time it was at the Tower's and all of the hubbies were police officers (which isn't intimidating at all, but strangely eery because they all think so much alike). Anywho, we got started and the score was pretty balanced, so I guess there are multiple benefits in being a fellow police wife because we're all pretty similar in certain personality quirks as well.
Well, it came to be my turn, and I get another character from Charles Dickens' beloved A Christmas Carol. Was it Ebeneezer Scrooge? No. Bob Cratchett, his loyal clerk? No. And it wasn't any of the Christmas Ghosts...well, actually it was.
Jacob Marley, Scrooge's old business partner and first ghost to appear to Ebeneezer that cold Christmas Eve appeared on the screen. With all my incredible know-how of Charles Dickens and his short story, I should've been able to describe him in 10 words or less, right?
Right. But Jacob Marley doesn't sing reggae and is NOT a symbol of Rastafarianism, which is what I excitedly stated to my fellow girlies, in which they quickly responded back with "Bob Marley." I was so relieved, I started to pass the Catch Phrase contraption on, but quickly decided to confirm that Bob was short for Jacob....yeah, you can guess the outcome.
After everyone was able to collect themselves, the timer went out and the cops got the point, but before resuming the next set, they thought they'd re-enact a "Bob Marley Christmas Carol" by becoming the 3 ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. If I wasn't so mad at myself, I would've laughed because they did some awesome Jamaican accents and could very easily make a profit with their version of A Christmas Carol.
So, Melissa, I'm sorry. At least Scrooge McDuck was IN a version of A Christmas Carol.
Oh, and for anyone else that is possibly as dense as I am, here's who I was supposed to give clues about in Catch Phrase:
NOT him:
I don't think I'm going to play Catch Phrase for awhile.
3 comments:
It's all the laughs and good times that continually brings me back to catch phrase OVER, and OVER, and OVER again!! You may feel dumb, but that had to be the highlight of the night. AND YOU BROUGHT IT ON!! Good for you Natalie. Way to spice up the night.
Besides we're moms with mommy brains...it's bound to happen.
Dude, I missed the menfolk bagging on you because I was busy threatening my kids with bodily harm if they didn't calm and frick down! Why much I take the most inopportune moments to parent! Gah!
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