Saturday, February 11, 2012

WIN, LOSE, DRAW OR DIAGNOSE!

Most of us are familiar with the board game, Pictionary, right?  "Quick sketches, crazy guesses."

So, about three or four weeks ago, Vince and his co-residents had a little gathering, and after dinner, we played Pictionary.  We divided ourselves into four teams, and as expected, Vince and I were on the same team.  We had loads of fun, and too bad, we didn't take pictures of the sketches and drawings, but one thing I realized is how interesting (and competitive) this board game becomes when physicians play it.


Word #1:  SNORING

Dr. E picks a card, and as soon as the timer starts, he sketches what obviously is a person sleeping, including the giveaway "zzzzzzzzzzzzz."   It is a pretty easy word (both to draw and guess), so all of us we're expecting that Dr. W, his teammate, would get it.  With a little prompting, Dr. W indeed got the correct answer, but quickly quipped, "I was going to say OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA."

I giggled and snickered, then thought to myself, "Tama nga naman, me punto sya!" *Right, he has got a point there.*

By the way, obstructive sleep apnea is a sleep disorder characterized by loud snoring, restless sleep, and daytime sleepiness.


Word #2:   TEASPOON

The third team was composed of Dr. A, her husband, and their young daughter.  Dr. A.'s husband did a good sketch of a teaspoon, but Dr. A blurted out, "IMPREGNATION."

On figuring out why "impregnation," it took me a long time to see that the teaspoon sketch did look like a sperm cell!

Way to go, Dr. A, for your clinical eye, and analytic thinking! ☻  And yes, Dr. A got the correct word eventually.


Word #3:   GUMSHOE

Though I didn't know what gumshoe is, I didn't find it to be a hard word, because all I needed to do was sketch a gum and a shoe, which Vince got correctly.  The funny part was when I was sketching a shoe, Dr. O said nonchalantly, "That looks like a p3n!s."  And the others piped in, "Hey, we got kids here!" LOL.

I looked up in the dictionary to see what gumshoe means, and it is a slang for a detective, investigator, or sleuth.

Still, I swear, my sketch was ugly but it didn't resemble a male's reproductive organ, or at least to me! ☻


Anyway, in case you were wondering who was crowned Pictionary champs of the night, it was Vince and I.  They got owned by the Valencia couple. LOL. Our winning word was "poodle."  Vince was able to decipher my stick drawing of a dog, but couldn't quite get that it was a poodle, until he overheard one of our opponents whispered, "Yeah, it does look like a poodle."  And that's how we won, hehe!

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15 comments:

  1. Wow!Ang saya naman talaga...

    Parang intercultural event din ang gathering na ito...

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    1. korek, rovs. cultural gathering nga yan ^^

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  2. Looks like you have loads of fun! Di ko alam ang game na yan. Parang US version ng "Pinoy Henyo" Hehehe

    Napadaan dito as usual! Hehehe

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    1. super fun, kriz. hehe! simple lang yung mechanics ng game, kukuha ka lang ng card, then i-d-drawing mo kung ano man yung nakasulat dun tapos huhulaan ng partner mo under time pressure. parang pinoy henyo nga pero eto drawing naman ;)

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  3. Clever Valencia's! Way to go!

    First encounter ko nong gumshoe was when I was undergoing training for content moderation, Facebook was the client :-)

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    1. Malakas lang talaga ang mental connection (at pandinig) namin ni Vince. Haha!

      Buti ka pa nga alam mo ang gumshoe, samantalang wala ata nakakaalam nun samin dun ano ibig sabihin nun. LOL.

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    2. Nagkataon lang na ginagamit yong ganong salita sa training, hehehe. Like Krizza, first time ko rin marining yang ganyang laro.

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  4. hinfi ko alam ang game na yan, but i think it's a lot of fun... congrats for winning.. :)

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  5. Sounds like it was very interesting alright! You guys look like you were having such great fun! Visiting you back.

    Adin B

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  6. may ganyan pla n game.. hehe.. ngayon ko lng din nlman..

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  7. sounds fun at cultural night pala kau that time..di pa ako nakalaro ng ganyan..hanggang scrabble lang ako.lol...

    wow, doctor pala hubby mo, ang galing...libre ka na manganak nyan sa hospital..hehheh

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    1. mhie, hindi naman libre. covered lang ng insurance :D

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  8. that looks fun KM. that really tells me that different people has different interpretation of things. i wonder how the game would go with scientists, lol. you draw an apple and they would say 'newton's law'. visiting for PF.

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  9. wow, km, that sounds really fun...looks like everyone had great time! btw, ang kulit ng mga naiisip nila, ikaw na ang maging doctor, nyahaha, kasi hanggang sa laro medical terms pa din! lolz! btw, congrats...galing talaga ng pinoy at syempre sa game na iyan kailangan madiskarte like what doc vince did! :) visiting from PF, see you around. thanks and have a great week. :)

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  10. What a fun game that is Sis Karen :-) visiting late from last week's PF entry, hope that you can return a pink visit too.

    http://www.mommies2ks.com/bought-a-gift-for-my-little-girls-classmate.html

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