O.k. This game defines fun. We play it nearly twice a week, sometimes more. Saturday’s in Little Rock have always been kinda lame, so now it’s apples night. During the week we sometimes set up in the back of Easy Street (on 7th and Center, downtown). Except now that high summer holds the Earth we wait till it gets pretty late.

The game is incredibly easy, and doesn’t require trivia or skill. At it’s best, it is a true indicator of personality and humor. If you’re not good at this game, it means your friends don’t think you’re funny.

How it works
Apples to Apples is a word association game, usually for 4-10 players (any more and it just gets out of hand). Although there are many rule variations, generally everyone gets a hand of 5 noun cards (red apples) with words like ‘Crazy Horse,’ ‘Sushi,’ ‘A Car Crash,’ ‘The Industrial Revolution,’ and ‘Plastic.’

During each hand, players make a quick (hopefully hilarious) association with the adjective card (green apples). When it is your turn to play the adjective, you judge that hand (and don’t get to play a noun).

The rhetorical situation comes into play when you start to pick the noun that your friend the judge will find funniest. For example, because I know Davis quite well, I know to play ‘The Industrial Revolution’ for his adjective ‘Cuddly,’ because he usually picks more political or historical cards. ‘Eleanor Roosevelt ‘ is his favorite noun card I think.

As for me: the sicker you are, the better. I get really twisted when I judge adjectives. ‘Helen Keller,’ ‘Schindler’s List,’ and ‘Hiroshima - 1945′ are some of my favorites (btw, the adjectives were ‘Animated,’ ‘Quiet,’ and ‘Squeaky Clean’ respectively).

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Thought for Food
Thought for Food
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