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Here’s a game that I came up with during a dull car ride years ago, when I was bored out of my skull. <\/p>\n

My brother and I cackle like monkeys on nitrous oxide when we get on a roll with this game. For lack of better words, I’ll call this the Stupid Backwards Sign Reading Game.<\/p>\n

RULES<\/span><\/p>\n

Okay, here’s the game.<\/p>\n

Read any signs you see backwards, pronouncing them how you think they would sound phonetically. So, if you saw a stop sign, you’d pronounce it as “Pots”. It’s a nice touch to speak as if your voice is being played backwards.<\/p>\n

I like to read the signs from top to bottom, right to left. The right-to-left reading naturally feeds into the backwards reading and speaking. Trust me.<\/p>\n

There really is no concept of winning in this game. It’s all about the fun and stupidity.<\/p>\n

IDEAL CONFIGURATION<\/span>
Games are best played in an urban setting, where there is a lot of signage.<\/p>\n

To get a really good game going, the people playing should be passengers rather than driving the car, as it will take a lot of concentration.<\/p>\n

Here’s the ideal configuration (assuming you have a four-seater car):<\/p>\n

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Note that the driver is perturbed, but not enough to end the game that the front and rear right passengers are enjoying. It’s nice to have the players on the same side of the car, so each can see what sign the other is attempting to read backwards.<\/p>\n

And as for Mister Fussypants in the back left seat, who you’re driving insane with your dumbass backwards pronunciations and chuckling? Well, who gives a damn what he thinks, right?<\/p>\n

SOME EXAMPLES:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click here<\/a> for a sample of how you would say this during the game.<\/p>\n

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Okay, that was easy. How about this one?
Click here<\/a> for the sound.<\/p>\n

Oh, so we’re getting cocky, are we? Try this, ya smartass:
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Click here<\/a> if you dare.<\/p>\n

Happy Driving And\/Or Gaming!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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