Tuesday, July 27, 1999: The nonsense trip

[NonsenseWords]

[Bocaj Claw]

There have been a number of strips written around the "I'm going on a trip" game. People who played it as a kid tend to love these strips. People who didn't completely fail to get them, and have asked me repeatedly to explain myself.

I have never heard of this game before reading Ozy and Millie. I'm inclined to think DCS made it up.

[Arloest]

What's the point of this game anyway?

[NonsenseWords]

The 'going on a trip game', as it's referred to here, is a child's game where you take turns saying "I'm going on a trip and packing a (noun)." The nouns are presented in alphabetical order, so the first kid would say something like "I'm going on a trip and I'm packing an aardvark". The second child then has to remember what the first one said, plus add an object from the next letter, so it would be "I'm packing an aardvark and a baobab tree." Then it passes on to the next kid, or back to the first one, and they add another one; "I'm packing an aardvark, baobab tree, and clementines."

And so on. The loser is the one who forgets the sequence first.

I only remember playing it maybe once in my childhood. It wasn't particularly engaging.

[Tom_Radigan]

I never heard of that game until now. But the strip reminded me of this:

http://www.otterdude.com/strip.php?id=11&sid=3034

[Feefers]

I've played "As I was going to Viridian City" where you start with Abra (Or Alakazam) and work your way down to Zubat

(Quagsire, Xatu, Yanma) for the hard ones.

[Muninn]

I first heard of this game because of Ozy and Millie, don't think the joke here is particularly strong, but still good.

(Quagsire, Xatu, Yanma) for the hard ones.

Non 1st-gen Pokemon. Heretic!

[likeafox]

For those of who can't remember (I'm guessing absolutely everyone), we played this as a forum game way way back. http://definecynical.net/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=903

[Cactus Jack]

The 'going on a trip game', as it's referred to here, is a child's game where you take turns saying "I'm going on a trip and packing a (noun)." The nouns are presented in alphabetical order, so the first kid would say something like "I'm going on a trip and I'm packing an aardvark". The second child then has to remember what the first one said, plus add an object from the next letter, so it would be "I'm packing an aardvark and a baobab tree." Then it passes on to the next kid, or back to the first one, and they add another one; "I'm packing an aardvark, baobab tree, and clementines."

And so on. The loser is the one who forgets the sequence first.

I only remember playing it maybe once in my childhood. It wasn't particularly engaging.

Gotta do something in the car when the batteries in the Gameboy die.