Charades most common signals -
- A number of fingers at the beginning of play gives the number of syllables in the answer.
- Pointing at or tugging on an earlobe means "sounds like"...
- Moving hands or fingers closer together without touching means "shorter"..
- Holding the hands or fingers close together without touching indicates a short word such as "the" or "of" that is difficult to act out on its own..
- Moving hands or fingers farther apart means "more"...
- "Come on", "close", or "keep guessing" may be indicated by any "come here" gesture or by holding one's hands toward each other and spinning them in circles...
- "More" or "add a suffix" may be indicated by similar movements or by miming the act of stretching out a rubber band..
- "I" may be signed either by gesturing to one's chest or eye..
- "Yes, correct", in addition to more general signs such as nodding, is often expressed in charades by pointing at or touching the nose with one hand while pointing at the correct guesser with the other, signifying "on the nose".
Do you ever get the feeling that we are playing a game... the game of life with odd twists and turns and cards that either get you out of trouble or into trouble. We often hear people say or demonstrate this idiomatic expression, "Don't do as I do, do as I say". In this game, its difficult to determine what people really mean. And, so...we often bet on who we think the winners are going to be over who the losers might be. We signal to others where we stand and hope that it will give us an advantage in the game of life.
You have to ask yourself is it the game designer calling the shots or the dealer in this fallen world who gave you the bad hand you think you are holding? They both serve a purpose. How? They get you to take a stand and act it out accordingly... don't they?
Do as I say, not as I do. = Take my advice, even though I am acting contrary to it...
Luke 7:31-35 ~ “To what can I compare the people of this generation?” Jesus asked. “How can I describe them? They are like children playing a game in the public square. They complain to their friends,
ReplyDelete‘We played wedding songs,
and you didn’t dance,
so we played funeral songs,
and you didn’t weep.’
For John the Baptist didn’t spend his time eating bread or drinking wine, and you say, ‘He’s possessed by a demon.’ The Son of Man, on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say, ‘He’s a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners!’ But wisdom is shown to be right by the lives of those who follow it.”