I've got another modification - that roo needs volume control, like the ringer on your phone. Of course, for those who have noise issues, they should have a setting where they just vibrate, too.
But this electric chicken idea sure stirred up a memory! Does anybody know what "Mad Libs" are? For those who don't, they come in booklet form, and each page has a few paragraphs about some subject or other on it. Key words are left out of the sentences, and the resulting blanks have (noun), (verb), (adjective), etc, in their places. One person gets appropriate suggestions from the other participants, and pencils the answers in the blanks. When all of the blanks have been filled in, the results are read aloud. As only the person with the pencil knows what he's filling out, the answers are pretty random, and the results can be hilarious!
One time, I was on a road trip with a group of teenagers, and we were doing Mad Libs to pass the time. One had the title "Game Show Contestant." As the results were read, we learned that, among other prizes, we had won a "deluxe, 3-speed chicken!" For some reason, that was hysterical, particularly after one of the kids provided the sound effect of said chicken, going "baaaaaawwk, baaaaaaawwwk, baaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwk" in imitation of a manual shift on a car.
But this electric chicken idea sure stirred up a memory! Does anybody know what "Mad Libs" are? For those who don't, they come in booklet form, and each page has a few paragraphs about some subject or other on it. Key words are left out of the sentences, and the resulting blanks have (noun), (verb), (adjective), etc, in their places. One person gets appropriate suggestions from the other participants, and pencils the answers in the blanks. When all of the blanks have been filled in, the results are read aloud. As only the person with the pencil knows what he's filling out, the answers are pretty random, and the results can be hilarious!
One time, I was on a road trip with a group of teenagers, and we were doing Mad Libs to pass the time. One had the title "Game Show Contestant." As the results were read, we learned that, among other prizes, we had won a "deluxe, 3-speed chicken!" For some reason, that was hysterical, particularly after one of the kids provided the sound effect of said chicken, going "baaaaaawwk, baaaaaaawwwk, baaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwk" in imitation of a manual shift on a car.
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