About a month ago, I received a Conversation Starter game upon entering <strong><a href="http://ignitephoenix.com/" target="_blank">Ignite Phoenix</a></strong>.  Remember these from when we were kids?  Back then, the final "reveal" was usually they guy/girl you were going to marry.  Now that we're older and wiser, the adult version is a lot more fun.

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Well...not <em>that </em>kind of adult version, although now that I think of it...If you and your honey have fallen into a rut, perhaps an Adult You-Know-What Starter could make for a hot summer night.

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Back to Ignite Phoenix and PG Conversation Starters...

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They were designed by the brilliant folks at <strong><a href="http://www.splintercreative.com/" target="_blank">Splinter Creative</a></strong> as a combination program/game for audience members to play.  Yes, this meant that you were to interact with fellow audience members aka total strangers.

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But when you're someone like me sitting next to someone like <strong><a href="http://www.scribedevil.com/blog/" target="_blank">Matt</a></strong>, you start yakking away about everything under the sun, moon, and stars and forget about the game.

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So I kept my Conversation Starter for a rainy day.

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But since there is no rain in sight in my currently hotter-than-hell city, I brought it into work to surprise the troops.

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I arrived at people's cubes unannounced and did not ask if they wanted to play.  It's always a given that when I show up with my next "thing", my colleagues humor me with the anticipation of a few laughs.  Often, they are laughing <em>at </em>me, but I'm o.k. with that.

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<span style="color: #800080;"><strong>Playmate #1:  Anonymous aka "Hollywood". </strong></span> Her face lit up when I presented the game.  She has a toddler at home, so her inner child is fully present.

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<span style="color: #800080;"><strong>Revealing Question:</strong></span> What's the silliest thing you've ever done?

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<span style="color: #800080;"><strong>Answer:</strong></span> When Hollywood was a teenage girl, she was exceptionally dramatic.  In the midst of a tumultuous boyfriend episode, Hollywood threw herself onto the hood of his car when boyfriend tried to leave.  And she stayed there while he drove around the block.

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What makes this even funnier is that Hollywood is cool as a cuke in real life.  My nickname for her stems from her glamorous appearance, not her personality.  She is by no means a diva; she merely looks like one in her ginormous sunglasses.

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<span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Playmate #2:  Little Michelle (my recent <a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/06/24/day-269-madame-michelle-analyzes-your-dreams/" target="_blank">Dream Guinea Pig</a>). </strong></span> She looked a bit scared when I entered unannounced.  I assured her this wasn't as painful as dream analysis.

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<span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Revealing Question:</strong></span> You have $100/month to use however you want.  What do you do?

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<span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Answer:</strong></span> Practical Taurus that she is, Little Michelle would save up her hundreds for a beachy vacay.

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<span style="color: #800080;"><strong>Playmate #3:  Britt.</strong></span> Her reaction to me was tinged with mischievousness.

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<span style="color: #800080;"><strong>Revealing Question: </strong></span> What did you do as  a kid that you wish we still did as adults?

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<span style="color: #800080;"><strong>Answer:</strong> </span>I would like to make a Gingerbread House.

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I lit up.  "Let's have Christmas in July!!!!  I'll bring in the fixins, and we can build one during lunch!

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<span style="color: #800080;"><strong>Britt: </strong></span> Uhhhh...No.

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<span style="color: #800080;"><strong>Me: </strong></span> Hmph.

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<span style="color: #800080;"><strong>Little M:</strong></span> I miss pretending from when I was a kid.  You know, "make believe".

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<span style="color: #800080;"><strong>Me:</strong></span> I do that everyday.  Did you read today's blog post?  <strong><a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/06/22/day-267-some-dogs-have-all-the-luck/" target="_blank">Bella hijacked my computer again</a></strong>.

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<span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Playmate #4:</strong></span> Brette of <strong><a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/01/20/day-52-revisited-seduce-men-from-20-feet-away/" target="_blank">The Brettesy Strut </a></strong>fame.  (She's still waiting for her video to go viral.)

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<span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Revealing Question: </strong></span> Name one thing you know you could talk about for 5 minutes.

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<span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Answer:</strong></span> My kids.

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<span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Me: </strong></span>I can totally relate.  I could talk about Bella for 5 hours.  :-D

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<span style="font-size: large; color: #800080;"><strong>Say, say my playmate.  Come out and play with me?  Answer one of the 4 questions above in the comment section below.</strong></span>

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Here are a few more to whisk your creative juices:

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<ul>
	<li>Is there such a thing as a stupid question?</li>
	<li>Which activities make you lose track of time?</li>
	<li>Describe the funniest person you know.</li>
	<li>What is your quest?</li>
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