A
series of
books published by
Price/Stern/Sloan and much beloved of (
plural noun) of all ages. Each (noun) contains a couple
dozen (adjective)
essays, ranging from
educational (plural noun) to (
adjective)
drama scripts to purely
silly (noun) -- with (adjective)
words removed from the essay. In the
place of the
missing words are
blank lines and
generic (plural noun), like "
noun," "adjective," "plural (
noun)," "a
person," "a
nonsense word," "(noun)," "a
body part," "a kind of
food," and many others.
The
game is played like this: one (noun) holds the (noun) and asks
anyone else (
verb ending with -ing) the game for
nouns,
verbs,
adjectives, etc., in order to fill the
blanks. When all the (plural noun) have been
filled, the (noun)
reads the whole (noun), adding the
new (
plural noun) into the blanks. Typically, the (adjective) essay is spectacularly
silly, prompting much (adjective)
laughter and general (adjective)ness.
After that, you pass the (noun) to some poor (noun), like (
Everythingian), and let them (verb) the clues. A/An (
adjective)
time will be had by all, even
notorious (plural noun) like you!