> Another boring married people game we like to
> play is called "Water meter" (I've even gotten
> Mia and Sarya to play this on occasion, so I
> guess you don't actually have to be a boring
> married person.) What you do is this: you walk
> down the street, and every time you see a water
> meter, you touch it, and the person who you are
> playing it with, and declare "water meter!"
> That's it. That's the whole game. It can go on
> for blocks. It can also include some pretty
> elaborate distraction techniques to get the
> person to not realize that YOU ARE ABOUT TO
> COME UPON ANOTHER WATER METER! And then you
> LEAP towards the water meter with them trying
> to wrench themselves out of your grasp but you
> DON'T LET THEM GO CAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO WIN!!!
> Heh. Ok, so we're dorks. Ask Mia and Sarya how
> fun this game is, though...

Wow. I'm staying single forever.

-Eric Sleator
Fri 20 Sep A.D. 2002