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Rules of the Game
1) Secure a supply of I Said Please!TM
badges using the design to the left and keep them about your person at
all times.
2) Go about your daily business until somebody requests something from
or of you.
3) Did they say please? If they didn't, go back to step 2.
4) If they DID say please, you've got 'em. After they've made their request,
say in your most condescending voice, "Please...", as though
you won't do a damned thing until they tack the word onto their request.
5) At this point the spell will have been cast and your unwitting victim
will have no other option than to vainly point out "I said please!"
6) At this point you have defeated them and earned the right to produce
an I Said Please!TM badge from
your secret supply and attach it securely to their lapel.
7) If they receive their badge with good grace, you might want to consider
granting their request, but this shall have no bearing on the game, which
you have already won.
Examples
Round One
Helen: Hi, Erkel.
Erkel: Hi, Helen. How's the family?
Helen: They're all asleep. Say, could you pass
me that box of staples?
Helen: Thanks.
Round
Two
Helen: Hello again, Erkel.
Erkel: Helen. Doing okay?
Helen: Not too bad. Say, could I have a few
more staples, please?
Erkel: "Please..."
Helen: I said please!
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