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Forfeits For Fun

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Parent Issue
Day
1
Month
October
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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A list of amu$ing lorïeits, wliicli Wilï makc the coin;any laügh aud iiot offend the person cal led upon to pay thonï, are hcvewith givcn : pirst - l'ut a iiewspaper on the Hoor in such a wny tliat iwo persons c:m stand on it áud iut bo ablc to loucU each otiier with tiioir hands. By piitting the paper in the doorway, onehaU'inside and the othör halt' ouuide the room, and tlie door over it, the tiro persons can easily stand upon it aud be bevond eauii others reacn. Second- To go out of the room vvith two legs and come in With six. Mot difflcult it one tlunks to bring a ohair íUoiil; on the ïeLurn. ïliird - To act the dumb servant. Tlie peí-son vvho has the i'orteit to py must act out the auswers to the queslions put liy the masier of coremouies, as -llow do you make bread?" "llow do you eat soupï" cic. Tliis fonèit wül cuuse nuiuh meiTimeiit il' proper questions are put. Fourth- Put one hand whcre the otlier cannot touch it. One eau get out of tUis difficulty by putting one hand on the cibow of the other ai-m. (Tifth - Place a peneii on the lloorso tha t ouo caniiot juuip over ït. May be done by putting it close to the wall of the room. üixth - Vut a question that no one can answer with a "uo." TUis is not hard il onc thinks to ask, " What does v-e-s spellï" Sevcnih- Put yourself throiigh a koy-liolc. ïhis was a grcat puzzle to us tot awhile, but wheu the word "yourselt" was written upou a pieco ot' paper and puslied through the liole, it wats all olear. Au iniinily of questions of the samo charaoter and which will all'ord innocent and wholesome aniuseiiienl can be arraliged, and the solutiou of the forl'eit will HOinelimcH puzzle, even tho smartest, in a sociable gathering. This cïhss ot'amu-ting problema is lar protei-able lo tho old stylo of kissing mutches, spQcially i'or very, very uiodest folks.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Argus