I don't know if anyone else plays this game
I'm sure some of you must: it is basically saying the most prejudiced thing you can think of, out of the blue, that you know will garner a shocked reaction from another family member (usually mum!)

I remember when I was 14 and in the car chatting to my sisters about something and I said "no that's gay"

She replied "Lannes, you shouldn't say that, what's wrong with being gay?"

"It's ungodly Mother, UNGODLY!"*

She swerved, we laughed.

*of course gay in the way I used it had nothing to do with homosexuality.
(Lannes, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 2:11, 4 replies)

Did you mean that it was happy?

( TFD is sporting this season's finest necropants, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 2:14, closed)

click!
*chortle*
(I grew it myself, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 4:44, closed)

Absolutely.
Visiting a nice, middle class couple of mates this weekend - they're both white, well-to-do and very nice - they read the Guardian and everything.

We were discussing how they're worried because a BNP member has started trying to canvas in their area, and I replied that it's not surprising because there's an awful lot of nig nogs in this area. She lidderally spat her wine out.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:35, closed)

A sort of related game developed in our house.
Many of you will be familiar with the board game "Guess Who". I had the idea of trying to encourage my daughter to think of alternative ways of asking the obvious questions that regularly arise in the game. As generally happens at family get togethers the kids soon tire of the adults' company and clear off to play on the Wii or their laptops, whilst the adults take the opportunity to play on the kids' games. It was my brother in law who, picking up on the non obvious questioning, developed the style of asking questions in the manner of the most hand-wringing, desperate to be pc liberal. Thus "So, is this swarthy looking bloke a bit porky?" would become "If the gentleman, who we have established probably hails from a proud mediteranean heritage, happened to be specifically from Italy and enjoyed the fine cuisine of that country, would the fact that he perhaps enjoyed the food a little more than most, and due to a heavy workload, didn't have as much time to exercise as he would like, be reflected in his appearence? Though of course it could equally be a thyroid problem."
I countered with "Is this bitch wearing a hat so fucking lame that your grandmother would rather take it up the arse than look at it?
The game's still a bit rubbish if you're over about eight though.
(Cave Duck, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 14:46, closed)