A friend of mine started his own thread a little while back about meetings and how awful they can be. But it turns out - they don't all have to be bad - you can turn them into a little bit of fun. All you have to do is go to this site and enter the realm of 'Bullshit Bingo'.Before each meeting, visit the site and print one copy of the game card for each player, refreshing the page before each print, or have the players print their own BS Bingo cards. Check off each block when you hear the words during a meeting, seminar, or phone call. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout BULLSHIT!! (These instructions will not be printed, but you can select a card only version of this page when playing on line, or with a PDA)
Now, I don't know that screaming BULLSHIT is absolutely necessary to enjoy this game, but it must be quite entertaining. Instead of hollering BS, another alternative could be that the winner (you'd compare notes after the meeting) gets their coffee bought at next break. I for one, would derive sufficient pleasure just knowing that the reason a meetings' participants are paying so much attention to the person speaking is because they're all trying to win a game.......
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This was played at our place of employment once upon a time, when the quarterly communications meetings were even more dreadful than they are now. Hard to believe, I know. It was the software developers (of course), and it cost $1 to get in on the game - winner take all. The management thought they were doing such a good job of communicating because of the spike in attendance, until somebody filled them in quietly.
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