Language Games

Surrealist Games:

Language Games, 5/15/03

Richard Burke, Susan Burke, Andrew Torch

 

Question & Answer Game:

Q- What makes the Englishmens hat turn green?
A- It is the sun in its rising at midnight.
Q- What is the sound of a falling star?
A- Just enough time to pour the coffee out.
Q- What does the ring symbolize?
A- Coffee with cream poured sideways.
Q- What do you call an inverted democrat?
A- It is a heraldic emblem of chivalry.

Q- What is the Imperial ambition?
A- A mixture of black magic and gold.
Q- What does the cat do after the moon comes out?
A- (Hears) the sound of rain falling backwards.

 

 


Variant of Exquiste Corpse Story:

All the fish took to arms. Cars melt easily under fish sunshine. Therefore, violent moons scream with pain.

 


Conditionals:

If rationalists take over the world,
then topaz will turn blue.
If the cat's eye blazed green,
then water monsters will mate.
If Ted Joans lives,
then sparks will fly!

-May 15th, 2003