Let's play Mad Libs

February 16, 2009 by Johnny

I like this idea in principle, and the question is going to be whether I can convert on the idea and make it actually funny. I really have no idea if that will happen or if this will turn into my blog’s many “WTF was he thinking?” moments.

Here’s how we play:

This will be a 2-day affair. I’ll write the Mad Lib today and will leave some blanks for you to fill in. I’ll number the blanks, and you fill them in within 24 hours by leaving your numbered responses in the comments section. Then, tomorrow, I’ll sort through your responses, note the good ones, and make fun of the bad ones.

For those of you reading this on Facebook, don’t reply there. Instead, just hop over to my blog and leave your answers there so that they’re all together for everyone to see.

Got it? This will either be really funny or it will suck nuts.

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Saturday was Valentine’s Day. My wife and I have two kids, so it’s not like we were going to get any _____________(1) with which to get all ________(2) and _________(3), but we also haven’t yet totally given up on the ___________(4) as both of our respective ___________(5) seem to have. This makes for a __________ ____________(6). Nothing spells ___________(7) like __________(8) at your son to ________(9) his damn __________(10) while your wife ignores you to _______(11) food into the ___________(12).

And what’s more, we no longer have any real idea how to __________________(13). The kids have so accustomed us to having a ________(14) of _________(15) during a meal that when we’re alone, it’s totally awkward like when you go out alone with __________(16) who you actually only know through ________(17), and without that other person there, you’re both all like, “Do you like cheese? Because I think it’s awesome. [Heavy silence.] So, clubbing seals is a bummer, huh?”

So we did the ____________(18) thing. We sent Austin off to stay with ___________(19) for the night, because he wasn’t going to dramatically alter the _____________(20) she was going to have with ____________(21) at Bob Evans. We had to keep the baby. Then we made chicken parmesan, opened a bottle of _____________(22), and ate it while watching Borat after she was asleep.

All in all, I’d have to say that ____________________(23).

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9 Comments on Let's play Mad Libs

  1. N.C. on Mon, 16th Feb 2009 1:21 pm

    2. Violation of traditional MadLib bylaws! I see a lack of descriptions of noun/verb/dangling modifier, so I guess I have to do the work for myself, as if I have nothing better to do today than go over my sixth grade parts of speech in english (remedial course). This is going to make it twice as hard. I’ll get started now, sheesh.

  2. Johnny Truant on Mon, 16th Feb 2009 1:49 pm

    3. Pfft. I actually thought about that, but decided it would be funnier if I let you put whatever you wanted in there. Words, whole phrases, whatever. I had considered removing a few “the” and “and”s just to be a dick, too.

  3. N.C. on Mon, 16th Feb 2009 2:03 pm

    4. Not sure how you wanted it, but that’s the genius of comment editing! Enjoy.

    Saturday was Valentine’s Day. My wife and I have two kids, so it’s not like we were going to get any street cred (1) with which to get all “dope!” (2) and “rad!”(3), but we also haven’t yet totally given up on the honkification (4) as both of our respective pasty selves (5) seem to have. This makes for a sad childhood(6). Nothing spells uncool (7) like rapping (8) at your son to check (9) his damn self (10) while your wife ignores you to chuck(11) food into the microwave(12).

    And what’s more, we no longer have any real idea how to be ‘down’(13). The kids have so accustomed us to having a slice(14) of wonderbread(15) during a meal that when we’re alone, it’s totally awkward like when you go out alone with your homies(16) who you actually only know through crunk lessons(17), and without that other person there, you’re both all like, “Do you like cheese? Because I think it’s awesome. [Heavy silence.] So, clubbing seals is a bummer, huh?”

    So we did the gangster (18) thing. We sent Austin off to stay with Steve(19) for the night, because he wasn’t going to dramatically alter the epiphany(20) she was going to have with fellow crackers (21) at Bob Evans. We had to keep the baby. Then we made chicken parmesan, opened a bottle of Boone’s Farm(22), and ate it while watching Borat after she was asleep.

    All in all, I’d have to say that ruled(23).

  4. Delmont88 on Mon, 16th Feb 2009 5:43 pm

    5. How bad can we be? Is anyone’s mother gonna be reading this?

    I was all over it, in a bad kinda sicko-twisted way until I saw that you mentioned your son by name.

    I felt bad enuf for “BLANKING at your son to BLANK his damn BLANK” but then, to send the little guy off to stay with “BLANK” was more than I could handle. Little Austin deserves better…

    Maybe if you had named him Connor, instead. We have a Connor on our block. I highly dislike Connor. In fact, everyone highly dislikes Connor.

  5. Johnny Truant on Tue, 17th Feb 2009 7:29 am

    6. Say what you’d like, but it would be awesome if you could avoid defaming my kids.

  6. Betty Duffy on Tue, 17th Feb 2009 5:50 pm

    7. I don’t think my mom will be reading this, but I do think that what I need from this madlibs exercise is to have the parts of speech you’d like filled into each blank, so I can ask my husband for them, and we can all have a chuckle about how the serendipitous final product turns out.

  7. Delmont88 on Tue, 17th Feb 2009 8:00 pm

    8. see… that’s what i mean… I can’t write what I truly was thinking because there is a small child involved.
    If it’s any consolation, my son is 13 and would have loved to be the kid in the scenario I was drafting… of course, his favorite web search words are “Hookers at work”… and when I’m BLANKING at my son, it usually has something to do with a computer virus or the hot water bill…

    I’m almost certain little Truant hasn’t gotten to that stage yet.

  8. Johnny Truant on Wed, 18th Feb 2009 7:03 pm

    9. Um, yeah… this may be an unsuccessful experiment.

    Delmont, your kid has issues. Unfortunately, I think it’s unavoidable. I had issues at 13.

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