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04 October 2006

I have to spend the next 5 hours in the Warsaw airport [More:] Please tell me a story, or otherwise entertain me during this horribly boring time.
I'm drinking rather expensive half-litre glasses of Zywiec and wishing that this stupid airport allowed smoking indoors.
posted by cmonkey 04 October | 06:25
I would teach you a few Polish national games, but unfortunately, these require more than one person* to be present at the location.

* Willing to play, of course.
posted by Daniel Charms 04 October | 06:31
Do those national games involve alcohol or Polish women? Because if they involve either, count me in.
posted by cmonkey 04 October | 06:43
I can't hang around to entertain you, I'm afraid, but here's a ditty called "Warsaw" by the band of that name.
posted by GeckoDundee 04 October | 07:01
Both alcohol and women are optional. One of them involves throwing shoes, though, so it might not be a good idea to play it at a crowded airport.

The other game is quite simple: you just have to eat at the same table with another person and try to steal food from his/her plate.
posted by Daniel Charms 04 October | 07:06
Warsaw is what Joy Division used to be called before they became the Joy Division, right?
posted by Daniel Charms 04 October | 07:10
I would love to throw shoes at many of the people here. Do explain further!
posted by cmonkey 04 October | 07:11
See, this is how you play the game: all the participants sit down in a circle. When everyone's sat down, they proceed to remove their (and do pay attention because this is very important) left shoe. Holding the shoe firmly in hand, they count to three and on the count of three they throw it as far as they can. And then the person who had played the game before starts to laugh -- probably because everyone else just threw their shoes away, but he didn't.
posted by Daniel Charms 04 October | 07:23
Oh, damn, I need my shoes for tomorrow, so I shan't be tossing them today. That's a shame.
posted by cmonkey 04 October | 07:34
Daniel Charms, that's a good game. Does the circle face in or out though? If everybody faces in, someone would get hit by flying shoes, is that part of the game?
posted by rainbaby 04 October | 09:24
Hey cmonkey...just wanted to wish you a safe trip. Hope you're healing up OK.
posted by jrossi4r 04 October | 09:47
You haven't written in your travel blog since September 24. Bad cmonkey! That should at least take up a few minutes, no?
posted by matildaben 04 October | 10:33
I'm looking forward to your return. Godspeed cmonkey!
posted by pieisexactlythree 04 October | 10:56
rainbaby: the circle faces in. You have to throw the shoes over the other people's heads.
posted by Daniel Charms 04 October | 10:57
matildaben: Oops, I forgot to regenerate the internets diary. It's updated now.

I head back to Portland tomorrow. I can't say I'm particularly excited :-(
posted by cmonkey 05 October | 04:58
what GOP really stands for || This is kinda cool.

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