1. Pound 9-6 – Did you know that if you pick up any phone in Wal-Mart and press #-9-6, you get to speak over the store’s entire intercom system? Seriously. It makes for at least an hour of endless fun. There are all kinds of games you can play with this. As you might imagine, inappropriate comments abound. I’d love to hear what games you create with this newfound knowledge.

2. Sprint Relay – This is an amazing internet service for hearing impaired people that, when abused, can create some memories that will last forever. You get on the website, enter the phone number of the person you want it to call (for instance Tripp’s: 678.978.0222), and whatever you type from that point on, a live operator will say to the recipient. Say it. This is another game that inevitably goes downhill after about 1.5 minutes.

3. Phone Roulette – There is no game on planet earth that stresses me out more than this one. You give your friend your phone. He starts scrolling through your address book until you say stop. He then calls the person you land on, puts the phone to your ear, and you have to talk with this person until you figure out who it is. You can’t ask who it is. You can’t say you’re playing a game. You must converse as though you just really wanted to catch up. Just think about how many random numbers you have in your phone – business contacts, college buddies, pest control services… There are so many awful numbers it could land on. Just yesterday, I played with Tripp and talked to a guy I graduated from high school with ten years ago. My heart is still beating fast.

What original games do we need to know about? Do tell…