Face Touch
The face touch is one of the most powerful non-verbal forms of communication in our culture today. The mere act of touching your face during a conversation is the universal sign for “you have something on your face, please remove it immediately.” All you have to do is rub the corner of your mouth a couple times and the other person is guaranteed to mirror your actions without even the slightest break in his story. So, during dinner with a friend, see how many times you can make your friend touch his face. If you use words, you lose. If he has to ask, “do I have something on my face?”, you lose.

Accent Game
One of the most embarrassing games you’ll ever take part in is The Accent Game. It’s quite simple. You give someone an accent, a subject to talk about, and 20 seconds. Then, that person must ride it out, as embarrassing as it is.

Now, a couple caveats. One, don’t get stuck in the Italian/British/Old Man league. That’s for beginners and leads to minimal embarrassment at best. Instead, try venturing into Russian/Pre-pubescent Scottish/Norwegian/Urkel territory for maximum humiliation. Two, place under-the-table bets with your friends as to what a person will say when it’s his/her turn. For instance, as you might remember from my interview with Bryan Allain, I have a theory that anyone doing an Italian accent will, at some point, throw in the phrase “mamma mia”.

Tweak the Phone Settings
Ask to borrow your friend’s phone to make a call right before he goes into a serious or professional setting (conference, church, meeting, class, etc). Instead of making a call, change your friend’s phone settings to the loudest possible ring volume. And while you’re at it, change the ringtone to your most shameful option possible. It might even be worth downloading a Beyonce or Gwen Stefani song to maximize the outcome. Then, at the appropriate time, call him. The beautiful thing about this is he won’t even know it’s his phone for the first seven seconds. It won’t be until he is both angry at the audacity of the non-phone-silencer and baffled by the ringtone choice that he’ll realize it has been him the entire time.

Now, go play these games (and the others) and let us know what happens in the comments.
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