Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day
According to Geekdad and Laughing Squid, December 8 is Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day. I think this would be something fun for the whole family. This will be my first year to honor the holiday and I thought I'd share some ideas with you on how to spend your day. Remember, the goal is for people to think you are a time traveler without you actually telling people you are a time traveler. You must stay in character for the entire day.
- Use old-school slang. I'm particularly fond of "Hardboiled Slang," the kind used in old detective novels. Ex: That dame skates around plenty. (Translation: That woman is of easy virtue.)
- Rent a Delorean and drive it around town while blasting Huey Lewis on the stereo. Need a flux capacitor? Things From Another World has them available for pre-order. You could get one for next year!
- Speak only in iambic pentameter. I slept through most of my classic lit classes, so this won't work for me.
- Stand out on your street, screaming in fear of passing cars.
- Repeatedly ask people what year it is, who the president is, etc. When they tell you, laugh maniacally and shout, "It worked! It worked!"
- Tell your local bank teller that you are here to purchase war bonds.
- Ask for directions to the local blacksmith or cobbler.
- Put on a viking helmet, walk into a bar and order a mug of mead. (Don't rape or pillage. That's going too far with the game.)
- Go into the television section of Best Buy and stand there in amazement until they close, a la Splash. (Meh, she wasn't a time traveler, but you catch my drift.)
I wonder if there is an actual calendar you can buy that lists holidays like this and others like Talk Like a Pirate Day (not only celebrated, but enforced here in Portland).
Maybe it will be my niche to fill.
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Try this...
http://www.brownielocks.com/month2.html
It has a printable view for each month, so that you'll know that today (December 9 2007) is Weary Willie Day, and The Day of the Horse.
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... but what excuse will I use for blasting Hewy Lewis the other 364 days of the year!?
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Damn! I missed it!
Or did I?
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Ha! Nice.
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Ahahaha.. Nice idea.. I'm thinking of trying this game.
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Repeatedly ask people what year it is, who the president is, etc. When they tell you, laugh maniacally and shout, "It worked! It worked!"
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