Whether We Like It Or Not

[Shannon Drake]

Whether We Like It Or Not

Our lack of knowledge came back to haunt us in other ways, too. Couple the New Orleans brand of Catholicism with a game that's genuinely hard (how one represents "Galilee" in 60 seconds is a question for philosophers and geographers, not New Orleanians who'd attend the Second Coming, if the Saints had a bye that week) and you have a recipe for disaster.

"It's a man with a beard."
"Right."
"It's Jesus."
"No."
"... Uh, Jesus?"
"No."
"... Moses ... ?"
"No."
Time.
"How the hell do you draw 'Elijah'?"
"Who the hell is Elijah?"
"Don't say hell!"

It's not to say Elijah is unimportant; in fact, he's one of the most important prophets of the Old Testament and a major figure in Judaism and Christianity, but I'm not entirely sure how one would represent him (excepting the "man with a beard") in 60 seconds of scribbling with an audience of the not-so-devout. Nonetheless, we persevered, marching into good intentions hell via Bible Pictionary because acceptance is what family is all about. When a cousin can't play with guns but can play with swords because they're in the Bible, you quietly accept it and make sure he gets lots of swords (which he, being a little boy, instantly tucks under his shoulder while shouting, "BANG! BANG! BANG!"). And when the family needs to bond, you grit your teeth and try to draw Elijah, because gaming brings us together, whether we like it or not.

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[Blaxton]

Elija? Hmm. Maybe you can draw him riding in a chariot away from the earth? Sounds like you'd really have to know your stuff to play this game. Galilee? Who knows. I couldn't even venture a guess.

I don't really have any overtly religious family myself. Even if I did, I don't think they would even attempt to conform my mouth to their ideals. I'm fairly tame with my vocabulary anyway.

I think my family remains quiet about religion so that they don't have to hear another re-telling of George Carlin's interesting take on God. He's a funny man, and I like Joe Pesci too.

I have to wonder, though, why swords are okay. Guns I can understand. Jesus didn't SPECIFICALLY single guns out and say they were not to be used, but he did tell his apostles not to use their swords. And now I'm going to stop before I start typing out the "Invisible man in the sky" bit.

We played a lot of Trivial Pursuit at family gatherings. Thats a great game for the observer. You've got to love the "I almost had that one!" or "Stop helping them!"

 

[Troy Goodfellow]

Shoot. Galilee's easy. Draw Jesus walking on water with an arrow pointing at the water. And if they don't get it immediately, draw a simple map and repeatedly point at a large lake. That way they know you want a geographic location.

Bunch of pagans...

 

[Blaxton]

Bunch of pagans...

I prefer to be called an infidel, thank you! ;-)

Yeah, I guess Drawing a guy walking on water would probably make it easier. I'm not cut out for those types of games. I think I'm too linear in my logic; I'd probably try drawing a map of the place (as if I could even do such a thing off-hand).