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# As... As... A game for the holiday table
- URL: https://mindovermechanism.com/as-as/
- Published: 2025-11-21T23:41:13.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-26T08:30:36.000Z
- Description: A ridiculous rapid-fire parlour game of similes for the holiday table: one adjective, one minute, one merciless judge. Rules for classic, advanced, and solo play — plus a better Turing test than the old one.
- Author: Peter Merrens
- Tags: Fun

## A ridiculous, rapid-fire parlour game of metaphors, competitiveness, and mild family chaos — guaranteed to make you simile

Players: 2–10  
Time: 1 minute per round  
Materials: Paper and pens (or phones)

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### Classic

**The Judge Chooses a Seed Word**  
The Judge picks an adjective for the round: nervous, festive, brittle, smug, jealous, tired, magnificent, etc.

**One Minute to Write**  
All other players write an original line beginning with: “As \[adjective\] as…”

> Examples  
> As nervous as a fly in a swat factory.  
> As festive as tinsel made from losing lottery tickets.

**Read Aloud**  
Either read your own line or submit anonymously for a dramatic reveal.

**Judge Selects a Winner**  
Criteria are entirely up to the Judge: originality, humour, poetic flair, surprising accuracy, sheer audacity.

**Award Points and Rotate**  
The winner earns 1 point.  
The winner becomes the next Judge.  
(And may, on select occasions, be forced to finish their drink.)

Play to 5 points or for a set number of rounds.Advanced

### Advanced

*(Optional — ideal for literary tables or those already tipsy.)*

**A. Implicit Metaphors**  
No “as” or “like.”  
Nervousness is a blind percussionist who has not checked all her drums.

**B. Twisted Proverbs**  
Warp an idiom:  
An early bird catches the best compliments.

**C. Alliteration Round**  
Metaphors must alliterate:  
As pissed as prior’s post-prandial parable.  
(or your own similarly overcooked tongue-twister)

**D. Haiku Round**  
Five–seven–five syllables, still linked to the adjective.

**E. Theme Round**  
All metaphors must share a theme: festive, nautical, celestial, gothic, political, culinary, etc.

**F. Secret Scoring**  
Only the Judge knows the criterion (“funniest,” “most delicate,” “most deranged”).  
Reveal after the choice.  
Points can also be docked for lack of originality or blatant clichés — expect shouting.

### Solo

Choose an adjective.  
Write your line.  
Ask ChatGPT to come up with a simile or metaphor.  
Do better.  
Ask ChatGPT to judge.  
(Ed: I have found that this is a far better Turing test than the old one.)

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And yes, there is an adult version — as saucy as a French chef on OnlyFans...