Airport Games
I have always enjoyed going to the airport. Its really a fun place to go and hang out. I remember one time when I was about 11 Josh and I went on a fabulous trip to the Atlanta airport. Now they have these baggage carts you can rent for $.75 and you got a quarter when you returned it to the rack. Josh and I spent two hours corralling carts and wound up with $12 in quarters that day. Seeing how the airport on island is the place to be I decided to list some of my favorite airport games (in no particular order).
1. Secretly weigh yourself on the baggage scale while the counter clerk isn't looking
2. See if you can sneek by the automatic door by walking very very slowly
3. Stare and smile at random people at the terminal exit area. People who look lost are the best. Waving gets you bonus points.
4. Available wheelchairs = Pimp ride and help finding your airplane
5. Car alarm roulette. Your "Panic" button doesn't just work on your car, trust me.
6. Sign. Write the person your waiting for's name on some cardboard. Underneath write something like "or hot chics" (one of my favorites)
7. Where'd Mimi go? She's getting older and gets lost easier. Its always fun asking the TSA people if they've seen your grandmother
8. Spot the Marshall. Though hard to spot, its always interesting trying to find the US Marshalls in the airport. Asking is even more fun. "Do you always carry a gun in the airport?"
9. Rolly carr-yon. See if you can get all of your luggage strapped to that 18in carry-on with wheels. (personal record of 148lbs)
10. Find Josh. Now this doesn't seem that difficult but you've got to try to figure out if he's coming inside or just circling around the pickup area, and they don't let him stop.
11. Pickup Josh. Also fun. A set your own difficulty game, but sometimes he looks like a hobo
12. Luggage Carasel Post-up. Much like being a center for an NBA team you have to race to the luggage carasel and secure your prime spot. Beware of possible "scrunchers" or "cutters."
13. Scrunching. Show up late to the luggage carsel and squeeze in between people. Bonus points for conversation starting afterwards.
14. DFZ Chess. Go into the Duty Free Zone and find a glass chess board. Begin playing.
15. Refill. Find a food joint with free refills and see how far you can stretch those $2 of Dr. Pepper
16. Devo. Go into the chapel and start your own devotional. Best if done with friends. Bonus points for getting others to join
17. Stairs. Not really a game but your large rear probably should take the stairs. Every bit helps, and I find them to be much faster, even up.
18. Shoeshine. Break out an old towl and bring some shine, then pretend to be a guy who shines shoes.
aight I'm out
Paul "Terminally Stupid" Murphy
I have always enjoyed going to the airport. Its really a fun place to go and hang out. I remember one time when I was about 11 Josh and I went on a fabulous trip to the Atlanta airport. Now they have these baggage carts you can rent for $.75 and you got a quarter when you returned it to the rack. Josh and I spent two hours corralling carts and wound up with $12 in quarters that day. Seeing how the airport on island is the place to be I decided to list some of my favorite airport games (in no particular order).
1. Secretly weigh yourself on the baggage scale while the counter clerk isn't looking
2. See if you can sneek by the automatic door by walking very very slowly
3. Stare and smile at random people at the terminal exit area. People who look lost are the best. Waving gets you bonus points.
4. Available wheelchairs = Pimp ride and help finding your airplane
5. Car alarm roulette. Your "Panic" button doesn't just work on your car, trust me.
6. Sign. Write the person your waiting for's name on some cardboard. Underneath write something like "or hot chics" (one of my favorites)
7. Where'd Mimi go? She's getting older and gets lost easier. Its always fun asking the TSA people if they've seen your grandmother
8. Spot the Marshall. Though hard to spot, its always interesting trying to find the US Marshalls in the airport. Asking is even more fun. "Do you always carry a gun in the airport?"
9. Rolly carr-yon. See if you can get all of your luggage strapped to that 18in carry-on with wheels. (personal record of 148lbs)
10. Find Josh. Now this doesn't seem that difficult but you've got to try to figure out if he's coming inside or just circling around the pickup area, and they don't let him stop.
11. Pickup Josh. Also fun. A set your own difficulty game, but sometimes he looks like a hobo
12. Luggage Carasel Post-up. Much like being a center for an NBA team you have to race to the luggage carasel and secure your prime spot. Beware of possible "scrunchers" or "cutters."
13. Scrunching. Show up late to the luggage carsel and squeeze in between people. Bonus points for conversation starting afterwards.
14. DFZ Chess. Go into the Duty Free Zone and find a glass chess board. Begin playing.
15. Refill. Find a food joint with free refills and see how far you can stretch those $2 of Dr. Pepper
16. Devo. Go into the chapel and start your own devotional. Best if done with friends. Bonus points for getting others to join
17. Stairs. Not really a game but your large rear probably should take the stairs. Every bit helps, and I find them to be much faster, even up.
18. Shoeshine. Break out an old towl and bring some shine, then pretend to be a guy who shines shoes.
aight I'm out
Paul "Terminally Stupid" Murphy
posted by Paul Murphy at
8:35 PM
6 Comments:
hahaha! sweet games! i will try them sometime. thanks man.
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Anonymous, at 5/16/2007 10:47 AM
This is your best work yet...
However, since you didn't allow comments in the last post..
Ally: Can't date until she's 16.
Paul: Can't date.
Ally: Pushes her toy car in the front yard.
Paul: Pushes his Nissan truck in the front yard.
Ally: Enjoys wearing new clothes.
Paul: Enjoys ganking clothes from his brothers.
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Philip, at 5/16/2007 2:58 PM
Hey, Paul, since I'm unsure of your e-mail address, I'll just ask you on here... We need someone from 1:30 to 4:30 at camp on Sunday to play volleyball for the whole 3 hours. (No, I am NOT joking.) Basically, we need someone to make sure there are kids playing volleyball, and we would like the kids to begin to form bonds with staff members with similar interests, so you wouldn't have to necessarily play the whole 3 hours yourself, but you would need to stick around and encourage the kids. Let me add, this would also get you out of any engineer duties for those 3 hours, but you would have to promise not to leave the volleyball area during that time. What do you think?
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Anonymous, at 5/17/2007 6:18 AM
That was a great post, man! Very entertaining, and educational! I'm gonna try some of those sometime. Shake and Bake!
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Mr. Snyder, at 5/17/2007 2:39 PM
Nice post. I found 5 and 14 to be especially humorous.
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Luke Dockery, at 5/18/2007 11:10 AM
Thanks.
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Anonymous, at 5/18/2007 11:22 AM
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