A Boring Game

If you use social media, you’ve undoubtedly seen games like this. Typically they get a moderate amount of attention, but recently I played this one and had a lot of responses trying to guess my answers. I say “answers” because it’s difficult to choose one single favorite; in fact, I’ve done three columns of favorite movies over the years. Because it proved popular on Bluesky, I decided to share it with my blog readers also. A teacher offers to help a lonely guy get a girlfriend. A brilliant guy is too preoccupied with his sinus problems to tell a woman he loves her. A bunch of cartoons about a big marble. A group of Hollywood assholes gossip about each other. An old man interferes with a real estate deal. An ad executive gets mistaken for a nobody. Some military guys barge in on a reclusive academic and his daughter. A guy makes an antiwar speech. A woman steals her school rival’s boyfriend. The only one most people seemed able to guess was #6. Once you’ve given up, go ahead and take…