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July 31, 2009

Friday 5 for July 31: Taboo!

Filed under: This Week's Friday 5 — scrivener @ 12:01 am

Hello, and welcome to this week’s Friday 5! Please copy the questions to your webspace. Answer the questions there, then leave a comment below so we all know where to check out your responses! Please don’t forget to link us from your website!

This week’s 5 is inspired by the party game called Taboo, in which players must make their teammates utter key words by giving them clues. The twist is that each key word is assigned five Taboo words, and players are forbidden from using the Taboo words in their clues. For example, one key word might be milk, and its Taboo words might be dairy, cow, drink, white, and carton. Your clue might be something like, “It’s a beverage from Bessie,” or “You add it to coffee,” or “The land of BLANK and honey,” or “It comes out of breasts.”

Your task is simply to answer these five questions without using any of the Taboo words or phrases. Challenge yourself not just to avoid using the words, but to think of fresh, new answers to these sort of cliched meme questions!

  1. Who’s making a positive difference in your life?
    Taboo words: friends, family, husband/wife/spouse, boyfriend/girlfriend.
  2. Where would you like to be right now?
    Taboo words: home, bed, anywhere but here.
  3. What’s the first thing you’d do with a $5,000 (or your local equivalent) gift?
    Taboo words: save, debt, vacation, payments, invest.
  4. What super-power would you really like to have?
    Taboo words: invisibility, x-ray vision, flying, strength, transform.
  5. What’s your favorite sound?
    Taboo words: laughter, music, ocean, wind, ____’s voice.

Thanks for participating, and may your weekend be filled with laughter, music, the ocean, wind, and _______’s voice!

30 Responses to “Friday 5 for July 31: Taboo!”

  1. raeleigh/big sky girl says:
    July 31, 2009 at 5:46 am

    I played! My first Friday5! http://bigskygirl.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/friday-five-taboo/

  2. Geo says:
    July 31, 2009 at 5:57 am

    1. God!
    2. On vacation.
    3. Donate a large chunk to I.J.M. and Compassion
    4. The gift of healing.
    5. The sound of chopped kindling falling onto other kindling chunks.

  3. PhoenixTheBloggingMama says:
    July 31, 2009 at 6:37 am

    This was really fun! Thanks for putting so much thought into the questions. :)

    Mine is here!

  4. .maitai says:
    July 31, 2009 at 7:45 am

    Check mine out! (>_<)

    http://maitai88.blogspot.com/2009/07/friday-5-early.html

  5. Rachel says:
    July 31, 2009 at 10:45 am

    Here are my answers!! :)

    http://www.itsahero.com/2009/07/friday-5-taboo.html

  6. Jenni says:
    July 31, 2009 at 11:23 am

    The last question was pretty tough! I enjoyed the taboo element though :)

  7. Cat. says:
    July 31, 2009 at 12:20 pm

    I’m up. These were fun questions.

  8. mel says:
    July 31, 2009 at 12:36 pm

    My responses here

    http://friday5answers.blogspot.com/2009/07/friday-5-for-july-31-taboo.html

  9. Michelle says:
    July 31, 2009 at 1:21 pm

    Here’s a link to mine. Thanks! This was fun. http://crayonsandpencilsmichelle.blogspot.com/2009/07/friday-5.html

  10. Anne says:
    July 31, 2009 at 1:56 pm

    That was harder than expected!
    http://pennevesuvio.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/friday-five/

  11. Valerie says:
    July 31, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    Love this – so fun!

    http://valeriecesari.blogspot.com/2009/07/friday-5_31.html

  12. Ellie says:
    July 31, 2009 at 3:28 pm

    I just got back into blogging again and what a better way to start off, than with my first Friday5!

    http://momologie.blogspot.com/2009/07/friday-5.html

  13. Erin says:
    July 31, 2009 at 3:55 pm

    My first Friday 5!

    http://cityoferin.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-friday-5.html

  14. NaKesha says:
    July 31, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    I played my first Friday5 too! http://hippielalah.xanga.com/708593040/friday5org/

    Peace.

  15. Susan says:
    July 31, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    My first friday five on here!

    http://ikefamily.blogspot.com/2009/07/friday-five.html

  16. Amareluna says:
    July 31, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    Me too! http://amareluna.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/friday-5-taboo/

  17. Kwizgiver says:
    July 31, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    I haven’t played in a long time. This was a great one. I’ll catch up on some others, too.

  18. The Gal Herself says:
    July 31, 2009 at 5:55 pm

    Kwizgiver (#17) turned me on to this meme. It was fun.

  19. laura b. says:
    July 31, 2009 at 6:26 pm

    This is a great one, thanks :-)

  20. Kimberly says:
    July 31, 2009 at 9:04 pm

    Happy Friday! As always, look forward to reading all of yours!

    http://www.ladygypsy.net/archives/2009/friday-five-taboo/

  21. I'm Just Sayin'... - Kerri says:
    July 31, 2009 at 9:16 pm

    Great post. Love the Taboo idea… Here is mine.

    http://kerrims.blogspot.com/2009/07/friday-5.html

  22. Friday 5 for July 31: Taboo! | snowchel.com says:
    July 31, 2009 at 9:26 pm

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  23. Michelle says:
    July 31, 2009 at 9:27 pm

    Mine have been posted, just forgot to say so here =) TGIF.

  24. Sarah says:
    July 31, 2009 at 9:50 pm

    My first Friday 5 also. This is fun, thanks for putting in the time to develop the questions.
    (Direct link by cliking on my name.)

  25. for the love of pictures says:
    July 31, 2009 at 9:55 pm

    :) Happy Happy Friday everyone!

    Mine’s up @ http://boredomsbounty.blogspot.com/2009/07/friday-5_31.html

  26. Narval the Great says:
    July 31, 2009 at 11:14 pm

    Mine can be found at

    http://blog.varnarkgonewild.com/2009/07/friday-5-taboo.html

    Narval

  27. Alicia says:
    August 1, 2009 at 1:01 am

    Mine are here: http://traverser.nu/karma/?p=10

  28. tinycandi says:
    August 1, 2009 at 3:36 am

    http://tinycandi.blogspot.com/2009/07/friday-5-taboo.html

  29. Ryan S.@uncommon-cents.net says:
    August 1, 2009 at 4:43 am

    Mine are up!

    http://rsuenaga.livejournal.com/187446.html

  30. Janelle says:
    August 2, 2009 at 7:38 pm

    I love Taboo. It helps that I’m awesome at it.

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