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Monday Excuses
My favorite PREXcoaching® activities are improv games. I love improv so much as it acts like a little key for opening the great chest of creativity treasures.
About the History
One of the games we often play is inspired by the old comedy tradition of “Double Entendre”, which is a figure of speech with a double meaning, one straightforward, and the other implied or risqué.
During the 1970s and 1980s, it was further shaped in improv comedy classrooms, but it was in the 1980s and 1990s when the game entered pop culture through TV shows like “Whose Line Is It Anyway” (British (1988 – 1999) and American (1998 – 2005, 2013 – 2024)), where it was usually a part of “Scenes from a Hat.”
About the Game Mechanics
This is a context-switching game based on contrasting the wordplay of “you can say this, but not that” in different contexts.
It draws heavily on reframing everyday language that causes confusion across contexts, which is where the humor comes from.
About the Benefits
Other than improv skills, quick thinking, and fast response, this type of game also improves divergent thinking, context sensitivity, association, and reframing skills.
You know… transferable skills, and stuff. 😉
About This Game
This particular game is very simple. It uses old improv logic in modern workplace packaging.
Click on the button below to get random prompts and enjoy the magic!
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What is safe to say about
your coffee machine,
but unsafe to say about
your coworker?
your coffee machine,
but unsafe to say about
your coworker?
One of my all-time favorites is “What’s safe to say about an office chair, but inappropriate to say about your coworker?”, with the top five responses:
- Smells a bit funky…
- I’ve sat on this baby every day for the past five years.
- The support is terrible.
- This one has good legs.
- It’s time for me to get a firmer one.
What’s your favorite? Get in touch & let us know! 😁
