Today we will rip off the children's fortune telling game known as MASH. There are two options for playing, either follow the really complicated instructions below or just play an online version and post your results.
The goal of MASH is to guess the player's future through a game of chance. It is played by at least two people: the player and the fortune teller.
Being the Player
The player will post a list of things s/he wants in the future, choosing two things for each category. "MASH," which is an acronym for Mansion Apartment Shack House, is always at the top of the list and acts as the options for dwelling. The other categories are as follows:
MASH
Spouse
1.
2.
Automobile
1.
2.
# of kids
1.
2.
Job
1.
2.
Pet
1.
2.
Being the Fortune Teller
The fortune teller (if you have never played MASH before, being the fortune teller may be confusing...if you're not totally lost already) will choose a 3rd option (usually something absolutely horrible) for each category and add it to the list. The fortune teller will then find his/her magic number by adding the digits of his/her birthdate together, eg. if you were born on the 5th of the month, your digits are 05 (0 + 5 = 5). Your magic number is 5. If your magic number is 1, add the last digit of your birth year to it. The fortune teller uses the magic number to eliminate the player's choices via the method espoused in the Wikipedia entry. The fortune teller then posts the results of the player's fortune.
Please see the comments section for an example. The fortune teller need only post the results of the game.
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ipost | upost 40p · 881 weeks ago
Spouse
1. Barack Obama
2. Hillary Clinton
Automobile
1. Air Force 1
2. Pegasus
# of kids
1. 0
2. 2.5
Job
1. First Lady of the United States of America
2. Administrator of a really sweet blog
Pet
1. A rat on a cat on a dog on an elephant
2. A Hippogriff
ipost | upost 40p · 881 weeks ago
The results: ipost | upost will live in an apartment with John McCain, their 94 kids, and a rat on a cat on a dog on an elephant, and fly to work as the First Lady of the USA on Pegasus.
Uh oh. Does that mean that John's the pres? Yikes. This is unrealistic. McCain's already married. He'd have to divorce the ice queen in order to marry ipost | upost. Plus, I don't even think it's legal to marry a blog.
Jordan 57p · 881 weeks ago
MASH
Spouse
1. Some blonde girl from a mini-series on the Mickey Mouse Club called Earth Angel
2. Cindy Crawford
3.
Automobile
1. Land Speeder from Star Wars
2. Hoverboard
3.
# of kids
1. 4
2. 17 (then we'd have enough for a game of baseball)
3.
Job
1. Be the kid from The Goonies with all the gadgets
2. Jedi Knight
3.
Pet
1. Luck Dragon
2. The dog from Inspector Gadget
3.
Hannah 48p · 881 weeks ago
1. Some blonde girl from a mini-series on the Mickey Mouse Club called Earth Angel
2. Cindy Crawford
3. The School Nurse
Automobile
1. Land Speeder from Star Wars
2. Hoverboard
3. Short bus
# of kids
1. 4
2. 17 (then we'd have enough for a game of baseball)
3. 1
Job
1. Be the kid from The Goonies with all the gadgets
2. Jedi Knight
3. Flower Arranger
Pet
1. Luck Dragon
2. The dog from Inspector Gadget
3. A big, furry, ass-licking, howling, clawing CAT
MAGIC NUMBER - 8
Results for Jordan:
You will marry Cindy Crawford, ride on a hoverboard, have one child and work as a flower-arranger. His pet is a lucky dragon.
Jordan 57p · 881 weeks ago
Nad Roj · 881 weeks ago
- and -
I love that 1 child is a bad thing -- human life is a sexually transmitted disease. Just one would be more than plenty.
Hannah 48p · 881 weeks ago
1. Godzilla
2. Some nerdy guy with a faux-hawk
3.
Automobile:
1. The SS Minow
2. A lame horse
3.
Children:
1. 0 - I'm a celibate
2. 2.5
3.
Job:
1. Movie Star
2. Cat-handler
3.
Pet:
1. Two kitty cats
2. A howler monkey
3.
lisa · 880 weeks ago
Well, at least the -3 kids mean you probably aren't doing the nasty with Dick Cheney...
Lisa · 880 weeks ago
1. PeeWee Herman
2. Mother Jones
Automobile
1. An orange and white AMC Pacer
2. The Batmobile
# of kids
1. 14
2. -2
Job
1. Taste tester in a pickle factory
2. Court jester
Pet
1. tarantula
2. Snuffleuffagus (sp?)
e_ · 880 weeks ago
You will marry Luke Perry .
After a wild honeymoon, you will settle down in australia in your fabulous Mansion.
You will have 11 kid(s) together.
The family will zoom around in a green batmobile.
You will spend your days as a football star, and live happily ever after.