dinosaur toes: the road trip song game

i thought that instead of the usual vacation photo dump, i'd show a few pictures, but focus more on a little game chris and i made up on the way home to keep from falling asleep while traveling 80mph down the interstate. the game kept us awake, and has us playing even though we've been home for a few days!

we found the game works best with those awful, corny 80's or 90's songs that no one seems to like, yet radio stations continue to play. it all started with this little gem by whitesnake. so, the real lyrics go, "i made up my mind, i ain't wastin' no more time, so here i go again." and to make it fun, we came up with new lyrics that meant the same thing, but sounded a bit smarter: "i've come to a decision, i will start conserving my time, once again i will start."

we did that for the entire song (don't ask me how we knew all the words), to queen songs (but we do like queen), and to pretty much any song we knew! now i can't wait for the next trip! do you have any games that you play to pass the time?

10 comments:

Sailor JulyAugust 27, 2012 at 10:46 AM
That's cute!!! When we were working a seasonal job up in the mountains, our bi-weekly grocery trip was a 2 1/2hr drive, so we'd get some road food, Monster coffees and would just blast our fav. CDs while I took pictures. XD
KylaAugust 27, 2012 at 11:38 AM
That's such a fun game idea! I have a 5.5 hour trip coming up in October, so I'm definitely going to have to try this out.
cbAugust 27, 2012 at 12:15 PM
i LOVE playing that game! tom and i are constantly doing this and it always cracks us up! it can be soo hilarious too because we get a bit goofy. good times. glad to know we aren't the only ones who play this game :D
xo,
cb
Heather BelleAugust 27, 2012 at 3:23 PM
Definitely a cute idea! Would be kind of comical to try it on really... ghetto fabulous songs. Haha X-)
xo Heather
http://ahopelessnotebook.blogspot.com/
CaitlinAugust 27, 2012 at 8:39 PM
You guys are adorable. And Queen is awesome. Did you see me hiding in the bushes?
Sarah with a BowAugust 27, 2012 at 11:33 PM
Haha, everything about that sounds delightful. And adorable.
MeganAugust 28, 2012 at 11:58 AM
haha, love it! will have to remember that for our upcoming cross-country drive :)
Rae - Say It Aint SoAugust 28, 2012 at 4:01 PM
hahah, that sounds awesome! we usually do the alphabet game, but try to make it hard. like think of a name from harry potter for every letter of the alphabet.
Cait EmmaAugust 28, 2012 at 5:08 PM
ha you two are adorable! jonathan and i play books on tape in the car during our road trips :0) this past one we did Heart of Darkness by Conrad! such nerds!
CalAugust 29, 2012 at 1:58 PM
Man, I could have used this Monday night when I started to fade from driving 10 hours down the 101. Also, can we road trip together? You guys are so awesome, it's just not fair for us not to live close!

I'd love to hear what you think!