Yellow Pages Game

Subject: Yellow Pages Game
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 28 Nov 01 - 09:55 PM

The return of the Thread Name Game reminded me of this one. At the top corner of each page of your Yellow Pages, you'll find the first and last categories listed on that page (or the only category, but that's no fun). Here are a few I just picked out of the Hilo phone book:

Birth-Boat (successor to the Love Boat, I imagine)
Fire-Fish (one of the sights you can see while snorkeling here on the Big Island)
Chiropractic-Churches (get straight with God)
Pizza-Plants (you can grow anything in Hawaii!)
Tattooing-Tax (the solution to our economic problems)

Give it a try! Bonus points for a music-related entry, such as Musical-Nail (smaller cousin of the musical saw).

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: Yellow Pages Game
From: GUEST,Sandi Jansen
Date: 29 Nov 01 - 04:14 PM

I had never heard of this. Here are a few I came up with. This is fun!

Hardware-Health No rusty, broken tools here!

Fax-Fence Stolen faxes for sale?

Coffee-Compressors Espresso Machine

Bail-Bailing What the bond company DOESN'T want you to do.

Subject: RE: Yellow Pages Game
From: allie kiwi
Date: 29 Nov 01 - 04:32 PM

Demolition - Dental Laboritories. Well I know we call it 'the murder house', but we DO need someone to look after our teeth...

Costume Hire & Retail - Counselling Services You gotta get over that thar fettish!

Allie

Subject: RE: Yellow Pages Game
From: Helen
Date: 29 Nov 01 - 04:53 PM

Years ago a very eccentric friend of mine used to work for the Oz Yellow Pages as their computer systems controller, while the full database was being processed for the next editions. My friend, who tends to refer to kids as dirt magnets, rug-rats & ankle-biters, also had a saying which cracked me up every time. If the conversation turned to discussing babies he would say "I like babies......barbecued with a little sauce."

So, the year that he worked for Yellow Pages there was a page in our local edition with the categories of Baby-Barbecue.

I accused him of having influenced the sorting but I think it was just a fluke.

Helen

Subject: RE: Yellow Pages Game
From: RangerSteve
Date: 29 Nov 01 - 06:57 PM

The index for my yellow pages shows Churches - Demolition, There can't be much money in that kind of specialization. Also: Dental-Fire (who could be that stupid?) Fire-Hobby (watch out for those people).

In the actual YP listings, Airport -Alcoholism (is that all there is to do while you're waiting?); Alcoholism-Animal (where's the SPCA?); Athletic Attorneys; And my favorite so far: Crime Cruises. I'm stopping at C, I'll continue tomorrow.

Subject: RE: Yellow Pages Game
From: Bill D
Date: 29 Nov 01 - 09:23 PM

night-nurseries...I guess they sell moonflowers

store-stress...it's that time of year

swimming-synagogues....in case Moses cant part the sea next time

tattooing-tax...Dept.of External Revenue?

Subject: RE: Yellow Pages Game
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 29 Nov 01 - 10:03 PM

Thank You Mark! A great deal of fun with it tonight around supper.

A parody? Or did the MC originator clone?

We will use this, next week, in place of the "Minister's Cat" for our local gathering.

Subject: RE: Yellow Pages Game
From: Giac
Date: 29 Nov 01 - 10:46 PM

Sewer-Shoes: what happens when the litterbox is dirty.

Subject: RE: Yellow Pages Game
From: allie kiwi
Date: 29 Nov 01 - 11:15 PM

Hynotherapy - Ice: The latest date-rape device - watch out for what they put in your drink!

Allie

Subject: RE: Yellow Pages Game
From: Bill D
Date: 29 Nov 01 - 11:32 PM

ohhh...that and rum, too? danger!

Subject: RE: Yellow Pages Game
From: Harold W
Date: 30 Nov 01 - 01:31 AM

Here is an old one that you will not see in today's Yellow Pages:

Lawyers - Lie

Subject: RE: Yellow Pages Game
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 30 Nov 01 - 11:01 AM

I think Helen's eccentric friend may have worked here in Wichita Kansas some many years ago when the page listing

"Massage Parlors"

featured the 'phone company inset advert headed

"Imagine 20,000 Walking Fingers"

- the spin-off from the "Let your fingers do the walking, through the Yellow Pages" advertising theme.

John

Subject: RE: Yellow Pages Game
From: Chip2447
Date: 01 Dec 01 - 12:11 AM

Letsee,
Artificial-Attorneys.
Dancing-Dating, sounds like a fun to me.
Entertainment-Escorts, goes well with the previous.
Liquor-Loans, Hmm I see to have a one track mind tonight. Mufflers-Music, For those just learning the bagpipes?
Nail-Nurses, yep any chance I get.
Plumbing-Pressure? Aint even gonna touch that one.

Gonna quit now. Staying away from the other phone books...

Chip2447

Subject: RE: Yellow Pages Game
From: GUEST,Mister Ed
Date: 01 Dec 01 - 01:04 AM

Psychic-Psychologists: "So how do you feel...never mind."

Safety-Saws: Won't cut you...or anything!

Swimming-T-Shirts: To wear or watch?

Cellular-Chairs: What'll they think of next?

Cemetary-Chess: Boy this game is taking a LONG time!

Building-Burglars: Next time you need one...

Dancing-Delicatessens: Stay for lunch & Lindy!

Subject: RE: Yellow Pages Game
From: GUEST,Mister Ed
Date: 01 Dec 01 - 01:09 AM

Psychic-Psychologists: "So tell me how you feel...never mind." Swimming-T-Shirts: To wear or watch? Dancing-Delicatessens: Go for lunch & a Lindy! Cemetary-Chess: "Boy, this game is taking a LONG time!"

Subject: RE: Yellow Pages Game
From: GUEST,Mister Ed
Date: 01 Dec 01 - 01:11 AM

...oops, sorry 'bout the repeats.

Subject: RE: Yellow Pages Game
From: GUEST,CO.UK
Date: 01 Dec 01 - 06:41 AM

Chat at Code HOT UK

Subject: RE: Yellow Pages Game
From: Mr Red
Date: 01 Dec 01 - 07:29 AM

courtesy (see "Tanks")
"In" sects (see under "Stones")