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Horror and Cats

I strongly dislike focused exercise. My version of "working out" is wrestling with my dogs, working around my property, rearranging my house, etc. I get so bored when just lifting weights or running. When I used to run in my neighborhood and on a treadmill, I would let whatever song I had in my headphones dictate the speed of the run. For instance, Hey Mama (Bebe Rexha/Nicki Minaj/Afrojack) has a rap sequence in it where I would double the rate of my footfalls to match the music. There are a lot of songs with kind of an "epic breakdown" somewhere and I would keep pace with the song, then double the pace when I reached the breakdown.

The rules were pretty simple:

  • Keep perfect time

  • Keep sprinting for the entire of the stretch of song

  • Transition smoothly into/out of the stretch with the regular pace of the song

If you feel like a total bad@$$ in an action movie trailer at the end of it, you won!

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RichStaff
Horror and Cats

The only time I went jogging outside of a gym - with my college rugby team - I not only needed music to keep me entertained, but used to imagine being chased by dinosaurs while explosions and gunfights occurred around me.

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Horror and Cats
Rich

This man gets it lol

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Wadd Enderas

If I'm on a highway/motorway I always pick a few standout 'marker' vehicles close to my position in the other lanes.

Once that's done the race is on!

Can my lane progress faster than their lane? How far behind can i fall and still pull back? (and inevitably) should i change lane or is that cheating?

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Philip

Spotto

My daughter and I play a variant of Spotto when in traffic.

We call out cars that we see, and score points for who gets the most.

Spotto - Yellow cars

Froggo - Green cars

Flamingo - Pink cars

Holdo - Holdens

Mazdo - Mazdas

Teslo - Teslas

Combos are worth double points - such as a Green Holden (Froggo Holdo).

You can change up this list with particular vehicles you think are noteworthy.

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EveOnlineTutorials

Line shifting - Hear me out

So often when I'm in a queue and let's face it, the best thing British people do is form an orderly line and wait patiently, but you always have those who, shall we say, are in a rush...

So in our college, Brockenhurst, our It teacher, when we had to wait for our time in the computer lab, we would play what was called "re-shuffle" and the reason we did this was clear.

  1. Out of 30 computers, 4 of them ran perfectly

  2. The first 4 lined up, and normally had priority

So he came up with a way to stop the arguing, Every two minutes we had to reshuffle, depending on where you were, if you were top 5, you had to shuffle back 4 or more, depending on how fast you were, if you were 10 or more behind you shuffled forward 5 spaces, you had 5 seconds to do it, if you weren't back in line, you went to the back of the line.

It was wildly entertaining and quite often, I'd just go sit down and watch, but it was funny people watching their phones and then he would snap his fingers and it would start all over again.

So yeh, that would be funny if that was a real thing, in the real world, in every British cue :)

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Dean

Staring contests.. whilst stationary, of course!

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avrona

My first thought when I read gamifying traffic jams, the first thing I thought of was those videos of people wearing VR while driving... so in less dangerous ways to achieve this, an old yet simple and gratifying one is to just try to time when the lights turn green, and see how many times you can nail it on your drive.

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FrostySomething

As a kid, going on holiday, we’d play Car Snooker. We’d have to spot a red car then a colour, then another red car, and so on until you clear 15 reds. Then you go yellow, green, brown, blue, pink (tricky), black. I think it was just a way of keeping us pre-occupied on long journeys! :D

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Laser-Bicep

Cooking happens every day. If you are full of supplies or low on supplies this game works for both.

Set yourself a challenge of cooking something with Random ingredients like that TV show with Ainsley Harriot. Either grab stuff blindly or mix random stuff and make combinations of things work. It often leads to new inventions or funny memories

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Heather

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Lanah Tyra

We have a game with my partner every time he cooks a meal I need to guess how much one portion cost. There's no winning or losing here, but it really puts awareness on how much money you can save by cooking your own meals instead of ordering takeaway. Shocking that even our fanciest meal with a glass of wine was less than £5 for a portion.

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Sturmer

Traffic Jam Story Builder

Traffic Jam Story Builder - is a creative game you can play during traffic jams. It involves observing cars around you and imagining fictional stories about their drivers or passengers.

Game Modes:

  • Regular Mode: Each player creates a story by answering a set of questions about a chosen car or person, it should sound like a story, questions are just like a baseline.

  • Rapid Fire Mode: Players have 30 seconds to answer core questions about a subject, leading to quick, fun narratives.

  • Co-op Mode: Players collectively build a story, each adding one sentence in turn about a selected subject.

Playing solo is also an option, where you can use the game to spark your imagination.

Safety Note: Always prioritize safety and avoid distractions while driving. Be discreet and respectful to avoid misunderstandings with other drivers, and do not point fingers and laugh, road rage is a serious thing.

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Dave

Another car one. When I was quite young, we moved from the UK to Minnesota for a year for my parents work. Fairly obvious for those that live there, but in the USA each state has it's own numberplate design, they are all quite distinct and artistic, an advert for the state almost. see here:

https://www.businessinsider.com/every-us-state-license-plate-2018-4#alaska-2

Our parents made this game where we had a bingo card with all 50 states numberplates on them to look out for. We then had all 50 of them in a sticker set they had bought from somewhere. Then as we saw each one we would stick in onto the board.

It was great fun and kept us occupied for the whole year on every car journey looking out for every cars number plate to get all those stickers on the board and complete the set! We never did complete it but I can vaguely recall we had about two thirds completed.

Really good fun as a child and highly recommend!

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