Mad Libs

We recently rediscovered a childhood favorite - Mad Libs -- reincarnated on the iPhone. Mike and I played with it a bit on a long car ride a few weeks ago. Connor had a blast doing it on our trip into Boston.

I want to share these funny little stories!

Connor did this one.

TARZANOne of the most hairy
ADJECTIVE characters in fiction is called 'Tarzan of the dogs
PLURAL NOUN.' Tarzan was raised by a/an monster
ANIMAL and lives in a/an green
ADJECTIVE jungle in the heart of darkest (the) Texas
A PLACE. He spends most of his time eating bananas
TYPE OF FOOD (PLURAL) and swinging from tree to cat
NOUN. Whenever he gets angry, he beats on his chest and says, 'beep
FUNNY NOISE!' This is his war cry. Tarzan always dresses in blue
ADJECTIVE shorts made from the skin of a/an kangaroo
ANIMAL, and his best friend is a/an fat
ADJECTIVE chimpanzee named Cheetah. He is supposed to be able to speak to elephants and zombies
PLURAL NOUN. In the movies, Tarzan is played by Connor
PERSON IN ROOM.

Connor also did this one.

VACATIONSA vacation is when you take a trip to some hairy
ADJECTIVE place with your plain
ADJECTIVE family. Usually you go to some place that is near a/an Florida
NOUN or up on a/an Colorado
NOUN. A good vacation place is one where you can ride kangaroos
ANIMAL (PLURAL) or play Wii
GAME or go hunting for hockey sticks
PLURAL NOUN. I like to spend my time bowling
VERB ENDING IN 'ING' or skiing
VERB ENDING IN 'ING'. When parents go on a vacation, they spend their time eating three cheeseburgers
FOOD (PLURAL) a day, and fathers play golf, and mothers sit around running
VERB ENDING IN 'ING'. Last summer, my little brother fell in a/an Connor
NOUN and got poison rose bush
PLANT all over his foot
PART OF THE BODY. My family is going to go to Disney World
PLACE, and I will practice snowboarding
VERB ENDING IN 'ING'. Parents need vacations more than kids because parents are always very silly
ADJECTIVE and because they have to work 1,025,000
NUMBER hours every day all year making enough jelly donuts
PLURAL NOUN to pay for the vacation.


And this one:

A RECIPE FOR ICE CUBESTo make tall
ADJECTIVE ice cubes, first find a tray with molds shaped like a ice
NOUN or a dog
NOUN. Then snowboarding
VERB once while holding the tray. Fill the molds with Koolaid
TYPE OF LIQUID, or even water
TYPE OF LIQUID, but for the best results always use milk
TYPE OF LIQUID. It can even be dyed yellow
COLOR if you wish. Ski
VERB carefully when placing the tray in the freezer. Allow the cubes to fly
VERB for at least 125
NUMBER minutes until they are completely hairy
ADJECTIVE. Remove the tray quickly
ADVERB, and jiggle with your heads
PART OF THE BODY (PLURAL) until the cubes run
VERB. Add to your favorite drink and play
VERB!