All Write, Already!

Anyone ever play the alphabet game on a long car trip? The object of the game requires that each player calls out letters in alphabetical order but must reveal where they read the letters. For example, one player calls out “The first A in Allstate” signaling that the capitol letter “A” has been taken from the Allstate Insurance billboard advertisement ahead. Another player can call the second “a” in Allstate and remaining players must find their own letter “a” elsewhere. All letters must exist outside the vehicle...for example you cannot look through screens on your GPS navigational system to find the next letter you need.

So, the two players who have called their letter “a” can now move on to letter “b” and so on. The other players still need to find their letter “a” before they can move down the alphabet. Often, if you’re behind, it’s easy to catch up to the other players when they hit certain, hard to find letters such as K, Q, V and Z.

The words “Antiques” and “Quick Shop” can be lifesavers when you’re desperate for uncommon letters. Most games boil down to a race to find letters “v” and “z” before your opponents. We’ve finally found a common occurrence of these letters on the signage in the median of the interstate, warning drivers that only “authorized vehicles” are allowed access to the area.

So, if you don’t play this game on long car trips, you need to. It makes the miles fly by! (If you’re the driver, remember getting to your destination safely is more important than crashing the car to be the first to find letter “z.” Just saying.)