Zoomdoggle: More fun than work!

It happened again just the other day. There I was, trapped on a plane, bored out of my head. So I did the same thing I’ve been doing for years, I opened up the Sky Mall catalog and, well, started playing a game I thought I’d invented: The Sky-Mall Shopping Showdown.

Here’s the way it’s played. Flip through the ludicrously impractical Sky-Mall catalog, and pick the one item you’d buy on every spread if money was no object.

Obviously, it’s easy on a page like this (a doggy observation portal? That’s a “must have” not matter what else is up for grabs).

But what about here (do you got for the flag holder, or the decorative, reusable wasp trap)?

If the flight takes especially long, you can always go back through page by page.

Here’s the neat bit though, I turned around and nearly everyone on the flight was doing the same thing. So I started asking questions and, well, it turns out I’m not the only one playing this game.

Got anything else like this? Another strange game you might think you invented that others might also have gravitated to? A fun time-killer that others might enjoy? Don’t keep it to yourself. Share the love in the comments section. If yours is good enough, it just might make it into the Funball Machine and earn you a special thanks in the process.