Long boring post

I used to play “Colored Eggs” when I was kid and it used to be pretty basic. There were eight or nine…tops ten colors to choose from. You picked your color and ran for your life when the teacher called it out. We really didn’t get too creative about it.

But…but, try playing with a group of kids today! It can be exasperating. First of all, they spend between 10-20 minutes in a deep counseling session. When you are finally summoned to “pick out your eggs”, you can go through all the colors of the rainbow, and none of them will budge.

Thoughts like these may run through your head:

…“Perhaps they know another game called ‘Colored Eggs’ that doesn’t…go this way?”

…“Maybe they got mixed up and picked insects instead of colors?”

…“Maybe they just don’t want to play this game?”

You’ll find out there’s no mistake, they’ve just taken the game to a whooole new level.

Example:

Crocodile: (crocodile sounds) (evil cackle)...(pause for effect)…I WANT SOME RED EGGS FOR BREAKFAST TODAY!!!
…

Blue?
Orange?
Yellow?
Green!!!
Purple!?
White?
Brown?
Black??
…
Lilac?

Crocodile: I give up! What color are you?

Child 1: (glowing with cleverness) “I’m sky blue!”

Crocodile: Didn’t I say blue?

Child 1: (double glowing with cleverness) “Yes, you did! But I’m Sky Blue!”

Crocodile: Sky blue?

Child 2: “You’d never guess mine! I was green-granny-smith-apple!”

Crocodile: “Yes…you’re probably right, I would have never guessed…but, I’m pretty sure that’s not even a color.”

Child 2: “YES it is! It’s on one of my crayons!”

Crocodile: Right…Thanks a lot Crayola

eoe (end of example)

Forget the colored eggs of your youth! Now the game goes a lot more like this:

Example:

Crocodile: I WANT SOME TANGY-TANGERINE EGGS FOR BREAKFAST TODAY!!!
…

How about some sparkling-baby-blue?

Shocking pink?

Pale wheat??
…

Periwinkle-shiny-silverish?

(sigh)

…

SANDY-ISH-DUSTY-ISH-SHINY-ISH-BEIGE…ISH?

Random child: (excited shriek) Ahh! That’s me! (takes off running)

Crocodile: (trying to get over the amazing stroke of luck that led him to guess THAT exact combination)

eoe

Yes, it can get complicated being a crocodile these days. Especially if you’re one of those people who thought there were only seven colors. According to these little master-minds, there are over 20 gazillion real-live colors, and they’ll name them all too…if you have the time.

It's hard to keep up, but I found this great quiz, and it can serve as a good review, so I decided to share it in case any of you are facing any of the same challenges.

(Something you may not have known: You can type “hot” "shocking" “or baby” before practically any color, and it makes it a whole, new, official color...Have fun!!)

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