If you've ever played Scattergories, you know how to do this. If not... You have a list of topics and you have to come up with a word using the letter given [usually by rolling a 26 sided letter die]. I got this one in an email from a friend so...

Using the first letter of your name, come up with words for each category. Personally, I don't care if you use your screen name or real name or whatever .

1. What is your name? Carol

2. A 4 letter word: Coke

3. A vehicle: Corvette

4. A city : Cape Jirardeau

5. A boy's name: Carl

6. A girl's name: Cat

7. Beverage: Cola

8. An occupation: Candy Cane maker

9. Something you wear: Coat

10. A celebrity: Chevy Chase

11. A food: Chicken

12. Something found in a bathroom: Curling iron

13. Reason for being late: constant kiddo catastrophes

14. Something you shout: Car!

15. An animal: Cougar

16. A body part: Clavicle
17. Word to describe yourself: Creative

Next?
Carol

This looks like fun!

1. What is your name? Beth

2. A 4 letter word: Bump

3. A vehicle: BMW

4. A city : Boston

5. A boy's name: Bob

6. A girl's name: Beverly

7. Beverage: Beer

8. An occupation: Bee Keeper

9. Something you wear: Britches

10. A celebrity: Bono

11. A food: Bratwurst

12. Something found in a bathroom: Bog Roll (I think that's British?)

13. Reason for being late: Busy Baking Brownies

14. Something you shout: Booga Booga!

15. An animal: Baby Elephant (Indulging my House obsession here. Feel free to ignore)

16. A body part: Brain

17. Word to describe yourself: Brilliant! Or maybe Bubmling. Take your pick.

This took me way too long to do. Maybe I need to exercise my #16 more.

Ha! This should keep poor twin entertained for a bit this evening... Fun idea Carol!


1. What is your name? Stephnachia

2. A 4 letter word: Soup(erman)

3. A vehicle: Sunfire

4. A city : Seattle

5. A boy's name: Stephen (my bro)

6. A girl's name: Stacey (my sis)

7. Beverage: Soda

8. An occupation: Stripper (my 2nd job..der..wait no that's Sylvain..woops)

9. Something you wear: Sneakers

10. A celebrity: Susan Sarandon

11. A food: Sushi

12. Something found in a bathroom: Shaving cream

13. Reason for being late: Slept in

14. Something you shout: Stop!!

15. An animal: Shimauma (hey isn't that another word for zebra...) Okay how about Siberian Husky

16. A body part: scrotum (what, I couldn't think of anything else)

17. Word to describe yourself: Stoic (I'm very unemotional..most of the time)

Ooh, I'll play!

1. What is your name? Bethy

2. A 4 letter word: Best

3. A vehicle: Bicycle

4. A city : Boston

5. A boy's name: Barabbas

6. A girl's name: Bethy! Oh, what, can’t use mine? Belinda, then.

7. Beverage: Banana milkshake

8. An occupation: Book writer!

9. Something you wear: Blouse

10. A celebrity: Bush

11. A food: Banana splits

12. Something found in a bathroom: Bath {snicker}

13. Reason for being late: Bad bladder

14. Something you shout: Blast-off!

15. An animal: Bedbug

16. A body part: Bones

17. Word to describe yourself: Behind (on studying)

Bethy

1. What is your name? gr8shadesofElvis

2. A 4 letter word: glug

3. A vehicle: GP14 - sail boat

4. A city : Gabarone

5. A boy's name: Gregory

6. A girl's name: Glenda

7. Beverage: Grape juice

8. An occupation: Gardener

9. Something you wear: Gloves

10. A celebrity: George Clooney

11. A food: Gouda

12. Something found in a bathroom: Grout

13. Reason for being late: Going the wrong way.

14. Something you shout: Goshdarnit!

15. An animal: Gorilla

16. A body part: Gluteus maximus

17. Word to describe yourself: Gone!

1. What is your name? Marcus

2. A 4 letter word: Mice

3. A vehicle: Minivan

4. A city : Manchester

5. A boy's name: Marcus (or Michael)

6. A girl's name: Mable

7. Beverage: Milkshake

8. An occupation: Mortician

9. Something you wear: Moccasins

10. A celebrity: Michael Moore

11. A food: Meat

12. Something found in a bathroom: Mat

13. Reason for being late: Malfunctioning motorbike.

14. Something you shout: Miss!

15. An animal: Manatee

16. A body part: Middle Ear

17. Word to describe yourself: Moustached.

1. What is your name? Derek

2. A 4 letter word: Dolt

3. A vehicle: Dodge

4. A city : Des Moines

5. A boy's name: Delbert

6. A girl's name: Desiree

7. Beverage: Daiquiri

8. An occupation: Dog walker

9. Something you wear: Dungarees

10. A celebrity: Drew Barrymore

11. A food: Dumpling

12. Something found in a bathroom: Deodorant

13. Reason for being late: Dilly-Dallying

14. Something you shout: Don't look, Ethel.

15. An animal: Dachshund

16. A body part: Deltoid

17. Word to describe yourself: Deductive.

Oh, right, that's fun for a non-native...

1. What is your name? Jana

2. A 4 letter word: Jana?

3. A vehicle: Jeep

4. A city: Jersey City

5. A boy's name: Jack

6. A girl's name: Jessi

7. Beverage: Jim Beam

8. An occupation: janitor

9. Something you wear: Jeans

10. A celebrity: Jesse James

11. A food: Jambalaya

12. Something found in a bathroom:

13. Reason for being late: jam (the traffic kind, I mean )

14. Something you shout: Jeez!

15. An animal: Jaguar

16. A body part: joints

17. Word to describe yourself: jubilant (from time to time )

@carol: "candy cane maker" is a great job - I would love to read that on my business card

@beth: one of the best excuses ever for being late (especially if you bring along some of those brownies)

@ Steph: I take it your parents are very fond of the letter "S" - no wonder you turned out to be a Superman fan


1. What is your name? Eva

2. A 4 letter word: evil

3. A vehicle: (Ford) Escalade



4. A city : Eton

5. A boy's name: Evan

6. A girl's name: Emma

7. Beverage: eggnog

8. An occupation: entertainer

9. Something you wear: earrings

10. A celebrity: Eva Mendes, Eva Longoria, Eva Herzigova, ... Brett Easton Ellis, Albert Einstein and Elvis (as in great shades of ...)

11. A food: eggplant

12. Something found in a bathroom: exfoliator

13. Reason for being late: emergency

14. Something you shout: exclamations

15. An animal: eel

16. A body part: ear

17. Word to describe yourself: enthusiastic

This looks like fun!

1. What is your name? Tina (nickname)

2. A 4 letter word: Tape

3. A vehicle: Thunderbird

4. A city : Topeka

5. A boy's name: Taylor (nephew)

6. A girl's name: Theresa

7. Beverage: Tea

8. An occupation: Taylor

9. Something you wear: Tank Top

10. A celebrity: Tom (yuck) Cruise

11. A food: Tapioca Pudding

12. Something found in a bathroom: Toilet Paper

13. Reason for being late: Tired and keep hitting snooze button

14. Something you shout: Timber!

15. An animal: Tiger

16. A body part: Teeth

17. Word to describe yourself: Temperable

Didn't take to long.

1. What is your name? Lisa

2. A 4 letter word: land

3. A vehicle: Lambourgini

4. A city : London!

5. A boy's name: Luke

6. A girl's name: Laura

7. Beverage: lemonade

8. An occupation: linguist

9. Something you wear: leggings

10. A celebrity: Laura Linney (do I get double points for this one?)

11. A food: lemon

12. Something found in a bathroom: lotion

13. Reason for being late: lethargy

14. Something you shout: lunkhead

15. An animal: lemur

16. A body part: leg

17. Word to describe yourself: lighthearted

Steph - it's nice to know I'm not alone with the uncreative parents. I have three siblings, and all four of us have the same initials for our first and middle names (and of course, last name too, until I get married and thwart my parents' evil plan, HA!)

Anyway, down to business here...

1. What is your name? Rona

2. A 4 letter word: Riot

3. A vehicle: Racecar

4. A city: Raleigh

5. A boy's name: Ryan

6. A girl's name: Ramona

7. Beverage: Rum

8. An occupation: Realtor

9. Something you wear: Raincoat

10. A celebrity: Reese Witherspoon

11. A food: Risotto

12. Something found in a bathroom: Razor

13. Reason for being late: Rain (Trust me, if you lived in SC, you’d understand the validity of this).

14. Something you shout: Really!?

15. An animal: Rhinoceros

16. A body part: Retina

17. Word to describe yourself: Restless

I think my brain short-circuited about halfway through this. I seriously stood in my bathroom for five minutes before I wailed, “Nothing in here starts with an R!” And then I spotted my razor. Heh.

Woo! <dances around> How did you know I'd be bored?!? (I'm sure I paint a great picture of the newspaper business with my smut-writing and my polls I do on company time.)

Now I'm busy pouting that my name starts with a J and that is not too easy to come up with stuff for. <sigh>

1. What is your name? Jenn

2. A 4 letter word: Jars

3. A vehicle: Jaguar

4. A city: Jakarta

5. A boy's name: Jared

6. A girl's name: Julianne

7. Beverage: Jolt

8. An occupation: Journalist (Hee hee, OK, having a J name isn't so bad now!)

9. Something you wear: Jeans (However, I, for the record, do not own jeans.)

10. A celebrity: Jessica Alba

11. A food: Jam

12. Something found in a bathroom: Jar of face cream

13. Reason for being late: Jackasses driving slowly on the freeway.

14. Something you shout: Jenga!

15. An animal: Jackal

16. A body part: Jaw

17. Word to describe yourself: Just perfectly pink.

Scategories! Brings back memories. I have it in my closet somewhere. I remember wishing there were more categories but then trying to create some was not as easy as I thought. You, on the other hand, Carol, did a great job. Onto the survey!

1. What is your name? Mona

2. A 4 letter word: Mint (as in N Chip Ice Cream

3. A vehicle: Mustang

4. A city : Metropolis!

5. A boy's name: Matthew or our very own Michael!

6. A girl's name: Mandy

7. Beverage: Milkshake

8. An occupation: Candy Cane maker Carol, I love your answer. How about..a magician.

9. Something you wear: Matching Socks

10. A celebrity: Mickey Mouse

11. A food: McDonald's French Fries

12. Something found in a bathroom: Mirror

13. Reason for being late: My bed being too cozy.

14. Something you shout: I don't know what do I shout that starts with an M?

15. An animal: Monkey

16. A body part: My ears?

17. Word to describe yourself: I've been called both magnanimous and mysterious in my day.

Mom?

I can't take credit for it, I got it in an email.

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookie Connoisseur would have gotten me more points.

Carol

Oh this looks like fun.

1. What is your name? Jen (yes every now and then I use it.) :p

2. A 4 letter word: joke

3. A vehicle: jetta

4. A city : jacksonville

5. A boy's name: jack

6. A girl's name: jackie (couldn't resist lol)

7. Beverage: juice

8. An occupation: jeweler

9. Something you wear: jacket (strangely, i had 1 pair of jeans...have no idea where it walked off to lol, but i'm not a fan of jeans anyway)

10. A celebrity: justine bateman (zara shout-out lol)

11. A food: jerked chicken

12. Something found in a bathroom: jen, in the morning lol.

13. Reason for being late: jolt of caffeine hasn't kicked in yet.

14. Something you shout: Jesus!

15. An animal: jellyfish (confession of googling)

16. A body part: jugular

17. Word to describe yourself: jiggy (in the phat way, not the hooker way lol)

JD

<chokes on her drink> Glad you clarified that for us, Jen.

1. What is your name? Catherine

2. A 4 letter word: Claw

3. A vehicle: Chopper

4. A city : Clarkston

5. A boy's name: Christopher

6. A girl's name: Christine

7. Beverage: Chardonay

8. An occupation: Chef

9. Something you wear: ...Clothes?

10. A celebrity: Catherine Zeta Jones

11. A food: Chocolate Covered Cherries

12. Something found in a bathroom: Cat (mine likes hiding in there...)

13. Reason for being late: Cat ate my car keys

14. Something you shout: CATHERINE IS HERE, NO NEED TO FEAR!

15. An animal: Cat

16. A body part: Chin

17. Word to describe yourself: Crazy

1. What is your name? Saskia

2. A 4 letter word: Shit

3. A vehicle: Station Wagon

4. A city : San Fransisco

5. A boy's name: Sean

6. A girl's name: Susan

7. Beverage: Shandy

8. An occupation: Stewardess

9. Something you wear: Sweater

10. A celebrity: Sandra Bullock

11. A food: Spaghetti

12. Something found in a bathroom: Shampoo

13. Reason for being late: Stupid alarm didn't go off.

14. Something you shout: Sod off!

15. An animal: Squirrel

16. A body part: Shoulder

17. Word to describe yourself: Strong

Ha! Then there's all our pets! Seriously, growing up I think at one point we had about 12 pets (of course 5 of them were gerbils but still) and they were all 'S's. It's horrible when your parents are calling you and make a mix of yours and the dog's name. I will also answer to my name mixed with my brother's/sister's names (Stevenie, Stayphanie).

But my last name, I actually miss. I went from Johnson (so wonderfully simple) to Pfenninger. It's been a challenge having to tell people how to spell it when before there were no questions asked.

OK here goes...

1. What is your name? Eduarda

2. A 4 letter word: Escape

3. A vehicle: Elephant (not very kind to the poor animal, but it was sort of popular while going through the jungle in the 1800's...)

4. A city : Évora (Portugal)

5. A boy's name: Edward

6. A girl's name: Erika

7. Beverage: Evian water (ha)

8. An occupation: Engineer

9. Something you wear: Elbow pads (well, I don't really wear them, but I could...) :p

10. A celebrity: Elijah Wood

11. A food: Enchiladas

12. Something found in a bathroom: Egyptian cotton towels (oh fancy me)

13. Reason for being late: entering the wrong bus

14. Something you shout: EWW!

15. An animal: elephant (hehe)

16. A body part: elbow
17. Word to describe yourself: Evasive

I made it!!! yay

oh crap... just noticed it was a 4 letter word.

It was EASY to find one!!!!

1. What is your name? Ankit

2. A 4 letter word: aide

3. A vehicle: airplane

4. A city : Austin

5. A boy's name: Andy

6. A girl's name: Annie

7. Beverage: apple juice

8. An occupation: architect

9. Something you wear: arm-band

10. A celebrity: Angelina Jolie

11. A food: almonds

12. Something found in a bathroom: anti-dandruff shampoo

13. Reason for being late: addicted to fanfiction

14. Something you shout: aha!

15. An animal: ape

16. A body part: ankle

17. Word to describe yourself: ambitious

1. What is your name? Desiree

2. A 4 letter word: Damn

3. A vehicle: dirt bike

4. A city : Dartmouth

5. A boy's name: Derek! (had to, since Woody used my name for his girl's name)

6. A girl's name: Dahlia

7. Beverage: Dad's root beer

8. An occupation: Detective

9. Something you wear: Diamond Ring (not me though, I haven't found the right guy)

10. A celebrity: Dean Cain

11. A food: Devil's Food Cake

12. Something found in a bathroom: Drugs

13. Reason for being late: Dragon Slaying

14. Something you shout: Dinner's ready!

15. An animal: Dolphin

16. A body part: Dimples?

17. Word to describe yourself: Determined

OK, I'll bite...


1. What is your name? Lara

2. A 4 letter word: Love

3. A vehicle: LandRover

4. A city : Los Angeles!

5. A boy's name: Leo

6. A girl's name: Layla

7. Beverage: Lapsang souchong tea (heee! couldn't help it!)

8. An occupation: Laboratory assistant (ETA: or rat... yeah, I should have said rat!)

9. Something you wear: Leg warmers (well, we did, in the 80s, anyway)

10. A celebrity: LeVar Burton

11. A food: Leek

12. Something found in a bathroom: Lysol

13. Reason for being late: Lost the directions (*lol*)

14. Something you shout: Leave me alone!

15. An animal: Leopard

16. A body part: Liver

17. Word to describe yourself: Lovely (yes, I know, that's stretching it a bit....)

Lara, I thought you were lovely ... until I read that you used to wear leg-warmers. Talk about coding!

Oh I'll give it a go!

1. What is your name? Camy

2. A 4 letter word: cold

3. A vehicle: cab

4. A city : Chicago

5. A boy's name: Charlie

6. A girl's name: Claire

7. Beverage: cinnamon tea

8. An occupation: co-pilot

9. Something you wear: coat

10. A celebrity: Lisa Chappell

11. A food: cereal

12. Something found in a bathroom: Curling iron

13. Reason for being late: being Car sick

14. Something you shout: continue!

15. An animal: Cat

16. A body part: chin

17. Word to describe yourself: curious

Oh boy this wasn't easy, but.. it was fun