{"id":402,"date":"2010-07-07T04:47:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T11:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=402"},"modified":"2015-05-01T20:24:52","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T03:24:52","slug":"a-little-fun-with-the-general-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=402","title":{"rendered":"A Little Fun With The General Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the whole idea of using &#8220;fun&#8221; and &#8220;General Assembly&#8221; in the same sentence is probably foreign to many Presbyterians, we have a whole genre of humor that revolves around the gatherings of our governing bodies and poking fun at our fascination with parliamentary procedure.<\/p>\n<p>As evidence of that the representative of a group of Presbyterians who are not afraid to have some fun at the expense of our polity recently sent me a drinking game they came up with during one of the Assembly meetings this Spring.\u00a0 With their permission I will share that in a minute, but it got me thinking about this.\u00a0 Considering that a game of this nature would probably not work in the observer galleries of our Assemblies and that the near-by hotel lounges are not likely to live stream the meeting I have borrowed from their idea with the inspiration of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phdcomics.com\/comics\/archive.php?comicid=847\" target=\"_blank\">cartoon which has become a classic<\/a> in academic circles.\u00a0 Just in time for the resumption of plenary sessions at the PC(USA) Assembly, I bring you<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>General Assembly Bingo<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>So here is a bingo card for you to play along with your favorite meeting of the highest governing body of a Presbyterian branch.\u00a0 I have tried to make it as generic as possible so it can be used at all the different meetings.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.gajunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/GA_bingo.gif?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1615 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.gajunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/GA_bingo.gif?resize=504%2C598&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"GA_bingo\" width=\"504\" height=\"598\" \/><\/a><\/center>(I have also made a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gajunkie.info\/GA_bingo.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">downloadable PDF<\/a> copy.)<\/p>\n<p>So let me know of other things that might be included or if any of these are too rare an occurrence to be worthy of the bingo card.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as I said at the onset, this was inspired by a drinking game that others proposed.\u00a0 These drinking games are their own genre as well &#8212; for example there is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webtender.com\/handbook\/games\/startrek.game\" target=\"_blank\">Star Trek game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But for General Assemblies, here are their suggested rules:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Point of Order \u2014 1 drink<\/li>\n<li>Moderator takes a drink \u2014 1 drink<\/li>\n<li>Moderator reminds someone to identify themselves at the microphone \u2014 1 drink<\/li>\n<li>Moderator makes a joke \u2014 1 drink<\/li>\n<li>One of the \u201cpolity police\u201d rises to speak \u2014 1 shot of stronger stuff<\/li>\n<li>Call for Division \u2014 stand on one foot and drink<\/li>\n<li>A substitute motion is offered \u2014 switch to a different drink<\/li>\n<li>Substitute motion is defeated \u2014 switch back<\/li>\n<li>Somebody from the back complains that they can\u2019t hear or haven\u2019t gotten the distributions yet \u2014 buy a round for everyone else<\/li>\n<li>Reminder of being inside the voting area \u2014 trade drinks with your neighbor<\/li>\n<li>Move to recess \u2014 bathroom break<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, this is presented for entertainment purposes only and I must emphasize the responsible consumption of whatever beverage.\u00a0 As for me, after a enough drinks of coffee and a couple shots of espresso I&#8217;ll probably have a hard time standing on one foot to down the next cup of java during a division of the house.\u00a0 However, the switch to decaf during the substitute motion will help.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>But however you do it enjoy a bit of irreverence and ardor with your order.\u00a0 Force yourself to not take the parliamentary procedure too seriously.<\/p>\n<p>We now return to our regular being decent and in order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the whole idea of using &#8220;fun&#8221; and &#8220;General Assembly&#8221; in the same sentence is probably foreign to many Presbyterians, we have a whole genre of humor that revolves around 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