Mrs. Mumble, Trip to Japan

Two clearly pointless games from Gunjan Saraf of Working Humor

1) Mrs. Mumble

A very simple game. A person starts by asking anyone in the circle
- "Is Mrs. Mumble at home?"
That person replies ...
- "No Mrs. Mumble is not at home. Please ask my neighbor."
The first person then has to ask the same question to the neighbor
(person seated next to the person whom you asked this question)

And so on around in a circle.

Sounds silly right. There has to be a catch somewhere !!
Oh yes there is .... I forgot to tell you about it. This entire
conversation must be carried out without letting the person
you're talking to see your teeth.

If they do see your teeth you're IT (or tagged or whatever
you call it there) and you then have to ask the question.
You can start from anywhere in the circle.

2) Trip to Japan (Not recommended for groups over 15 people)

The person leading the game starts by saying
"My Auntie went to Japan from there she brought me a fan"
As he (or she) says the word fan he starts using his right
hand to start fanning himself. Everybody in the group has
to repeat that statement one after the other and as soon as
they say it their hand must get (and remain) in motion.

As soon as everyone in the room is fanning away, the leader
carries on with "My Uncle went to Yugoslavia from there he
brought me a yo-yo" Now the other hand must get in motion.

Then you can send a relative to the US for chewing gum, to
India or China for a cycle, to Brazil for a football (which can either
be kicked or headed), to Persia from a cream which made you
develop an itch and so on and so forth till the group is buzzing
with pointless activity.

[This game is 3 times the fun when played on a bus where people
outside can see the frantic activity but have no idea what's going on.
It's amazing fun seeing their reactions though it sometimes makes some
players very self-conscious]