marco polio

yesterday i was playing marco polo. that game is fun. for about ten minutes. then it needs some variations to keep it alive. i suggest you play marco polio.

1. when the person yells marco, yell marco back. it is surprising how annoying this truly is.
2. just start yelling 'polio' instead of 'polo'. it will get a few laughs (unless someone has a family member who died of polio) and it will annoy marco (the 'it' person).
3. say "o, that reminds me" then go get your phone and make a call. when you come back announce to everyone that your friend mark is coming over and everyone can call him marco polio. everyone will laugh, but then get super serious and say, "we can laugh now, but he really does have polio, so when he comes over, just play it cool".
4. when everyone looks at you weird just smile and say "i am excited too" then jump in, go underwater and swim away.
5. have a friend make red dots on his body then show up and get in the pool.
6. if anyone asks you if polio is contagious say yes. if they ask how say through water.
7. once the pool awkwardly empties, have marco polio cook everyone up some burgers on the barbie.
8. when no one else eats, eat a few burgers, then go to the bathroom and draw some dots on yourself. just a few on your neck or something, then come back, act like nothing is wrong and take down a few more burgers.
9. if everyone leaves at that point, just play a rousing game of marco solo.