Shockingly, there is an entire section at Wikipedia that contains
variants unfamiliar to me.
Essentially, Zoom is verbal hot potato. Everyone sits in a circle.
Someone begins as "It," usually whoever messed up the round before.
Whoever is It says a word.
If it is:
Biederman: the person to the speaker's right is now "It"
Perfigliano (alt: "Figliano"): the person to the speaker's left is
now "It"
Schwartz: gives "it" back to whoever just made the speaker
"It" (right back at ya, so to speak)
Zoom: makes whoever the speaker is looking at "It"
No other words are allowed during the play of the round. Once someone
messes up, that person must consume.
Typically, other "rules" are in force at all times - no form of the
word "drink" may be used ("rink, rank, runk" and "consume" are
popular substitutions); no pointing with fingers (elbows o.k.).
It can move quite quickly and be challenging to play. A popular
strategy is to gaze at one person (making them think a "zoom" is
coming), but then say another command.
-Zeb
On Dec 4, 2009, at 3:06 PM, Jay Cicone wrote:
> Oh!! Do tell?
>
> From: John Vega [mailto:zebu...@gate.net]
> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 3:05 PM
> To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [gatortalk] SEC Championship Game...
>
> Biederman, Schwartz, Zoom!
>
> -Zeb
>
> On Dec 4, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Jay Cicone wrote:
>
>
>
> Not to mention the ever popular quarters, bizz/buzz, and some game
> with spoons?
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