Have you ever played Scattergories? It's a delightful, mind-stretching game, where you have a list of categories, such as "Famous people" and "Things you like to eat." You also have a letter, and your answers all have to start with that letter. The person who gets the most unique answers out of the group, wins the round. It's very fun.
So our family was playing this game at Thanksgiving. My aunt and uncle and cousins, and another cousin and her husband, and our grandparents had joined us. There were way too many of us to each play on our own, so we got together in groups and played in teams. It's a good way to play, because when one person has their mind go blank, their teammates can carry on.
The team with my uncle and my cousin and her husband were the especially weird team, coming up with goofy answers and all that. One of the categories was "Name of a capitol." My cousin's husband came up with one that I'd never heard of. He is from South America, and it sounded Spanish or Portuguese or something, so I didn't bother to question it. I figured he knew what he was talking about. But my aunt called him on it - "What country is that the capitol of?" He didn't even miss a beat - "New Ecuador," he shot back.
It actually got a few of us for a moment or so, he was so absolutely positive about it. That became the standing joke of the evening. I don't think I've laughed so hard in a really long time. Every so often, it kept coming up again and again. Mythical City - New Ecuador. Ha! Makes me smile even now.
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