5 Things

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5 Things is a special game played by the Ship of Fools.

Contents 1 Origins 2 Setup 2.1 Necessary Equipment 2.2 Performers 2.3 Leaving the Room 2.4 Audience Suggestions 3 Rules 4 Traditions 5 Distinguished Performers 6 Memorable Games 7 Variants

[edit] Origins

5 Things is a game played by Indianapolis ComedySportz, but in the context of Purdue Improv Club and the Ship of Fools it is a game played occasionally during Semester Finales to challenge the regular players of 3 Things.

[edit] Setup

[edit] Necessary Equipment

• Sound-proof room or hallway

[edit] Performers

This is a game for 3 improvisationalists, and is typically only played be the people who play 3 Things regularly and with extreme success. There is one guesser/interpreter and 2 conveyors.

[edit] Leaving the Room

The guesser must leave the room while the emcee takes suggestions.

[edit] Audience Suggestions

The emcee will take suggestions from the audience for not 3, but 5 ordinary everyday activities, and then spicy them up with a couple Non Sequiiturs.

See: 3 Things

[edit] Rules

The guesser will reenter the room when the audience yells:

THINGIES THINGIES THINGIES THINGIES THINGIES!!!

The other 2 performers will then have to convey the 5 suggestions to the guesser, they will have not 5, but only the normal 3 minutes to do so.

[edit] Traditions

This game is very special, and only played during some semester finales.

[edit] Distinguished Performers

Benji has gone 4 for 4 (Or was it just 2 for 2) with success guessing in this game.

See: Benji's Prowess at 3 Things

[edit] Memorable Games

As a rare event, all games played in this manner are memorable.

Some particularly interesting Things that were conveyed (May be moved [[Benji's Prowess at 3 Things :

• Invading France with an Army of Bunnies that have baguettes instead of rifles.
• Hitchhiking with nine irons for thumbs and space shuttles for cars
• Minting Squirrels

[edit] Variants

5 Things is essentially a variant of 3 Things.