Pictionary and other acts of boredom

On Sunday afternoon there was a big wind storm in our area. By all accounts its epicentre was right above my town. There were leaves and sticks on the ground everywhere, branches on the ground in most places, and even entire trees on the ground in a few lucky people's garden (or carports). A giant tree was uprooted and dropped over the top of the power lines just down the road, plunging the entire town into darkness. It took 28 hours for the power to come back on at our place. Since there is no school, hospital or shopping centre in our power grid we are given low priority.

So during the 28 hours of nothingness, we had to fend for ourselves armed with candles and torches and book to amuse us. Blackouts really show you how dependent we are on technology: the computers, televisions, video players, DVD players, stereos, fridge, washing machine, stereo, and clock radios all stood silently mocking us with their lack of activity. The laptops worked (for as long as their batteries lasted) but without power the modem was also eerily silent.

During the day, Sister and I spent our time playing board games. After the previous post, I thought I should mention that she isn't terrible all the time, and can on occasion actually be fun to hang out with. We played mahjong, trivial pursuit, and my own favourite pictionary. It was a little tricky playing with two people, but we made do. I've scanned some of the funnier pictures that we drew for you all to enjoy.

Sister drew this: Witness. You can see the little boy from the movie Witness, witnessing a murder, the Loch Ness monster (to get a sounds like), and the Judge with his gavel and a witness in the witness stand for when I still didn't get it with the other clues.
I drew this stereo to illustrate Blare.
This is my attempt to draw a Stray Cat. This is one of my poorer efforts I have to say. When I started drawing the cat it looked more like a pig, so I added the Cheshire cat grin. The I drew a haystack for a sounds-like clue. When she didn't recognise it as a haystack I added the needle and she got it, but still didn't come up with stray. I started drawing some buildings but the time was up.
This is my drawing of a cow going moo.
This is my drawing of Las Vegas, although Sister guessed (rather cleverly) that it was The Louvre because of the pyramid.
Last but by no means least, this is my attempt at Stunt man. I started by drawing the camera man, then the actor in front of him. Then I crossed out the actor and drew the man jumping off the building in an attempt to say "not the actor, but the guy who jumps off the building in films". All I got from Sister was "suicidal guy?" The only word I could think that rhymed with stunt was a part of the female anatomy, the word for which my sister hates. But I was running out of ideas so I drew the stickwoman with big tits and circled her privates. She looked at me and said in her best "you are such a child" voice "not the C-word?" Then she put it all together, in the nick of time, and got stunt man. Phew.