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We all have those times when things just get goofy, like silly goofy. And when we try explaining it to someone else it is almost impossible to recreate the sense of hilarity which had our sides aching, our eyes watering, and our lungs gasping for breath. They just blink at us, humoring us congenially, and we end up at the resigned retreat point of ‘Guess you had to be there’.
On occasion you might even try to recreate the experience, not only to more fully explain it but also to re-enjoy and share it with others. Most times you end up even more firmly in ‘Guess you had to be there’ territory but sometimes you are able to re-achieve a degree of the excitement or hilarity. And sometimes the attempt ends up landing somewhere completely different adding a whole new chapter of goofiness to the legend.
I was part of a couple different gaming groups during my high school career. We were not necessarily the most dedicated role-playing gamers, typically spending at least half to two-thirds of our time goofing around, wondering off into non-game tangents which were either conversational or just plain silly. We enjoyed our gaming but we enjoyed each other’s company and collective playfulness far more.