* Pass a note to the organist asking whether he/she plays requests.
* See if a yawn really is contagious.
* Slap your neighbor. See if they turn the other cheek. If not, raise your hand and tell the priest.
* Devise ways of climbing into the balcony without using the stairs.
* Listen for your preacher to use a word beginning with 'A' then 'B and so on through the alphabet. You may get stuck on 'Q' and 'X' though...
* Sit in the back row and roll a handful of marbles under the pews ahead of you. After the service, credit yourself with 10 points for every marble that made it to the front.
* Using church notice-sheets or newcomers cards for raw materials, design, test and modify a collection of paper airplanes.
* Start from the back of the church and try to crawl all the way to the front, under the pews, without being noticed.
* Raise your hand and ask for permission to go to the lavatory.
* Whip out a hankie and blow your nose. Vary the pressure exerted on your nostrils and trumpet out a rendition of your favorite hymn.
* If the sermon goes on for more than 15 minutes, start blowing bubbles.
* Pretend to be 4 years old.
* Try to indicate to the minister that his fly is undone.
* By unobtrusively drawing your arms up into your sleeves, turn you shirt inside out.
* Try to raise one eyebrow.
* Crack your knuckles.
* Think about your chin for an entire minute.
* Twiddle your thumbs.
* Twiddle your neighbors thumbs.
* Wiggle your ears so that the people behind you will notice.
* Practice smiling insincerely. |
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