Game On!

Have been taking extensive weekend travelling since past few weeks, mostly by trains. Been having very amusing experiences and below is the most recent one:

A big family with about 5-6 kids aged 6-10 years is my neighbor. The kids are playing ‘Dumb Charades’. A boy stands up to start explaining the movie name given to him.

He starts by pointing outside the window.
Group: Earth?
Boy (with guttural sounds and shaking his head): Urgh
Group: Zameen, Platform?
Boy (continuing his guttural sounds and shaking his head): Urgh
Group: Tracks?
At this stage, the boy’s eyes sparkle. He gestures that the word is related to ‘Tracks’.
Group: Iron?
More sparkle in the boy’s eyes. The word is a synonym of ‘Iron’.
Group: Lokhand?
Yes, that’s the word. Boy is emphatic but the group is clueless. A word called ‘Lokhand’ in a Hindi movie name?
Suddenly, someone from the group has an inspiration. ‘Shootout at Lokhandwala?’
There you go, the boy gestures!

While the group continues with the game, I have a thought. If I were to act out this name, I would have gone for the word ‘shootout’. I think most adults would have. Primarily because it is easier to explain that word rather than explain a word like ‘Lokhandwala’!

May be we adults play to simplify, the kids play to complicate!