Irrelevant to just about everyone who wasn't playing Malarkey at
duncandahusky and
takaza's on Sunday evening:
On the origins of the word "Hep" Malarkey is a very fun game, and I recommend it wholeheartedly, especially if you are playing it with people who are funny, quick thinkers, and perhaps some three or four quarters drunk, but it's worth remembering that you're not necessarily trying to guess the correct answer to a question, but what the makers of the game think is correct. This is more true the further back in time or murky unverifiability the topics go. I have a new appreciation for why the writers on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me mostly limit their Bluff The Listener topics to whatever they read about on Fark that week...
By the way, it was a fantastic weekend. Many thanks to Duncan, Takaza,
roho and
genet for their awesome hospitality!