Table Topics Ideas

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Dear Abbey (Vanessa)
Read out a dear Abbey letter (real or fictional) and have members come up and give their advice

Brown Bag Surprise
Bring a bag full of random things from home. Have members pick one item without looking and speak about it

Pitch this Book (Susan)
Bring some books. Have the members look at the cover only, then speak about what the book is about and why you should read it

Quotes (Vanessa)
Bring a list of proverbs and quotes, e.g. Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get. Have members speak of how the quote applies to their own lives

Random Questions (Monica)
Monica enjoys passing time on roadtrips by asking random questions. E.g. If you could only eat one dessert for the rest of your life, what would it be? If you could take only one thing with you to Survivor Island, what would it be?

The Neverending Story
Start a suspenseful story and leave off on a particularly exciting part, then call up the next member to continue the story. Works especially well with a Halloween theme.

Camera (Mike)
If you could be somebody's camera, whose camera would you be?

President
What would you do to change the nation if you were president?

Sci Fi Theme (Yan Hong)
A series of science fiction based what ifs. What if you could live forever, would you? What would you do if you could be invisible? What would you do if you could travel through time?

Camping (Mike)

This is your vacation. You and your family have decided to spend a week
camping in the woods. While hiking you feel that something is watching
you . You wonder what it is, and try to think what to do if meeting
a bear in the woods (or cougars in Palo Alto ) How will I defend my
family, when you hear a loud cracking sound and ……. call up speaker…
you run into this??

Amusement Park (Mike)

Your child, or your friends child, wants you to with her on the rotate
upside down and puck. How do you talk your way out of it without
seeming like a an old person?

Driving (Mike)

You are a passenger in a car heading north up I-5 when you wake from a
nap and see signs for San Francisco. You realize the exit for Los
Angeles is 300 miles behind you . How do you tell your stupid husband he
has missed the exit? He is the kind of guy that does not believe in maps
or asking directions.

Vacation and Business (Mike)

You are at work. You and yours are leaving the next day for a long much
deserved tropical vacation away from it all. Just before you leave
your boss asks you to stay in touch with the office, check your email, he
is a nice guy and since it is vacation, every other day would work.
What do you do?

Packing for the trip (Mike)

A couple decides to get away that weekend for some rest and relaxation.
Just a few days vacation. The wife or girlfriend is taking enough
clothes for two weeks. Why do women do this??

Best Vacation Ever (Mike)

What is one of the better vacations you have ever taken. Tell us what
made it good?

Two guys hiking (Mike)

You are in a 50,000 dollar SUV and see two guys hiking in the snow, all
wet and dirty. Do you pick them up?

Ideal Vacation (Mike)

Where would you vacation if time and money were no object. If all you
had to do was dream about it, and you are there…

European vs American Vacation (Mike)

European is travel to one place, stay for a month, and do nothing.
American is driving every other day for two weeks to see as much as
possible. Which would you choose?

Stay at home vacation (Mike)

How do you spend it? Working around the house? Going out for
entertainment, something special

Disaster, vacationing and and time travel (Mike)

If you were a natural disaster, quake, hurricane, tornado, sunami,
flood... what kind would you be, and why?

You have to leave your home, - huricane, flood, taxes - 1/2 hour, only car, what do you take (other than documents)

If you could travel back in time to meet anyone from your family's
history, who would it be, and why?

Name somewhere in the U.S. that you have not been and would like to visit, and how would you describe being there to friends.

Tell us about your first car, first date, first drink

You just won 100,000 dollars that you must spend in a week. You cannot spend in on necessisties (car, house, food,) So what do you buy?

You have to leave your home, - huricane, flood, taxes - 1/2 hour, only a car, what do you leave behind, NOT take?

Name somewhere in the U.S. that you never want to visit.

If you could go back in time and talk to yourself as a child, what
advice would you give?