I propose a new game, which may be played with the whole family.

The setting: your own living room.

The time: whenever news are on: local 6 o’clock ones work well since they try to be so heartwarmingly sensationalistic

The players: one to unlimited, child to adult

The rules: Listen to the newscast. Get ready when an intrepid reporter covers a subject such as toys, sports, equipment, foods, other activities, which may have a hazardous outcome and might have some governmental supervision. The reporter will invariably complain that “there are no regulations” to prevent a deadly outcome such as tobaggoning into a tree, eating five hundred cupcakes, a small car that might explode if hit with a fuel truck, a leaky basement that may cave in and bury babies, a drug causing horrible side-effects if mixed with gin, a school with only three thousand smoke alarms. Then, as the reporter concludes that “unless ‘the government’ steps in …”, yell “IT’S A DEATHTRAP!“ before she does.

The winner: The person who predicts and beats other players to the intrepid reporter’s punchline the most times.