Widely or simply, in an office or a cafe, through the efforts of top managers or ordinary colleagues, but it will happen - every office will celebrate New Year. We know how to have fun this evening. We have the top list of games for corporate parties. You have the initiative and good company…
Another New Year's corporate party is an opportunity to wear a New Year's dress, chat with colleagues in an informal setting, but a Christmas party at work is a celebration among your colleagues and management. And this celebration has its own rules!
Game for the New Year's corporate party: “DO NOT REMOVE!”
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: Any.
PREPARE IN ADVANCE: A large box or opaque bag in which to collect various comical things: children's tights, boxer shorts, large brassiere, caps, clown noses, etc.
ESSENCE: At the leader’s signal, the participants pass the box to each other to the music. As soon as the music stops, the one in whose hands the box takes out one thing from it and puts it on himself. The condition is not to take it off for the next half hour!
CLUE: Don't forget to charge your camera. When else will you see the guard Vasily in a 100°F bra!
Game for a New Year's corporate party: “LOVES - DOESN'T LOVE”
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: Any.
PREPARE IN ADVANCE: Your body?
ESSENCE: The presenter (the most active of his colleagues, you can take on this role) asks everyone sitting at the table to say which part of the body they like and which part the neighbor on the right does not have. For example: “I love his left knee and don’t like his nose.” At the end of the revelations, the presenter asks everyone to stroke (kiss) the “successful” places and pinch (bite) the sufferer for the “unsuccessful” ones.
CLUE: It is advisable to have colleagues of different genders sitting next to each other.
TIP 2: Having bitten the system administrator in the ass, return to your work computer and make backup copies of all important documents. Maybe he will take revenge...
Game for New Year's corporate party: “FLYING GAIT”
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: Any.
PREPARE IN ADVANCE: Bottles (plastic or glass).
ESSENCE: Bottles are placed in a row in front of the volunteer, at the same distance. He is blindfolded and asked to go through an obstacle without touching a single container. While the victim is indignant at the difficulty of the task, the bottles are removed. As a result, you get a proud flamingo bird, diligently pacing around the office.
CLUE: Remove dishes very quietly. She will still be needed.
Game for New Year's corporate party: "FISH-WHALE"
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: Any.
PREPARE IN ADVANCE: Room (see Hint).
ESSENCE: Everyone stands in a circle and joins hands. The presenter speaks into each person's ear the names of two animals. Then he loudly lists the animals, the person, having heard “his”, must sit down. The task of his neighbors is to prevent this from happening. The game plays at a fairly fast pace. When everyone gets the hang of it, the presenter will say “Whale” - this is the animal that is wished for each participant in the second paragraph. The result will amuse everyone!
CLUE: Prudently clear the area within the fall radius of your colleagues from sharp and breakable objects. Not everyone is happy to land on a hole puncher.
Game for New Year's corporate party: “COMEDY OF POSITIONS”
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: Any, but only male.
PREPARE IN ADVANCE: Inflated air balloons, tape, matches.
ESSENCE: There are men in the group who still want a million dollars and who still wonder what it's like to be pregnant? Great, this game is just for them! Tape tape to participants' bellies Balloons. A box of matches crumbles in front of each “pregnant woman”. The task is to collect matches as quickly as possible and not let the “belly” burst.
CLUE: Should you limit yourself to just one balloon? Give Chief Economist Sergei Ivanovich one more try!
Game for a New Year's corporate party: “WHAT IS MY NAME?”
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: Any.
PREPARE IN ADVANCE: Paper signs with funny, not the most in simple words on them (lemur, bread slicer, bulldozer, cutie, etc.).
ESSENCE: Everyone receives a new name for the evening - a corresponding sign is attached to their back. The players' task is to find out their nickname from others. Questions can only be answered with “yes” and “no”. The winner is the one who first guesses the inscription on his sign.
CLUE: The bread slicer will be offended if you click on it like that for the next year.
Cool game for corporate parties: “WILL BE COMPLETED”
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: Any.
PREPARE IN ADVANCE: Maybe the desire to sing (with skill it’s more difficult).
ESSENCE: Divide into teams depending on the number of players. Together, choose a theme for the competition, for example, love, snow, animals... Each team must remember a song “on the topic” and perform a few lines from it. Those who last the longest win.
CLUE: Be creative and don't be afraid to argue. If you wish, you can prove to anyone that the song “You abandoned me!” dedicated to a real animal!
Game for New Year's corporate party: "BIG RACE"
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: Any.
PREPARE IN ADVANCE: Cocktail straws and ping pong balls (according to the number of participants).
ESSENCE: Prepare the path: place bottles, glasses, glasses (in general, everything that comes to hand) on the table so that paths are formed. Players will chase their balls along them, blowing on them through straws. The one who arrives at the finish line first wins.
CLUE: It’s good to play in pairs for elimination: the place of the loser takes new member. At this time, the rest can sing in chorus the song “...pursuit in hot blood.”
Competitions for corporate events with colleagues: “TRIAL CARTOON”
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: From 5 to 20.
PREPARE IN ADVANCE: Pencils, paper and erasers.
ESSENCE: Each player draws a friendly cartoon of someone present. The portraits are passed around in a circle, and each back side writes who is shown in the picture. When the art goes around the circle and returns to the author, count the number of points (i.e., correct answers). The author of the most recognizable portrait wins.
CLUE: To ensure that no one is left out, draw lots in advance to see who is portraying whom. And there’s no need to draw personnel officer Glafira Pafnutyevna a mustache like Budyonny’s - in fact, the stubble above her lip is just beginning to appear...
Game for a New Year's corporate party: “WHAT, WHERE, WHEN”
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: Any.
PREPARE IN ADVANCE: Paper, pens according to the number of participants.
ESSENCE: Everyone is sitting at the table. The host asks a general question, for example, “who?”, the players write the answer, fold the sheet so that what is written is not visible, and pass it to the neighbor on the right. Then the next question is asked, for example “when?”, and the procedure is repeated. The game lasts until everyone has filled out their sheets. Then, amid friendly laughter, the presenter reads out the resulting stories. You probably learned a similar game back in school.
CLUE: Having a presenter is not essential. Everyone can ask questions in turn. At the same time, you will find out who, when and what is actually doing late at night on the office sofa...
Competition for a corporate event: “FULLY AGREE”
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: Any.
PREPARE IN ADVANCE: Paper, pens or pencils.
ESSENCE: Break into two teams. Each person receives a sheet with categories marked on it, such as city, river, country, technology, plant, etc. Select a letter of the alphabet and start the game. Within a certain time (a minute or two), the team needs to remember as many suitable words as possible.
CLUE: Categories can be professionally oriented, this will unite the team. How nice it is for friendly car service workers to jointly come up with the fifteenth name of an engine part starting with the letter Ш!
Game for a corporate party at the table: “FROM A TO Z”
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: Any.
PREPARE IN ADVANCE: Knowledge of the alphabet.
ESSENCE: The game is simple: Starting with “A” and further along the alphabet, everyone comes up with a congratulation for “their” letter. The author of the funniest phrase wins.
CLUE: Don't skip the letters G, Zh, J, Ъ, И. It will be fun. Wow!
Game for a New Year's corporate party: “YES NEVER!”
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: From 7 to 15.
PREPARE IN ADVANCE: Chips for each participant, at least three pieces.
ESSENCE: Honesty game. The first player says: “I have never…” and names something that he has never done in his life. Everyone who, on the contrary, had the specified experience, gives the hero one chip. Everyone’s task is to come up with something that they haven’t done, unlike most of those present. The winner is the one who, after a certain number of laps, collects the most chips.
CLUE: You can use matches, pre-cut pieces of paper, or large beans as chips. But you should not use the acquired knowledge about colleagues for your own selfish purposes. Just think, secretary Irochka never came to work on time, but she won!
Game for New Year's corporate party: “FROM A NEW LINE”
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: Any.
PREPARE IN ADVANCE: Pens or pencils, print out the beginning of a famous poem on sheets of paper.
ESSENCE: Let everyone add their own rhyming ending to the given poem. Believe me, even the popular “The bull is swinging...” with light hand your colleagues will find an unpredictable happy ending (or maybe not a happy one!).
CLUE: Prepare a few printouts, the game is addictive. And listen to what this bull will eventually come to...
Which fun competitions for a corporate event, do you know?
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Funny tasks and games will help you not only have fun, but also get to know each other better, which is especially important in a company where there are many new characters. It is better to select competitions in advance, taking into account the composition of the company and its preferences. And there’s so much to choose from!
In the first part of the article we offer cool funny competitions for fun company at the table. Funny forfeits, questions, games - all this will help break the ice in an unfamiliar environment and have a fun and useful time. Competitions may require additional props, so it is better to resolve this issue in advance.
The competition is held at the beginning of each event. It is necessary to prepare a comic answer to the question “Why did you come to this holiday?” on several pieces of paper. These answers may vary:
- free food;
- look at people and show yourself;
- no place to sleep;
- the owner of the house owes me money;
- I was bored at home;
- I'm afraid to be alone at home.
All the papers with the answers are put into a bag, and each guest in turn takes out a note and asks a question loudly, and then reads the answer.
"Picasso"
You must play without leaving the table and already drunk, which will add a special piquancy to the competition. Identical drawings that have unfinished details should be prepared in advance.
You can make the drawings completely identical and not finish drawing the same parts, or you can leave different details unfinished. The main thing is that the idea of the drawing is the same. Reproduce sheets with pictures in advance using a printer or manually.
The guests' task is simple - finish the drawings the way they want, but use only left hand(right if the person is left-handed).
The winner is chosen by the entire company by voting.
"Journalist"
This competition is designed to allow people around the table to get to know each other better, especially if many of them are seeing each other for the first time. You will need to prepare a box in advance with pieces of paper on which to write questions in advance.
The box is passed around the circle, and each guest pulls out a question and answers it as truthfully as possible. The questions can be different, the main thing is not to ask too frank so that the person does not feel uncomfortable:
You can come up with a large number of questions, funny and serious, the main thing is to create a relaxed atmosphere in the company.
"Where I am"
You should prepare clean sheets of paper and pens in advance according to the number of guests. On each piece of paper, each guest must describe his appearance in words: thin lips, beautiful eyes, a wide smile, a birthmark on his cheek, etc.
Then all the leaves are collected and placed in one container. The presenter takes out sheets of paper one by one and reads aloud the description of the person, and the whole company must guess it. But each guest can name only one person, and the one who guesses the most wins and receives a symbolic prize.
"I"
The rules of this game are extremely simple: the company sits in a circle so that all participants can clearly see each other's eyes. The first person says the word “I”, and after him everyone repeats the same word in turn.
Initially it is simple, but the main rule is not to laugh and not to miss your turn. At first, everything is simple and not funny, but you can pronounce the word “I” in different intonations and lines to make the company laugh.
When someone laughs or misses their turn, the whole company chooses a name for this player and then he says not only “I”, but also the word that was assigned to him. Now it will be more difficult not to laugh, because when an adult man sits next to you and says in a squeaky voice: “I am a flower,” it is very difficult not to laugh and gradually all the guests will have funny nicknames.
For laughter and for a forgotten word, a nickname is again assigned. The funnier the nicknames are, the faster everyone will laugh. The one who finishes the game with the smallest nickname wins.
"Associations"
All guests are in a line next to each other. The first player starts and speaks any word into his neighbor’s ear. His neighbor continues and in his neighbor’s ear he speaks his association with the word he heard. And so all the participants go in a circle.
Example: The first one says “apple”, the neighbor passes on the word association “juice”, then there may be “fruit” - “garden” - “vegetables” - “salad” - “bowl” - “dishes” - “kitchen” and so on . After all participants have said the association and the circle returns to the first player, he says his association out loud.
Now the main task of the guests is to guess the topic and the original word that was at the very beginning.
Each player can express his thoughts only once, but not say his own word. All players must guess every association word; if they fail, the game simply starts over, but with a different participant.
"Sniper"
The whole company sits in a circle so that they can clearly see each other's eyes. All players draw lots - these can be matches, coins or notes.
All the tokens for the lot are the same, except for one, which shows who will be the sniper. The lot must be drawn so that the players do not see what falls to whom. There should only be one sniper and he should not give himself away.
Sitting in a circle, the sniper chooses his victim in advance, and then carefully winks at her. The victim, noticing this, loudly shouts “Killed!” and leaves the game, but the victim must not give away the sniper.
The sniper must be extremely careful so that another participant does not notice his wink and call him. The players' goal is to identify and neutralize the killer.
However, this must be done by two players simultaneously pointing at the sniper. This game will require remarkable endurance and speed, as well as quick wits to identify the enemy and not be killed.
"Guess the Prize"
This game will be an excellent option for a birthday celebration, because it can be based on the name of the hero of the occasion. For each letter in the name of the birthday person, a prize is placed in an opaque bag, for example, the name Victor - the bag should contain 6 different small prizes for each letter of the name: a wafer, a toy, candy, a tulip, nuts, a belt.
Guests must guess each prize. The one who guesses and receives a gift. If the prizes are too intricate, then the host should give the guests tips.
This is a very easy competition that requires the preparation of additional props - pens and pieces of paper. First, the whole company is divided into pairs; this can be done randomly, by lot, or at will.
Everyone gets a pen and paper and writes any words. There can be from 10 to 20 words - real nouns, not made-up ones.
All the pieces of paper are collected and placed in a box, and the game begins.
The first pair receives a box and one of the participants pulls out a piece of paper with a word. He tries to explain this word to his partner without mentioning it.
When he guesses the word, they proceed to the next one; the pair has no more than 30 seconds for the entire task. After the time has expired, the box moves on to the next pair.
The one who guesses as many words as possible wins. Thanks to this game, a good time is guaranteed!
"Buttons"
You should prepare a couple of buttons in advance - this is all the necessary props. As soon as the leader gives the command, the first participant places the button on the pad of his index finger and tries to pass it to his neighbor.
You cannot use other fingers or drop them, so you must pass them very carefully.
The button must go around a full circle, and the participants who drop it are eliminated. The winner is the one who never drops a button.
Simple comic competitions for a cheerful adult company at the table
At the table, when all the participants have already eaten and drank, it is more fun to play. Moreover, if there are a couple of interesting and unusual competitions that will amuse even the most boring company.
What feast is complete without toast? This is an important attribute of any feast, so you can diversify them a little or help those who don’t like this business or don’t know how to make speeches.
Therefore, the host announces in advance that the toasts will be unusual and must be said while observing the conditions. The conditions written on a piece of paper are placed in the bag in advance: associate toast with food (let life be all in chocolate), make a speech in a certain style(criminal speech, in the style of "The Hobbit", stuttering, etc.), associate congratulations with animals (float like a butterfly, be fragile like a moth, love devotedly, like swans), say congratulations in poetry or on foreign language, say a toast where all words begin with the same letter.
The list of tasks can be increased indefinitely, the main thing is that you have enough imagination.
"In my pants"
This spicy game Suitable for a group where everyone knows each other well and is ready to have fun. The presenter cannot reveal the meaning of the game in advance. All guests take their seats, and each guest calls the name of any film in his neighbor's ear.
The player remembers and, in turn, names another movie to his neighbor. All players must receive a title. The presenter, after this, asks the players to say out loud “In my pants...” and add the same name of the film. It's a lot of fun when someone ends up with The Lion King or Resident Evil in their pants!
The main thing is that the company is fun, and no one is offended by jokes!
"Illogical Quiz"
This little quiz is perfect for lovers of intellectual humor. It is good to hold it at the very beginning of the celebration, while the guests can think soberly. It is worth warning everyone in advance to think carefully about the question before giving an answer.
Players can be given pieces of paper and pencils so that they can write down the answers or simply ask questions and immediately out loud, after listening to the answers, name correct option. The questions are: 
How many years did the Hundred Years' War last?
What country did Panama hats come from?
- Brazil;
- Panama;
- America;
- Ecuador.
When is the October Revolution celebrated?
- in January;
- in September;
- in October;
- In November.
What was the name of George the Sixth?
- Albert;
- Charles;
- Michael.
What animal does the Canary Islands get its name from?
- seal;
- toad;
- canary;
- mouse.
Although some of the answers are logical, the correct answers are:
- 116 years old;
- Ecuador;
- In November.
- Albert.
- from a seal.
"What I feel?"
You should prepare pieces of paper in advance on which emotions and feelings will be written: rage, love, anxiety, sympathy, flirting, indifference, fear or disdain. All pieces of paper must be in a bag or box.
All players position themselves so that their hands are touching and their eyes are closed. The first participant in the circle or row opens his eyes and pulls out a piece of paper with the name of the feeling from the bag.
He must convey this feeling to his neighbor by touching his hand in a certain way. You can gently stroke the hand, feigning tenderness, or hit, feigning anger.
Then there are two options: either the neighbor must guess the feeling out loud and draw out the next piece of paper with the feeling, or pass on the received feeling further. During the game, you can discuss emotions or play in complete silence.
"Where I am?"
One participant is selected from the company and seated on a chair in the center of the room so that his back is to everyone. A sign with inscriptions is attached to his back using tape.
They can be different: “Bathroom”, “Shop”, “Sobering-up station”, “Maternity room” and others.
The rest of the players should ask him leading questions: how often do you go there, why do you go there, for how long.
The main player must answer these questions and thereby make the company laugh. The players on the chair can change, as long as the company has fun!
"Ladle bowls"
All players sit in a circle. The presenter prepares in advance a box with forfeits on which different kitchen appliances and attributes: forks, spoons, pans, etc.
Each player in turn must take out one forfeit and read its name. He must not be named to anyone. After all players receive the pieces of paper, they sit down or stand in a circle.
The presenter must ask the players, and the players must give the answer that they read on the piece of paper. For example, the question is “What are you sitting in?” the answer is “In a frying pan.” The questions can be different, the presenter’s task is to make the player laugh and then give him a task.
"Lottery"
This competition is good to hold in a women's company on March 8, but it is perfect for other events. Small pleasant prizes are prepared in advance and numbered.
Their numbers are written on pieces of paper and put in a bag. All participants in the event must pull out a piece of paper and take the prize. However, this can be turned into a game and the host must ask funny questions to the player. As a result, each guest will leave with a small nice prize.
"Greedy"
A bowl with small coins is placed in the center of the table. Each player has his own saucer. The presenter gives the players teaspoons or Chinese chopsticks.
At the signal, everyone begins to scoop coins out of the bowl and drag them to their plate. The presenter should warn in advance how much time the players will have for this task and, after the time has elapsed, give sound signal. Afterwards, the presenter counts the coins on the saucer for each player and chooses the winner.
"Intuition"
This game is played in a drinking company, where people are not afraid to get drunk. One volunteer goes out the door and doesn’t peek. The group places 3-4 glasses on the table and fills them so that one contains vodka and all the others contain water.
Volunteers are welcome. He should intuitively choose a glass of vodka and drink it with water. Whether he manages to find the right pile depends on his intuition.
"Forks"
A plate is placed on the table and a random object is placed in it. The volunteer is blindfolded and given two forks. He is brought to the table and given time so that he can feel the object with forks and identify it.
You can ask questions, but they should only be answered with “Yes” or “No”. Questions can help the player determine whether an item is edible, whether it can be used to wash their hands or brush their teeth, etc.
The presenter should prepare in advance two forks, a blindfold and items: an orange, candy, a toothbrush, a sponge for washing dishes, a coin, an elastic band, a jewelry box.
This is a famous game that came from America. You don't need tape or sheets of paper, or a marker.
You can use sticky stickers, but check in advance whether they will stick well to the skin. Each participant writes any person or animal on a piece of paper.
These could be celebrities, movie or book characters, or ordinary people. All the pieces of paper are put into a bag and the presenter mixes them. Then all participants sit in a circle and the leader, passing by each one, sticks a piece of paper with an inscription on his forehead.
Each participant has a piece of paper with an inscription attached to their forehead using tape. The players' task is to find out who they are by asking leading questions in turn: “Am I a celebrity?”, “Am I a man?” Questions should be structured so that they can be answered in monosyllables. The one who guesses the character first wins.
Another fun example table competition- in the next video.
Games and competitions at holidays greatly bring the team together. Sometimes an inconspicuous office worker shows such talent at corporate events and parties that after that he simply becomes the “star” of the office.
Team building game for corporate events
If there are a large number of people gathered, they can be divided into teams. One person is selected from each group who must complete the “obstacle course” from point “A” to point “B”. To do this, you need to prepare a “path” in part of the hall in advance, placing obstacles from bottles, chairs, etc. The participant’s task is to go through the route blindfolded, with the help of instructions from the team, which should help the “blind” to reach the finish line as “painlessly” as possible. The game, by the way, allows you to find out whether a team member can trust those with whom he works shoulder to shoulder. This game also has another, more fun and relaxed version. After the “traveler” has been shown a route with obstacles, the obstacles in his path are quickly removed, clearing the road. At the same time, the participant does not even suspect that he can calmly wander to the finish line and, crawling and bending, overcomes the path to the general laughter of those gathered.
Attentiveness competition
This competition is played by 2-3 people. The presenter reads the text: I’ll tell you a story in one and a half dozen phrases. As soon as I say the number 3, take the prize immediately. “Once we caught a pike, gutted it, and inside we saw small fish, not just one, but seven.” When you want to memorize poems, don’t cram them until late at night. Take it and repeat it once at night - twice, or better yet 10 times." "A seasoned guy dreams of becoming an Olympic champion. Look, don’t be tricky at the start, but wait for the command: one, two, march! “Once I had to wait for a train at the station for 3 hours...” (if they don’t have time to take the prize, the presenter takes it). “Well, friends, you didn’t take the prize when you had the opportunity to take it.
Competition for have a fun corporate party"Rope"
At the signal, the first participant takes the rope in his hand and runs the entire distance alone. He returns to the start, the second “kid” from the group grabs the rope. Now two people run the entire distance, then three, etc., until the whole group is holding on to the rope. Whichever group reaches the finish line first wins.
Popular competition at corporate events "Dancing on the Newspaper"
Each pair of participants is given a newspaper. They must dance so that neither partner steps on the floor outside the newspaper. At each signal from the leader, the newspaper is folded in half and the dance continues. Music changes all the time. If any of the partners leaves the newspaper during the dance, the couple is eliminated from the competition. The last couple remaining in the game receives a prize.
Comic competition"Guess who?"
Wearing thick mittens, you need to determine by touch what kind of person is in front of you. Guys guess girls, girls guess guys. You can feel the whole person.
An original game for a corporate party "Family of Animals"
Grown-up, serious gentlemen playing “Animal Family” look quite funny. For the game, you need to prepare cards that list members of various animal families (for example: grandfather monkey, grandmother monkey, father monkey, mother monkey, son monkey, daughter monkey; grandfather elephant, grandmother elephant, etc.). There must be several such families.
At the beginning of the game, each player draws a card for himself. As soon as the start is given, each participant needs to find his “family” as quickly as possible through sound imitations (human speech cannot be used) and the movements of the animal indicated on his card. When the animal family has found all its relatives, it must line up in the correct sequence (by seniority - grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, son). The animal family that did everything correctly and quickly wins.
Lawyer game for corporate parties with forfeits
The players are divided equally into two groups and sit opposite each other face to face. One of the players stands in the middle and asks questions. Each of the players, when approached personally, must remain silent and only answer questions addressed to his counterpart (he is his counterpart’s lawyer). In turn, he responds only when addressed to this. If a clever person stands in the middle and asks questions quickly and authoritatively, then in a few minutes everyone will be forfeited, since it is unthinkable not to at least make a sound answer when they ask you, looking at you point-blank, especially since the fine is taken even with laughed.
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But it turned out - the former kingdom, the summer arbitrariness of water, even more confident, defiant, not hiding anything, not hiding behind green bushes and the warm splash of a free summer river.
Reindeer with sledges and cargo passed over the springs along the towpath. A most curious picture opened up: where griffin fountains splashed in the riverbed in the summer, the bottom of the river was exposed - as if the lid of a treasured box had been removed and one could leisurely examine its hidden contents. Gaps gaping among the boulders have opened up, and vortex jets are also bubbling in them, flying out from the hidden depths, and elastic flows are turning sharply. Small griffins jumping near the shore.
The waterfall falls into the river noisily, just like in the summer, but it has become smaller. On a granite boulder written in white paint is my footprint - number six. And now it is clearly visible that the banks and the river are a single whole. The covenant for the future is clear: if there are springs on the shore, look for them in the bottom of the river. And vice versa. And even if the cracks are separated - whether by permafrost or siltation, their nutrition in the depths is most likely the same.
“I see,” Leshka beams. “I’m glad, I’m very glad, for the first time I feel the logic of nature, and I want to understand it to the end...
But Byralas, our Byralas - thawed, black, quiet, but alive, barely flows between the pink walruses lying in the shallows. His rabies remained in the summer and in the autumn floods. Its banks and channels ooze with thin streams. Among the snowdrifts, black patches of thawed patches and stripes of streams are visible from under the fallen trees. From under the scree, from where the bears came to us, water flows glistening.
Leshka gets drunk from the smell of snow and is surprised by everything- the vastness of winter, fountains in ice, ice holes, springs - in such and such frosts! This is understandable: to get from the world of restaurants and hot stoves, from stuffy, difficult, but ordinary work in the vicinity of a daily and alien artificial holiday, where everything is invariably and indifferently repeated, into a world of ice and snow, where something happens all the time, but -Alas! - not always the most pleasant thing.
And in Timpton’s half-circus, at the site of my first unforgettable encounter with the element of water, transparent streams float and rush, perhaps more quietly, from the shore to the core of the “thinner” river. There is silence on the rod. The river thoughtfully and quietly accepts them and does not quickly carry them away, but, as it were, leaves them for itself. It even seems that they, the streams, calm down there and fall asleep.
And this humility makes me wonder if they are sinking here into the bottom of the river, where there may be deep absorbing cracks? They dive in, so that somewhere along the cracks they will again
come out at another bottom - this or that river, maybe
neighboring. Or, on the contrary, aren’t these cracks draining out, aren’t they adding to the river’s full flow, aren’t they helping the springs preserve this rich and strange living blackness of water for winter?
I must solve this riddle.
In the bushes with an anchor and a chain, untouched by anyone, our boat is completely intact. But we have with us an inflatable, rubber, lighter, agile and suitable one here. It is easy to pull it out onto the ice from the ice holes and launch it into the water.
In the old place where our camp had previously been located, they set up a huge ten-person tent. Axes are clattering, saws are rustling - a woodpile of firewood is growing behind the tent. A pipe is already sticking out of the canvas house; in the house there are sleeping bags on spruce branches and felts - the dream of all the tired and cold. There is a fire in front of the entrance. Its bitter, smoky flame rushes from the wet branches. Like an eternal fireproof idol, a bucket hangs over the fire; the bucket exudes relaxation, an old house, and comfort. There comes a feeling of good restlessness and mental well-being.
The larch cut down in summer lies dry in the Byralas riverbed, right on the gravel and boulders. The water appears below her from the sand and pebbles. This means that there are also cracks and springs under Byralas.
River, polynyas, tributaries, ice, permafrost, taliks. Water temperatures - where it's zero, where it's seven degrees... Why? Like children's blocks: each cube has some bright, incomprehensible designs on it, and you have to put it all together to get a single design. Where to start? How to approach understanding the mystery of the life of a river?
I consult with Marchenko. He shrugs.
- You know better. Probably measure the sources.
But this is not enough. We must understand the paths of the water that brought it here. I decide - we will determine the flow of the river. We will set up several cross-sections on the river. For each section, we compare the river flow with the amount of water from all the coastal sources lying above it. An increase in the difference - along several sections downstream - will clearly indicate the flow of water from the bottom.
Everyone was inspired, it’s still intriguing - will it turn out something interesting or not? And what exactly? Laboratory assistants are independent people, except for Tolik. Tolik accepts every assignment with a pained expression on his face. There is a lot to do: the same as in the summer, measuring sources, sampling and huge work on Timpton.
And so, you thought and decided to organize a corporate party with your colleagues. You have already decided where you will celebrate and set a date for the holiday. Have you managed to come up with funny competitions for corporate parties that you will play with your colleagues? If not yet, then we will help you. After all, we have for you not just funny competitions, but “explosive” games and competitions. You and your colleagues will be absolutely delighted with such a holiday.
Do you like fortune telling? How do your colleagues feel about fortune telling? See ours, who came to a corporate party to tell fortunes. It will be fun and you all will enjoy it.
And now you can move on to the competitions. And the first thing you need to do is cheer up and shake up your colleagues a little. And it will help us with this little game. For this game you need to make cards on which you write any wishes for your colleagues. Then you place all the cards on a tray with the lettering facing down. And each colleague chooses any card, turns it over and reads what is written there. And it might say the following:
- you have the right to be two hours late for work on Monday.
- you have the right to have breakfast once right at your workplace.
- you can leave work one hour early on Friday.
- every day during the week you can talk on your work phone for one hour about your business.
- within the next ten days you can take one day off.
- during the week you will notify all your colleagues with a loud shout about the onset of breaks and lunch.
- one day you can whistle after the girls leaving, and you won’t get anything for it.
- you have an honorable duty - you will change the water in the cooler for three days in a row.
And so on, you can come up with anything you want. The main thing is that your colleagues are not offended, and your bosses are not against it.
After such a game, be sure to tell your colleagues. Beautiful and funny poems will cheer up all your colleagues.
Let's go further and check your employees for personal knowledge famous people. But not just famous people, but those who wore mustaches. You need to find photographs of such people. And also in Photoshop to make your colleagues the same beautiful mustaches. After this, load all the photos into a projector or TV and show your colleagues first only the part where the mustache is. And let your colleagues wonder who he is. When you showed them three famous mustaches, your colleagues realized that they should remember famous personalities with mustaches. And then you show off any colleague’s mustache that you made in Photoshop. Everyone is guessing, thinking, and when no one has guessed right, you show the photo in full, there will be laughter!
The following game will help bosses find out what their subordinates are doing in work time. The essence of the game is very simple, the presenter calls a phrase, and the one to whom it is called must quickly finish it. Three seconds are given to think; if more, the player receives a penalty point. Examples of questions:
- at work I always... (then you need to continue the phrase, but you can’t repeat the phrases of others! Thus, it will be difficult for the latter to come up with something, and they will start saying things that the bosses won’t particularly like, but will amuse other colleagues) .
- I'm late for work because...
- when the boss comes into the office I...
- when someone needs to go to work on Sunday, I immediately...
And such questions. Remember, at first there will be normal answers, and since you cannot repeat yourself, truthful and funny answers will follow.
What about those who cannot answer and receive penalty points? You can force them to clean the office after a corporate event or let them seat everyone in a taxi.
All sorts of comic awards are also held at corporate events with a bang. See our section - and reward your colleagues according to their merits.
The next competition is for men. And for this competition you need balloons. But not ordinary ones, but long ones. Which are usually used to make sausages and animal figurines. And also you need columns that are not tall less than a meter. Place the posts one after another so that you can go around them with a snake. And men insert inflated balloons between their legs. And they insert them like this. So that almost the entire ball is in front. At the command of the leader, the men must run around the posts like a snake, and at the same time not knock down the posts with their balls. This competition can be held in teams. And if you like it, then girls can take part in it.
Now you need sheets, and on the sheets you need to draw letters to make the word: wood. That is, each letter is a separate sheet. Each team (of course, there are 9 people in a team) is lined up so that it turns out exactly this word. Then the presenter asks a riddle, and the teams must guess the word and assemble it from their letters. For example:
Nature is blooming
She's coming!
(Answer: spring)
This means that teams must understand what we're talking about and rearrange yourself so that the word comes out - spring.
Further:
We lost,
And this is our...
(The answer is guilt)
And so on, you can take absolutely any word as a basis, from which you can make many small words. It will be fun to watch your adult colleagues run around and try to collect the word.
And at the end of your corporate party, offer your colleagues this game.
You need to buy mustaches on a stick, funny masks, false eyebrows, wigs, and so on in advance. You put all this in a bag. Your colleagues form a circle, the music is turned on and the bag is passed from hand to hand. When the music stops, whoever has the bag in his hands chooses any item from it and tries it on for himself. And so on until all the items from the bag are worn by your colleagues. And when all your colleagues are dressed to the nines, you can start photographing them. Believe me, these will be the best pictures of their lives!
Corporate competitions in the office will be a huge help to you in holding a small office celebration. So, we bring to your attention several interesting and memorable competitions.
Competition “Everything is serious!”
An excellent game option for a corporate event, which is held in small room, or right in the office. Each participant must sit in such a way that they can see the others. When everyone is seated, you can begin the most serious competition in the world.
The first player, with due pathos, pronounces one single word: “Ha.” The next one already says two words: “Ha-ha”, the third says the word three times, the fourth says the word four times, etc.
Gradually the number of “Ha” reaches a large number, it becomes more and more difficult to pronounce it, and for some reason you want to laugh... But don’t forget that it is serious competition, so you need to keep a straight face! A stern facial expression, an important tone of voice - pathos in everything! The game ends as soon as someone breaks down and starts laughing. And then you can start over again! The one who bursts into laughter is eliminated, and the game continues until the most serious participant remains, who steadfastly withstood the entire competition and did not laugh.
“Puppeteers” or talent competition
Members of the corporate party are invited to take part in the fair. Players who agree are given a certain amount of time to make a doll from any available means. When the deadline approaches, the participants put their creations on public display and await the “verdict” of the competition judges. All these simple crafts can be made from ropes, handkerchiefs, cords, cutlery, bottles and even fruits, which players can quietly “steal” from the festive table.
Competition "Secretary" or "Tie a bow"
Two people are called to participate in the competition. They come to the table, where three folders with ties have been prepared for them (one folder inside the other). As soon as the presenter lets them know, the opponents actively begin tying bows in this order: the bottom lace of the first folder with the top of the second folder, the bottom lace of the second folder with the top of the third, and the top of the first folder with the bottom of the third. The winner will be the one who completes this intricate process first.
Competition “Complete the mosaic” or “Company logo”
Surely the company you work for has a logo. Make two copies of it with a frame on colored paper. If you don’t know how, any simple Photoshop will help you. After designing the logo, print these two copies on A4 sheet. We glue the finished sheets onto a piece of cardboard and use scissors to cut them into uneven pieces (25-30 pieces). Then we invite our colleagues to participate in the competition and create 2 teams. The opponents' task is to be the first to collect the whole picture: whoever finished first wins!
Competition "Continue the Quote"
For the competition, the host calls several guests. They are offered audio recordings with famous quotes (if it is not possible to provide audio recordings, the presenter reads the quotes himself), but they are not read out to the end, and the participants, in turn, must remember and continue the quote. The one who completes the task correctly and fastest the most times wins.
Competition “Write a poem”
Each participant is given a piece of paper with four words written on it. His task is to come up with a quatrain using these 4 words. It is desirable that the poem be thematic, for example, if it is some kind of holiday, then the poem will be a congratulation on this holiday, or simply touching on the theme of this event. In the competition, you can come up with several nominations, for example, “the funniest quatrain”, “the most thematic quatrain”, “the most awkward quatrain”, etc., and based on the results of the competition, choose a winner for each nomination.
