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Hat Snap

Updated: Feb 10, 2020


Teddy and I play Hat Snap. Edited by Katie Arathoon

This is how it works: ... I put on a hat and then a different hat and then a different hat and then a different hat and then he puts on hat and if we’re both wearing the same hat at the same time then you say: Snap!

CD: Snap!

KZ: Ah yes! Yes this is it so you say 'Snap' so that’s the answer.

[Aside: What Kurt is doing here is working out the part that can be played by the participant. He shouts at the participant – the ‘visitor’ – because he thinks they cannot hear him across the screen. At the same moment he almost deafens Teddy .]

Here he comes!

I can wear this hat

I can wear this hat

I can wear this hat

I can wear this hat

I can wear this hat

I can wear this hat

This one’s pretty nice.

Ahhahahaha.

CD: Ah this one. Is nice.

TL: Oh hello!

CD laughs

It’s like painting !

TL: Aye aye Cap’n

TL: We’ll start the game.

KZ: We’re going to start the game now.

Black hat. Black hat

Brown hat. Brown hat

Beret. Beret

White hat?

Panic

I haven’t got the hat. I haven’t got the white hat.

Ok Ready 1-2-3

No

1-2-3

No

1-2-3

SNAP!

They high five against the screen.

[Aside: The game is like an incantation of nonsense. A poem made up of grunts and rhythms. The pleasure of understanding the pattern. Knowing what to say, while half the mind also tries to spot a chance coincidence. Celebrating the ability to nail it. Spot the difference. Or rather, post the sameness.]

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