It’s a three-way!

Though not everyone has heard of it, the game “It’s a three-way!” has a long and proud history. Here is how it works:

Players: 1 or more people

Location: most places

Equipment: eyes, ears and a certain level of brashness

Aim: to locate three particular items at once thus creating a ‘three-way’.

Instructions to play:

Any player must spot the following items and say the required phrase:

1. Dog                        Say “Zitch dog” – credit to “How I Met Your Mother”

2. Postal box              Say “Do you need to post anything?” (Other players answer)

3. Yellow vehicle        Say “Spot it motorcycle/car/scooter/bike”

When all three are located in the same vicinity the player/s must yell with pride:

“It’s a three-way!” (causing embarrassment/confusion/excitement to those around them.)

“Three ways” happen a lot in Melbourne but rather less as we have plodded around South East Asia. When Rob and I landed in Hanoi we started to notice the postal boxes were more conspicuous that other places. This had often been the missing link. Every country has had oodles of dogs (even dogs shaved to look like lions or dogs in Winnie the Pooh costumes) and at least some yellow motorbikes/cars, but postal boxes have been harder to come by. 

I told Rob on our last day in Hanoi if we didn’t “get” a “three-way” then I would manufacture one for the blog. Around 5 minutes later I found a post office to send a painting home from. There was the post box, next-door was a small dog and flying past I found a yellow scooter!

“IT’S A THREE WAY!” I yelled on the busy streets of Hanoi.

Noone really noticed too much…

As I took the photo of the dog, the owner probably thought that I mustn’t have seen a dog before! Success…was mine..and Rob’s! We live in anticipation of our next three-way. What country will it be?