Talk:Jinx (game)

message: As a child in the midwest(usa) we would say "Jinx joke you owe me a coke". 70.181.33.111 02:41, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

message: Where would one fine citations for childrens games. Seems like a small literature. I definitely remember this from childhood but a>rk</span>eyphan]]t 20:42, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. It reads more like an urban dictionary entry than a Wikipedia entry. 203.206.46.191 (talk) 05:45, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  This is just a load of random rubbish, tbh. It doesn't really describe the "game" either fully or objectively - it sounds more like one child telling another the rules rather than an actual artical desribing the myriad variations and sillinesses. 86.145.160.33 (talk) 19:25, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  It is worse than ever. It's just a chat between two children exposed on wikipedia. This page should be closed. 207.45.249.136 (talk) 07:53, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  rewrite 

message: ????  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.148.214.39 (talk) 13:32, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is a dexi? 

message: I understand that Jinx is played in Europe also.  But what are the names for it in the various countries and languages?CountMacula (talk) 19:29, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: In France, it doesn't really have a name. But the children shout out "Chips". BanunterX (talk) 19:42, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Foreign Versions? 

message: This article is the worst thing I've seen in Wikipedia. Please, get rid of it or get proper sources.
204.16.188.4 (talk) 01:56, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deletion? 

message: Speaking from personal experience as a child, the Jinx game was well known.  It was so well known that it often caused a problem both parties yelling out "Jinx!" at the same time when a Jinx occurred.  This was solved by either party yelling out "Double Jinx!".  If both parties yelled that at the same time they would then yell, "Triple Jinx, No take backs! You owe me a coke!" or similar, I forget the exact wording.  Is this a common theme for other parts of the world, or just a regional thing?  This was in the North Eastern part of the US.  It might be worth mentioning if it's a common issue, which I suspect it is when it becomes popular enough. Sawta (talk) 19:48, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deviations/Follow up responses during a tie 

message: "This penalty is by far superior as it precludes violent action taken." -- When I was a kid, taking a punch on the arm was considered "by far superior" than having to part with one's money.  It wasn't even considered "violence" by the vast majority of the people involved.  Going to edit it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 135.23.134.243 (talk) 01:27, 23 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personally held opinions and morality presented as universal 

message: Played as adults, it is acceptable to buy an agreeable adult beverage to satisfy the jinx. LarriFish (talk) 01:46, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Would need to have been mentioned in a reliable source – Thjarkur (talk) 17:41, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 24 March 2020 

message: Hi 2A02:C7F:192D:C100:B147:A515:CC59:DE76 (talk) 00:45, 23 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hi 

message: I'm curious where it all came from, its a very popular game, and Hollywood introduced it to alot of people too, but where did it all come from? 2601:2C1:4382:B860:180A:CB77:BB77:C5EB (talk) 20:38, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  does anyone know the exact origin of the game?