---
title: "BS Bingo - Making Dull Meetings Fun Again"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/5/16/bs-bingo-making-dull-meetings-fun-again.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/5/16/bs-bingo-making-dull-meetings-fun-again.html"
published: "2006-05-16T12:50:00"
updated: "2006-05-16T12:50:00"
tags: ["Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Oh, this sounds like a fun way to spend at a your weekly meeting with the CEO: Bullshit Bingo . They actually have dedicated sites and cards for this stuff. Testimonials from satisfied \"Bullshit Bingo\" players: \"I had…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# BS Bingo - Making Dull Meetings Fun Again

By Roy Osherove May 16, 2006 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published May 16, 2006; technical details may be outdated.

Oh, this sounds like a fun way to spend at a your weekly meeting with the CEO:

[Bullshit Bingo](http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/bursteg/archive/2006/05/16/412.aspx).

They actually have [dedicated sites](http://www.bullshitbingo.net/cards/bullshit/) and cards for this stuff.

Testimonials from satisfied "Bullshit Bingo" players:

- _"I had been in the meeting for only five minutes when I won." - Adam, Atlanta_
- _"My attention span at meetings has improved dramatically." - David, Florida_
- _"What a gas! Meetings will never be the same for me after my first win." - Dan, New York City_
- _"The atmosphere was tense in the last process meeting as 14 of us waited for the fifth box." - Ben, Denver_
- _"The speaker was stunned as eight of us screamed 'BULLSHIT!' for the third time in two hours." - Paul, Cleveland
    _

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