Gene Rayburn with his long 1970s microphone and his swank three-piece suits. I imagine he stunk of cigarettes and scotch as he'd lean into the contestants, awaiting their dirty answers. Raunchy double-entendres from Charles Nelson Reilly and an irresistibly funky theme song. It was smutty stuff for sure, but I loved Match Game back in the day.
 

It's been a while since we've played some diabetes fun 'n games. Last year's Fantasy Diabetes League (FDL) brought out the competitive spirit of the online diabetes community and the diabetes version of Mad Libs was a lot of fun.
 

OK, let's begin. You are the contestants. Let's see if we make a match. I have already written down my answers from the confines of a soundproof chamber (aka my bathtub with my daughter's Tinkerbell blanket over my head). Send your three answers to acehotspray@aol.com. The person whose answers are closest to mine will receive one brand new, fully loaded, wireless Charlie's Angels 2008 Walk to Cure Diabetes T-shirt. As an added bonus, I will include an original drawing by Charlie called "Elephant in Trouble."
 
 
 OK, here we go.

1. Mrs. Barbara O'brien was so disoriented.
 

Repeat: [HOW DISORIENTED WAS SHE???]
 

She was so disoriented that when she woke up in the middle of the night to test her blood sugar, instead of pricking her finger, she pricked her [BLANK].
 

[hum funky theme music while contemplating answer]
 
 

2. After a day of high blood sugars, Victor the plumber was so thirsty.
 

Repeat: [HOW THIRSTY WAS HE???]
 

He was so thirsty, he dropped his wrench and chugged a gallon of [BLANK].
 

[hum funky theme music]
 
 

3. Sam the surgeon was always finding his used test strips in the strangest places.
 

One afternoon he even found one in his [BLANK].
 

[hum funky theme music]

Good luck!