Who has the box?

Question

There's this game kids play that seems to exist solely to confuse the one kid who doesn't know how to play it.

It goes something like this:

Alice: I have a box. [shapes hands like she's holding a box] I throw it to Jen and Jen throws it to Elexia. Who has the box?
Me: Elexia?
Alice: No. You have the box.
Me: okay...
Alice: Now you throw the box to Jen and Jen throws the box to me. Who has the box?
Me: You?
Alice: No. You have the box. Now you throw the box to me and I throw the box to Elexia. Who has the box?
Me: Me?
Alice: No. Elexia has the box. Now, Elexia throws the box to you and you throw it to me. Who has the box?
Me: I do?
Alice: Yes. Now you throw the box to Jen. Who has the box?
Me: Me again?
Alice: No. I have the box. I throw it to Jen. Who has the box?
Me: You?
Alice: No. You have the box.

etc.

How the freakin' HECK does this game work??????

Answer 1

arrrggg..I hate that game....
I never got it either and never played it again.
I ended up telling her that she is now "IN" the box and I am outside kicking it.

Answer 2

I've never heard of that game before, but it sounds to me like they just make it up as they go along, as opposed to a set pattern they go by. If you say something different than the last receiver (box catcher), in other words the wrong answer, then you are right, but if you say what you're supposed to say, you're wrong.

Answer 3

Your hand is still shaped like a box I played it when i was a kid

Answer 4

This is impossible to tell without being there. Most of this style game involve body language, so telling us what was said won't help.

Answer 5

Strange....

Answer 6

never heard of such game