Hi guys! Your friendly neighborhood teacher here with a request...we can even turn it into a contest if that helps get your creative juices going. I'm starting summer camp on Monday and working in a new school this coming fall, and I want to start each new class with this icebreaker-type activity that I found. It's called "What the heck is your problem?": basically each student gets an index card taped to the back of him or her and they walk around the classroom asking their classmates questions about what's written on the card. After a designated amount of time they come to the front of the room one by one and try to guess what's written on their card based on the information they got.

Now here's where you come in

I need ideas for ficticious yet funny "problems" to put on the index cards...and who better to help me come up with some unique "problems" than the most creative people I know? I'm working with two different age groups here--grades 5-8 (about ages 10-13) and high school students (ages 14-18)--and I need "problems" for both.

Here's an example (taken from the book I found the activity in):

I once made a scale model of the Eiffel Tower entirely out of my own toenail clippings.

My dreams are haunted by giant pandas arguing in German.

Anything you've got I'm happy to steal...uh, borrow...and put to use. Maybe we can even take a vote in a few weeks to see who has the funniest, or the most bizzare "problem". I'll even make up a digital prize !

Happy creating