seven minutes in heaven (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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"seven minutes in heaven"

Wikipedia takes the parlor game back to 1953, with an Aug 1953 cite from
_Jet_ magazine.

_Hamilton [OH] Daily News Journal_ 20 Nov 1952 p 30 col 1
[Newspaperarchive]
"Teenagers are playing a parlor game called "seven minutes in heaven,"
in which the young man has the privilege of selecting a girl "and doing
whatever he chooses." "



"spin the bottle"
OED has a 1989 cite under "post office"

_Wilkes-Barre [PA] Times_ 18 Sep 1912 p 8 col 2 [NewsBank Early American
Newspapers]
"Post office, clap in - clap out, spin the bottle, wink."  [Answer to
question "what are some party games?"]

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