The game MASH is a friendly game played by preteens to predict
each other's future. MASH is an abbreviation of Mansion, Apartment,
Shack, and House. Players write MASH at the top of a paper and
think of multiple categories such as cars, spouses, and pets. Each
player thinks of two items for each category. One of the players
draws a swirl until the player the MASH is about says to stop. The
number of lines in the swirl are counted and each one of those
items are crossed off the list. Play continues until there is only
one row of items left. This is considered the player's future.