I came across this little story on Darren’s blog where he talks about an analogy he tried to use in his web parts book and how it was scratched because the US audience wouldn’t know what it meant.
One of the things that I love about the whole writing process (not that I am writing a book or anything) is that you have the opportunity to expand someones horizons or increase their cultural awareness. In Darren’s case this would have been a great opportunity to pop in a side bar explaining the simple rules of the pass the parcel game.
Who knows – some geek reading it might just be planning a birthday party for their kid and try it out!