Things to do when having to wait with a group

Of course this varies greatly from situation to situation, but here is a random collection of possibilities:

• Always have with you, perhaps in a backpack, a set of Koosh or other soft balls and a playground spot (which can become, among other things an indoor Frisbee).
  
• Farkle (rock, paper, scissors) contests.
  
• Count blue cars and license plate game.
  
• Try to guess what license plates with letters “mean” (winner is the one that has the most creative story).
  
• Interview other people in a line about something.
  
• Find a pole, such as a stick, a broom, whatever is available, and see who can balance it on the end of the finger the longest.
  
• If your tradition allows it, group card games (again kept in the backpack). The dumber the better: Old Maid, Fish....
  
• Word games, such as one person names an object, then successively, other name an object in the same class but the next sequential letter of the alphabet.
  
• See who can name the books of the Bible. No one? Then use the opportunity to teach them.
  
• Do “would you choose [a] or [b]” and “what would you do if . . . .”
  
• Circle games.