{"id":511,"date":"2025-06-12T20:49:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T00:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrtisworks.com\/mythoughts\/?p=511"},"modified":"2025-06-12T20:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T00:54:08","slug":"mingle-bingo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrtisworks.com\/mythoughts\/2025\/06\/12\/mingle-bingo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mingle Bingo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpforms-container wpforms-container-full wpforms-block wpforms-block-aa967c15-5c52-4f2b-9ea1-ddc65222c80c wpforms-render-modern\" id=\"wpforms-500\"><form id=\"wpforms-form-500\" class=\"wpforms-validate wpforms-form wpforms-ajax-form\" data-formid=\"500\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" action=\"\/mythoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\" data-token=\"8837595f04fb4577b01b17f2a27f3fcc\" data-token-time=\"1778054413\"><noscript class=\"wpforms-error-noscript\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/noscript><div id=\"wpforms-error-noscript\" style=\"display: none;\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/div><div class=\"wpforms-field-container\">\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-500-field_1-container\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-id=\"1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-500-field_1\" >pages cards) many<\/label>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-500-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1]\" >\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-500-field_2-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-number\" data-field-id=\"2\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-500-field_2\">How many pages (each page has 4 cards) <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\" aria-hidden=\"true\">*<\/span><\/label><input type=\"number\" id=\"wpforms-500-field_2\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][2]\" value=\"1\" min=\"1\" max=\"20\" step=\"any\" aria-errormessage=\"wpforms-500-field_2-error\" aria-describedby=\"wpforms-500-field_2-description\" required><div id=\"wpforms-500-field_2-description\" class=\"wpforms-field-description\">How many pages of 4 cards each they want to create<\/div><\/div><script>\n\t\t\t\t( function() {\n\t\t\t\t\tconst style = document.createElement( 'style' );\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle.appendChild( document.createTextNode( '#wpforms-500-field_1-container { position: absolute !important; overflow: hidden !important; display: inline !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; z-index: -1000 !important; padding: 0 !important; } #wpforms-500-field_1-container input { visibility: hidden; } #wpforms-conversational-form-page #wpforms-500-field_1-container label { counter-increment: none; }' ) );\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.head.appendChild( style );\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.currentScript?.remove();\n\t\t\t\t} )();\n\t\t\t<\/script><\/div><!-- .wpforms-field-container --><div class=\"wpforms-submit-container\" ><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"wpforms[id]\" value=\"500\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"page_title\" value=\"\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"page_url\" value=\"https:\/\/www.vrtisworks.com\/mythoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"url_referer\" value=\"\"><button type=\"submit\" name=\"wpforms[submit]\" id=\"wpforms-submit-500\" class=\"wpforms-submit\" data-alt-text=\"Sending...\" data-submit-text=\"Submit\" aria-live=\"assertive\" value=\"wpforms-submit\">Submit<\/button><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrtisworks.com\/mythoughts\/wp-content\/plugins\/wpforms-lite\/assets\/images\/submit-spin.svg\" class=\"wpforms-submit-spinner\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\" alt=\"Loading\"><\/div><\/form><\/div>  <!-- .wpforms-container -->\n\n\n<p>Mingle Bingo is a game to help people get to know things about others at a gathering.  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