Have you ever gone a road trip and played those ridiculous games? Ya know, like counting all the red cars, punching someone when you see a Volkswagon Bug, and searching signs to find words starting with the letters of the alphabet going from A-Z. My dad claims a handicap in the alphabet game when he is the driver, but I maintain that he gets to see the signs before the backseat so that complaint is made void.
Anyways, here on the Race we have our own “road trip” games. These games are ongoing and can be brought up at pretty much anytime, causing laughter and possibly awkward situations wherever we are in the world. I wanted to share a few of them with you guys back home, I hope you enjoy my humorous descriptions. However, if you choose to put some of these into practice with your circle of friends, I will quite possibly eat my own socks (and that ain’t no laughing matter). To give you a fair warning, these games are not for the faint of heart; play them at your own risk, cause they may come back to punch you in the butt… Literally.
1. The “Mine” Game. The way this game works is you must avoid saying the word “mine”. The object is to ask a question in such a way as to cause the other player(s) to answer with a sentence including the word “mine”. An example of this game would be someone asking the question, “Whose water bottle is this?” and the owner responding with, “That’s mine.” If you are the guilty party to say the forbidden word, you must drop and do ten push-ups… Wherever you are. My teammate Lucas once had to pay the penalty across the rows of a full bus on a travel day. However, if you are paying attention, you can avoid the word and the penalty by responding in other ways such as, “That belongs to me” or “That is Shawndell St John’s water bottle”.
2. The Sandwich Game. When sandwiches are the meal of the day, it is required that you defend your sandwich with something placed on top of it, such as a napkin, a fork, a french fry, a chip… Whatever. If your sandwich is guarded, it is safe. If it is in your hand being consumed, it is also safe. However, if your sandwich is left exposed on the plate or napkin, it is subjected to the most epic close-fisted PUNCH ever to be placed on a food item. It is considered a success if the puncher is forced to lick the punchee’s sandwich off of their knuckles. Also, the definition of a sandwich (which has been challenged in the past) is anything with substance between two pieces of some type of bread…. Hamburgers are included, and yes Christy, avocado in the middle of a roll DOES count.
3. Butch. This game can produce some hilarious and awkward moments on our squad among those who play this game. You know those moments when someone bends over to tie their shoe right in front of you and you just don’t know what to do? Well here on the World Race, that is the perfect opportunity to close your fist and punch ’em in the butt (hence the name: butt + punch = Butch). The punch must be accompanied by the cry of: “Butch!” To avoid such a punch, one must use their hands as a shield over the vulnerable area and/or employ a series of shimmying and spinning manuevers to make your way through a group of people…. Kameron Kissinger is an expert on such acrobatics, you should consult him for advice in this area.
This is just an introduction to a few of the games we play, among those not included are: The Hole Game, Bandana Snapping, Butt Tag, Tickle Kayla, Throw Rocks at Lucas, Tease Christy and many, many more. I would like to give a shout out to one of our squad leaders, Kyla, for not only introducing these games but being the most competitive participant out of all of us. If you choose play these games with your friends, please tell me all about it, give me stories and post pictures of epic sandwich punches…. You would seriously make my day!
