Seattle - July 15, 2009

Get Played

Party Games

These ain’t no parlor games, goirls. Man up to show ’em who owns the summer.

King of Popsicle
Supplies needed: a selection of homemade popsicles or ice cubes made from conventional and unconventional (but ingestible) ingredients. Try V8, chicken broth, wheatgrass, Red Bull, and juices. Combine them to suss out the true connoisseur.
How-to: Stage a blind taste test. Whoever correctly identifies the most sticks is king.
Winner winner chicken dinner: a pint of gourmet sorbet.

UFC (Ultimate Foot Combat)
Supplies needed: a group of clad feet.
How-to: Sit in a circle with your buds. Two players attempt to unshoe each other using only their feet. Loser leaves circle. Play continues to the left until only one remains (or everyone else surrenders to the odor).
Undefeeted: new shoelaces or Dr. Scholl’s.

Bumbershoot Shoot
Supplies needed: six umbrellas and tennis balls.
How-to: Arrange the umbrellas upside down in a pyramid fifteen feet away from pavement. Bounce a tennis ball once on the pavement, aiming for the umbrellas. Score as 50, 20, and 10 from the top town. Highest score wins.
Big shooter: gets his choice of umbrellas.

You’re all winners in our book.

(Except the guy who brought the Drano pop.)