Edward Fortyhands

So instead of dealing with the joys of parking downtown, I ride the Max to school in the morning. It’s actually pretty cool, I can zone out, read, whatever, and I don’t have to pay to park. I also get to hear some of the other passenger’s conversations, which are usually pretty boring, but occasionally can be funny.

The other day there were 2 guys in their early twenties sitting in the seats next to me. They were discussing what they had done over the weekend and one of them said he’d gone to a party. Apparently at this party, they’d played a game called “Edward Fortyhands,” which was presumably a takeoff of “Edward Scissorhands.” In this game, a person (presumably already drunk) has 40 oz bottles of beer taped to his/her hands, and they cannot be removed until they are empty. And they say the youth of America can’t entertain themselves without video games. Apparently, a variation of the game called Edward Franziahands was contemplated, but proved to be too difficult in practice. I guess putting 2 and a half gallon boxes of wine on each hand would be a little difficult, plus you’d go through a lot of tape. I thought Wisconsin had the monopoly on drinking games, but those wacky Oregonians have done us one better.