Friday, October 13, 2006

Simply shocking

So I'm out spending a week on the road with the team in splendid Seattle...

After spending the morning with the awesome kids and staff of North Sound Christian School (congratulations to all of you who sold lots of magazines & stuff...) we spent the day hanging out with Tiffany's dad, who cooked us up two amazing meals.

But it was the time between the meals that will be remembered, for during that time, we were introduced to what we can only describe as the "shock game." Forget the hot tub, puzzles, various wooden parlor games, Jenga made from 2X4's and pick-up-sticks on the scale of lawn darts... this one had us all captivated.

It goes down like this: up to four people grab one of the game's removeable metal handles with a button on top. A red light in the middle of the game flashes while a nerve-wracking and altogether musically non-pleasing theme song blares on for a random amount of time. The light eventually turns green and the music stops... at which point you are supposed to press the button on top of your handle. If you're the last one to buzz in, (or if you jump the gun) this thing shocks the eyeballs right out of your head.

It's got two intensity levels, and an "extreme" setting where EVERYONE gets lit up when the light turns green except the first person to press their button.

We played this game for hours. I don't know why.

Christian and Josiah definately pushed the envelope with some of their more "creative" handle-holding techniques. I suspect some video footage might be posted here eventually.

These boys aint right...

5 comments:

MrChristian said...

Yeah but it was worth it.

Squibbby said...

Oh Totally!

Anonymous said...

i hope no one had to have a change of pants after this game... :) chris, order taco bell with the trailer attatched again!

Anonymous said...

Wow that sounds like funn. chris u ordered food when pulling a trailer? lol
~ g3sg1

Unknown said...

Last year, during one of my team visits, we had just finished an evening chapel service in a prison in Washington. Taco Bell was the only thing around, and the dining room was closed... so we hit the drive-thru in a 15-passenger van with a trailer and 9 occupants. Let's just say it was an adventure.