Thursday, March 29, 2012

The quarter game

Sure, a couple of these photos look like an eerie seance, a scene from horror movie where unsuspecting youths gather to speak to spirits but who are eventually frightened to tears when the candles suddenly blow out and things in the room start to levitate.
But it's not. It's not even close.
In fact, it's an innocent game we all endearingly call "the quarter game."
A quarter is flipped at the end of the two rows, which rows represent two teams, and if the quarter is heads up, the team captains — the only ones with their eyes open — send a hand-squeezing message to the other end of the row. The players at the end of the each row must compete to be the first to grab a nearby object when their hand is squeezed. The team with the fastest hand communication (no talking or peeking allowed) wins that round, etc.
Yada, yada, yada... Any honest young man will admit his favor of the contest is almost entirely due to the game's expectation that he intently hold the hand of a lovely young woman. And who can blame him.

In the first photo, below, we show evidence of Chase Rue sneaking a cheating peek.

Below, Bro Brigg Rasmussen tosses the quarter and gets a heads-up.

Below, everyone jumps up to see who will grab the cup at the end of the row the fastest. 

Below, everyone concentrates on getting a hand squeeze message to send to the end of the row. Some appear to be "concentrating" more than others. 

Below, Chase, Jonah, Cody and Lane prepare for the next round.


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