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Extreme Tango
Sep. 10th, 2009 10:58 pmHow to play Extreme Tango:
1) Get a dance floor the size of my house.
2) Put at least ten couples on it (the more, the better, but just ten couples is enough). Do not allow them to leave the room.
3a) Teach them a step involving pivots and back cortes. Ideally they should wearing spiked heels for stomping while heading backwards where they can't see. And they should have some sort of pointy weapon on their elbows which they are sticking out to their sides as far as possible for slicing off the arms of the other couples as they spin around or at least stabbing them in the back.
3b) Or you could teach them the right turning fan, preferably with spiked heels, so they can walk backwards in two different directions during the times when they aren't slicing each other in the calf while spinning with one foot sticking out behind them.
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That's reminding me of a game I really liked as a kid. Everybody gets two balloons. Tie one to each ankle so it sticks out the side and droops all the way to the ground. Go around trying to pop everyone else's balloons by stomping on them. Once both of your balloons are popped, you are out of the game. The last one with an unpopped balloon wins.
Well, I'm not totally sure I actually liked this game. I may have played only once and immediately gotten both my balloons popped. It is also possible that people will stomp on your feet, which can't be fun. But it always seemed like it should be fun. (Of course my current friends would hop around with one foot in the air or something, so we might end up with a multiple tie.)
1) Get a dance floor the size of my house.
2) Put at least ten couples on it (the more, the better, but just ten couples is enough). Do not allow them to leave the room.
3a) Teach them a step involving pivots and back cortes. Ideally they should wearing spiked heels for stomping while heading backwards where they can't see. And they should have some sort of pointy weapon on their elbows which they are sticking out to their sides as far as possible for slicing off the arms of the other couples as they spin around or at least stabbing them in the back.
3b) Or you could teach them the right turning fan, preferably with spiked heels, so they can walk backwards in two different directions during the times when they aren't slicing each other in the calf while spinning with one foot sticking out behind them.
**
That's reminding me of a game I really liked as a kid. Everybody gets two balloons. Tie one to each ankle so it sticks out the side and droops all the way to the ground. Go around trying to pop everyone else's balloons by stomping on them. Once both of your balloons are popped, you are out of the game. The last one with an unpopped balloon wins.
Well, I'm not totally sure I actually liked this game. I may have played only once and immediately gotten both my balloons popped. It is also possible that people will stomp on your feet, which can't be fun. But it always seemed like it should be fun. (Of course my current friends would hop around with one foot in the air or something, so we might end up with a multiple tie.)