not safe for american children
Posted by: hmichelle on: October 22, 2010
we had our annual youth camp in chiang rai this past week, which means i felt old again this past week.
lots of fun had by all: 12-hour bus ride north, met up with other youth from chiang rai, swam in a waterfall, the youth tried their hand at sharing their faith, and we played one milllllion games.
and i have to say: i have a dream. i dream that we could play this game in america.
this traditional thai game has been played by generations. as soon as they started tying those eggplants around kids’ waists, i was like, “for real?” what does this look like to you?
i know you’re all thinking of how you can play this with your friends and so you’re probably wondering, “how do you play?”
easy! tie a long eggplant around your waist and with that eggplant dangling between your legs, whack a ping pong ball across a field.
the other thai adults didn’t think it looked gross. when i asked them if they thought this game was gross, they looked at me like i was the sick one. again: “for real?” i can’t see it ever catching on in america – except maybe in frat houses or in some weird, kinky way.
by the way, i sucked at this game. i think the eggplant got tied too high and i had to really squat to reach the ball. here’s staff playing. i’m the loser on the right in the gray shirt.
ps – i ate a dog. gamier than i expected.
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