CuRsEs!!!

Saturday nights with the Bollards is always an interesting experience, you can ask the Royals. This particular Saturday we invited Brad and Whitney over to play games. After some fun filled Super Mario Brothers and Hand-n-Foot we introduced them to a game called Curses. Curses is a "simple" game, all you need to do is follow exactly what the cards say. You start your turn with a Challenge card and after completing the challenge you play a curse on another player. The other player reads their card and continues to do the task until either the game is over or the bell gets rung on them for not doing the curse. If you get rung on three different curses you are out.

Brian and Brad put forth a great effort, but still were eliminated after about 5 curse cards were given to them. However, the girls were able to do much better. The following video will demonstrate the girls talents with, at that time, 9 curses each . . . .

Whit's curses at the time:

1. Speak as though you have an invisible golf ball in your mouth
2. Whenever you speak, use your arms to do some dance moves
3. You are Mr. T. Whenever you speak, say "I pitty da fool!''
4. Whenever the player to your left speaks, constantly interrupt them by saying things like "Really! Is that so? Fascinating!"
5. Whenever the person to your left speaks, shake as though you were in an earthquake.
6. You can't bend your elbows.
7. Whenever you speak, use your hands to give yourself 'bunny ears.'
8. You are a leprechaun. Whenever someone touches you, protect your cards and say"Yer always after me lucky charms!"
9. At the beginning of each of your turns recite a different ad slogan or jingle.

Meg's curses at the time:

1. You are Count Dracula. Speak like a vampire.
2. You are a Marine Drill Sergeant. Shout everything you say. ("Do you hear me Maggots?" etc.)
3. You are Captain Hook. Speak like a grizzled old pirate, ("Arrr matey!" "Avast ye! etc!")
4. You are St. Patrick - Speak with an Irish accent.
5. You are a Vulcan. Whenever you laugh, say "That is not funny." with a straight face.
6. Whenever you speak, say everything as though you have hiccups.
7. Whenever the person to your right draws a card, try to grab it away.
8. Each time you read a card, slap your face.
9. Whenever you speak, a swarm of invisible mosquitoes surrounds your head, Swat them away.

Whit and Meg ended up with about 13 each. As we watch the video we noticed a few other things were missed and the game could have been over much sooner, but the girls were too worried about their own cards. After a fun filled hour, the game ended with Whit completely forgetting almost everything. All and all we had a fun night with the Royals.