Players must dress as an endangered bird that is not the national bird or symbol of the United States. Costumes can be as elaborate as using the real feathers plucked from these rare birds or as simple as wearing a t-shirt that says, “I am a(n) (fill in name of endangered bird*).
Players must also keep their mouths filled with the spit and wash waste from brushing their teeth. Before competition starts each person is given a capsule of toothpaste which they will use to brush their teeth. Immediate forfeit results if the act of spitting is witnessed. There is a loophole though which saves players from the possibility of accidentally swallowing the dental waste. Nowhere in the rulebook does it prohibit drooling. Players are allowed to let the excess toothpaste wash run out of their mouths. Though players aren’t prohibited from wiping away the drool few do. They feel it is a form of intimidation.
The last wardrobe requirement is that players must wear their right shoe on their left foot. Players are not required to wear their left shoe on their right foot, but many do rather than buying two pairs of the same shoe.
As for the game, it is very simple. The competition is an endurance test of who can stand blindfolded on the seat of a motorcycle the longest while it travels at the speed of sixty mph.
*I would have to say my favorite bird is the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Some would argue that the bird is not endangered but extinct. I point to reports that one male pecker was seen in Arkansas in 2004 and that alone is enough to give me hope.
game created by Mark Baumer


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