Edward Fortyhands
Edward Fortyhands (literally English Eduard Vierzighand, roughly equivalent to Edward with the bottle hands ) is a drinking game from the USA in which each player gets two 1-liter (originally 40 ounce , 1.183 liter) bottles of alcohol (usually strong beer , sometimes also Wine or cider ) attached to the hands with tape . He may only remove these when they are empty.
The name refers to the movie Edward Scissorhands .
regulate
Each player has a 1 liter bottle of strong beer taped on each hand. He is only allowed to use his hands again after the bottles have been drunk. Alternatively, it can also be specified that a bottle can be removed as soon as it is empty.
The original variant creates particular difficulties because the players usually need their hands to e.g. B. take a call or go to the bathroom. As a result, players tend to be careful to empty the bottles as quickly as possible so that they can use their hands again. This challenge is sometimes made the 'goal' of the game: the player who manages to avoid such activities the longest wins the game. Sometimes players are allowed to engage in these activities as long as they can find someone to help them do it.
criticism
Joseph Califano, chairman of the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse) of Columbia University and former US health minister , wrote: "One night Edward Forty Hands may seem like a lot of fun for a few hours to appear, but it can be very quickly get out of control and end up in the hospital - or in the morgue. "
Occurrence in TV series
The game has already been mentioned in a number of television series. The best known is episode 2 "The Naked Truth" of the 7th season of the US series How I Met Your Mother .
Others are:
- The episode "Super Milo" from Men at Work
- A series of workaholics
- The unpublished pilot from Raising Hope
- CSI: NY S3E4 "Hung Out To Dry"
- The fourth episode "Perfect Health" by Perfect Couples
- A promo for Redneck Island
- Gossip Girl The Carlyles: Take A Chance On Me (Book)
- Episode 46, Kind of Death # 255 Stupid Game 1000 Ways to Bite the Grass
Individual evidence
- ↑ Physical Challenge: Edward Forty Hands. In: www.liquorsnob.com. July 7, 2006, archived from the original on December 14, 2008 ; accessed on September 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Edward Fortyhands. In: www.realdetroitweekly.com. July 21, 2009, archived from the original on January 12, 2014 ; accessed on September 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Neal Lynch: The 7 Douchiest Theme Parties. (No longer available online.) In: coed.com. August 22, 2010, archived from the original on June 23, 2018 ; accessed on September 8, 2019 .
- ^ Joseph Califano, How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid: The Straight Dope for Parents . Simon and Schuster , 2009, ISBN 978-1-4391-5631-5 , p. 202.
- ↑ Potifora Müller: German translation of the cult drinking game Edward Fortyhands published. In: www.artikel-promotion.de. September 19, 2012, archived from the original on September 21, 2013 ; accessed on September 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Shannon Vestal Robson: NBC Thursday Night Comedy Block Review. In: www.popsugar.com. February 4, 2011, archived from the original on August 31, 2017 ; accessed on September 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Cecily von Ziegesar: Gossip Girl The Carlyles: Take A Chance On Me . Hachette UK, 2012.