Pin the tail on the donkey

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"Pin the tail on the donkey" game with some donkey tails already placed

Pin the tail on the donkey ( Engl. : Pin-the-tail on , also known as donkey tail ) is a children's game , which is particularly common in the English-speaking world. It is played both on children's birthday parties and, in a modified form, by teenagers and adults as a drinking game .

regulate

A picture of a donkey is placed on a flat surface. Each player receives a tail, for example made of paper, with an attachment option such as an adhesive strip or a thumbtack . The tails can be marked with the name of the player in order to facilitate the later assignment. The player whose turn it is are blindfolded. After being rotated in a circle a few times to disorient him, he must run towards the picture and place the tail as close as possible to the correct place on the donkey picture. If the player is roughly wrong in the direction, the other players can warn and direct him with shouts. The winner is whoever has placed his tail closest to the correct place in the end. In general, however, the enjoyment of the sight of the blind player wandering around is more important than a victory.

Drinking game variant

In the adult version, the loser is the player whose tail has landed furthest away from the correct spot. The loser then has to drink an alcoholic beverage such as schnapps . The game is played in several rounds, with the increasing alcoholism of the other players causing further disorientation and comedy. A variant with a picture of a man or a stripper is also common at hen parties.

Similar games

In the Japanese game Fukuwarai , the missing parts such as nose, eyes, mouth etc. are freely placed on a face lying on a table. It is similar to the game Mr. Potato Head from Hasbro . Pot hitting is a breeze in which a blindfolded fellow player and a wooden spoon must find an upturned pot with a reward.

reception

  • The hip hop group Naughty by Nature published in 1991 on their album by Naughty Nature song Pin the tail on the donkey .
  • The donkey Eeyore in the Pooh the Bear tales is depicted with a detachable tail attached to its rump with a thumbtack.

Web links

Commons : Pin the tail on the donkey  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Rodney P. Carlisle: Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society, Volume 2, SAGE, 2009, p. 483
  2. ^ Rodney P. Carlisle: Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society, Volume 2, SAGE, 2009, p. 484
  3. ↑ Naughty by Nature - Naughty by Nature . Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  4. ↑ Winnie the Pooh - The World of Pooh . Retrieved May 24, 2016.