One of us, one of us.
Jul. 24th, 2004 07:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
teddogToday was the branch picnic. Usually I don't really care for church picnics and the fact that Lisa decided not to come at the last minute didn't help matters. Laura did cheer me up a little. The name tags were unmarked/printed drugstore labels, although one label had the "IDA Drugstore" banner printed at the top. Laura made second name tag for me with that label. My first name tag had my name, "Hello I'm with stupid" and "Ask me how!" on it and my second tag read "Trainee". Laura rocks.
So... I was prepared with being bored most of the afternoon until I get approached to do the stupidist thing suggested to me in a long time.
Kevin, our resident Aussie, called Eldeon (outta work radio DJ) and me (media nutcase) over, showed us this huge rope he brought and asked if we wanted to help set up a game for the picnic. A long lenght of rope at a picnic makes you think "tug-of-war", right? Oh no, that wasn't what he had in mind.
Back in Australia, Kevin had played a game where you tie one end of rope to a tree branch and get a person to hold onto the rope roughly around where the rope reaches the bottom of the tree. A group of people grabs the other end of the rope and runs away from the tree. This causes the person holding on the rope to rise up into the air, sometimes to the height of the branch the rope is attached to.
This is one of those things that you really need to see to understand.
So, Kevin and I decided to attach the rope to a branch that was probably around 20 feet up (Kevin did the actual attaching, since he had to get up onto a 15 foot high branch before he could secure the rope) and the group of us, mostly guys plus me, started trying it out on some of the older teens and adults. This went fine until the kids saw what was going on and wanted to join in. They seemed to enjoy the "ride" although not all the parents approved.
Ah, to see the blanched faces of the parents as their kids got swung skyhigh. The kids, being much higher than the adults, rose up higher and faster and it had a much better effect when you watched from the sidelines. A few of parents chewed out their kids for hanging out with the insane adults. No role model am I, although I did get to lead a team for a game contest earier in the day. Only female team captian too.
My arms are now very sore from pulling up people and I have minor sunburns and ropeburns. It was worth it, though.
So... I was prepared with being bored most of the afternoon until I get approached to do the stupidist thing suggested to me in a long time.
Kevin, our resident Aussie, called Eldeon (outta work radio DJ) and me (media nutcase) over, showed us this huge rope he brought and asked if we wanted to help set up a game for the picnic. A long lenght of rope at a picnic makes you think "tug-of-war", right? Oh no, that wasn't what he had in mind.
Back in Australia, Kevin had played a game where you tie one end of rope to a tree branch and get a person to hold onto the rope roughly around where the rope reaches the bottom of the tree. A group of people grabs the other end of the rope and runs away from the tree. This causes the person holding on the rope to rise up into the air, sometimes to the height of the branch the rope is attached to.
This is one of those things that you really need to see to understand.
So, Kevin and I decided to attach the rope to a branch that was probably around 20 feet up (Kevin did the actual attaching, since he had to get up onto a 15 foot high branch before he could secure the rope) and the group of us, mostly guys plus me, started trying it out on some of the older teens and adults. This went fine until the kids saw what was going on and wanted to join in. They seemed to enjoy the "ride" although not all the parents approved.
Ah, to see the blanched faces of the parents as their kids got swung skyhigh. The kids, being much higher than the adults, rose up higher and faster and it had a much better effect when you watched from the sidelines. A few of parents chewed out their kids for hanging out with the insane adults. No role model am I, although I did get to lead a team for a game contest earier in the day. Only female team captian too.
My arms are now very sore from pulling up people and I have minor sunburns and ropeburns. It was worth it, though.
