Ah, New Year's Eve and the games we play

Well, yesterday was New Year's Eve and we decided to have people over for the festivities. We figured that everyone could come over and hang out, have some fun and if need be crash at our place to be safe. So calls were made and people harassed until they said they would stop by for the fun and once again the Goof Troop was reunited. The first to arrive was Dinker, then he was followed shortly afterwards by Butters and Rhonda, and then a few minutes after that Cpt. Insano and Karen showed up. Now the reason I state this is the party was scheduled to start at 8 pm, but these participants showed up at or before 7:30 which is a rarity because they are never early. That was my first sign that it was going to be a great night. My second sign was Dinker acting up before there was any beer in him. See the evidence below:

Yes, thats a grown man holding a pretty pink build-a-bear unicorn while wearing a Happy New Year tiara and holding what looks to be a magic wand. Also, notice how happy he looks.

But moving on Lauren wanted to have a "Feats of Strength/Challenge/Dare" portion to the evening and for anyone who knows the Goof Troop, you know what that means. So we came up with a few challenges, the Milk Jug, Balance, Ice, and 7 Saltines.

The Milk Jug Challenge: Who can hold a full milk jug in their outstretch arm the longest:

Butters and Rhonda drew this challenge and I would like to note that Rhonda came out victorious and beat Butters.

The other challenges were shortlived and not as much fun as I had hoped they would be so they get little to no mention with the exception of the 7 saltines. The object was to try and eat 7 saltine crackers in 1 minute, in reality it can't be done, its just not possible but we were going to try anyway. We all lost probably because we were all laughing like idiots while trying to do it. The only one that came close was Dinker, he managed to choked down all 7 saltines in a minute thirty seconds.

But on to the exciting part of the evening, the food challenges. Our group has a history of trying to out do one another and that means eating different things sometimes, so with that in mind I went shopping. My finds were 2 cans of "spicy" vienna sausages, 2 cans of potted meat ( a mixture of chicken & beef in the same can), a jar of lamb baby food, a jar of turkey baby food (was supposed to be veal, but I grabbed the wrong jar), 1 can of tamarindo nectar, and 1 can of guacabana nectar. Now when I got home, the labels were removed and each item was labelled with a number and an index card was filled out with the instructions "Eat Item #1" etc and a key was made of what each item was. Now this is where the fun really begins, The following pictures are of the nights food challenges:

As you can see from above, none of the "Items" were that tasty, but they were all washed down with cold frosty beverages. From there the night went on and many card games were played and the rest of the Goof Troop showed up and the night was a pretty great night.

So here's to a Happy, Healthy 2010. Love The Goof Troop.