Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Destructo: Greatest game ever played


It is Sunday morning. You awaken in a pool of your own dribble on a strange
couch in an erratic environment. Your eyes rove around the room and you see bodies
strewn about like a Nazi burial ground. The pillow you lift your matted hair from smells
of dog and ganja. The fear sets in. Now you must go eat breakfast with the close to
complete strangers you partied with the night before.

Standing in line waiting for a table at Bite Cafe the conversation is strained and
uncomfortable. Without the added courage of alcohol you lack the confidence to dazzle
the crowd with your amazing verbal prowess. Reach for your trusty moleskin in your
Timbuk2 messenger bag you pretentious hipster. It is now time for you to introduce
everyone to the game of Destructo.

The rules of the game are simple and you explain them thusly.

First: The introduction of destructo.
Second: You will draw an object, abstract concept, or made up character. (really anything
goes)
Third: Thrust the moleskin and pen into the hands of the closest and most anxious
looking member of the group and tell them to draw something to destroy what you drew.

The game continues as such until finally you have crossed the entire gambit of all
meaning of life. Penises, vaginae, the earth, the sun, social order, American economy,
Global economy, sex, love, peace, war, cigarettes, crayons, gorillas, werewolves all
these and more have been drawn and destroyed. While in the recreational process
conversations have been stimulated and furthered to a level of the utmost degree of
superiority. Those other parties around you waiting for their tables have been watching.
They want to participate or at least understand what it is you all are implementing.

Laughter and happiness are exuding out of all in your entourage and you now feel a sense
of armistice instead of your normal public diffidence. This game has elevated you to the
highest brow of humor and intrigue. Congratulations!

1 comment:

  1. "Thrust the moleskin and pen into the hands of the closest and most anxious
    looking member of the group and tell them to draw something to destroy what you drew."

    Somehow this brings me visions of Newt Gingrich.

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