On the "walk the plank" the "key element" is for the "victum" to place his hands on two other blokes shoulders for "support".....he is only a few inches off the ground - but the supporters squat-kneel-roll away - (as their heads even get out of reach) the illusion to the victem ...is that they are 10 feet off the ground.

For "hunker hawser" = two milk-crates are inverted. Two opponents sqwat on the crates (hunker down) a twenty foot (or more) lenght of thick hawser line (3 inch rope - or even old sturdy fire-house-hose)is stretched between them. The object of the game is to dislodge your opponent.....tricky and fun.

For battling crews - the crates may be set closer together - and opponents stand - but best yet is for opponents to straddle a round smooth log bar (spar) about four feet off the ground and landing material straw/sawdust beneath (they may also use a downed tree which they addvance on) opponents wail on each other with pillows trying to dislodge the other.

Less athletic but fun is a series of rounds where folks attempt to toss cards in a hat.

The standard came of "black magic" where the crew reads minds about objects selected (its always the object immediately following the one colored black)

(A challenge not a competition) As an "ice breaker" Telegraph is fun - alternate boy/girl across the floor. Each participant places their head on the other's belly (like a head on a pillow) they criss-cross across the room like lincoln logs or a serpantine fence. Then the objective becomes to send five (5) "full telegraph signals" from the start to the end....each person individually shouts a belly popping HA!, which bobs the head of the next,who says HA! etc down the line.....the objective is to send five HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!s. Played at a sober Mormon party this one had me almost convinced that alcohol was a bummer and should never appear around youth. (

The next one ---- as long as you are all on the floor still - is "Log Roll" or "Caterpiller" Lineup - laying down - close side by side. End person begins to roll over the entire line of people....when the end is reached the next is started (can be used for fun or for opposing teams to reach a goal line)

Saw this at a Dutch baby-shower. The stooge is taken from the room. She is returned and told she is expected to select a pirate parneter by feel. The leader explains that since they have fought in vicious battles each one is missing a part of his body....leader takes her first to one sailor who lost a hand in a horrific swoard battle - she reaches out and shakes hands with an egg mixer.....the next introduction has lost a leg, and her hand is placed on the virtical boney cold stub of an elbow so she and feel the protruding bone.....the next has lost an eye-ball and her hand is directed to a full horizontal jar of petroleum jelly.

A mind reading event that also requires two accomplaces uses nine square napkins aranged in a square - three/three/three. Imagine that ANY first napkin touched is dividied in nine quadrants (a small version) of the nine on the ground.....where that napkin is first touched indicates the location of the napkin selected by the audience. ie. the middle of the first napkin is touched the correct nappkin is the middle.....ie. the top left corner of the napkin is touched the correct one will be top row third one.....etc. By tapping a stick, crossing a foot, inviting others to try....this can go for 20 minutes.

I'll look up directions for Clench a Wench

BEST WISHES FOR THE PART MATEY!

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Work Hard, Have Fun, Be Safe (Several dozen more available allong with forfeights)