Poop Shute

Tonight four friends and I played a fan-f**king-tastic game.

It's a lot like Simon. **

Remember Simon? It's back, in low-tech form.

This is a great game though, and is actually also VERY fun as a drinking game too.

You sit in a circle, and somebody comes up with a category, and you go around naming things in that category like so:

Joey: The category is trees: Elm.

Ryan: Elm, willow.

David: Elm, Willow, Ash.

You go around like this until somebody screws up the order or just plain forgets something, at which point they are out of the game.

Most lists tend to go around only a couple times until everybody begins to falter, but once in a while something magical happens. Something so great, you must jump for joy when you finally win the long, grueling list.

As you can tell, I won such a list. Ryan. came up with soft drinks for a category. Here's how it went:

Ryan: Nestle Water

David: Tab

Brandon: Squirt

John: Nestle Chocolate Milk

Joey: Royal Crown Cola

Ryan: Fruitopia

David: 7up Gold

Brandon: Mountain Dew Code Red John goes out

Joey: Sobe Power

Ryan: Crystal Pepsi

David: New Coke

Brandon: Vanilla Coke

Joey: Red Bull

Ryan: Aquafina

David: Fresca

Brandon: Brisk

Joey: Sprite Remixed

Ryan: Arrowhead David goes out

Brandon: Gatorade

Joey: Frappucino

Ryan: Coke Classic Brandon goes out

Joey: Orange Crush Ryan goes out

Keep in mind when reading this list that each person has remembered and said aloud the entire list leading up to that point.

I had made notes so I would remember it all to post it here, but I don't need them. The damn game is such an effective memory exercise that I remember it all by rote. I'll probably never forget it. Hell, I'll be on my deathbed and my wife and kids will be holding my hand all teary-eyed and sad but also confused because they'll be listening to me say "...7up Gold, Mountain Dew Red, Sobe..."

BTW the drinking game variation is simple. Instead of being "out' of the game for screwing it up, you drink. After you drink the next person comes up with a new category and the whole thing starts again. Cheers!

**link goes to playable online version of original Simon game