I decided to spend an extra day at lake morena as squirrel and little bug told me there was a game called Edward 40 hands that I needed to play. As I want to experience as much of American culture as possible, I decided that I would stay an extra day to rest my legs and blisters. Edward 40 hands is where you get 2 40oz (1.25l) bottles of beer taped to your hands which you cannot remove without finishing. California rules state that; you can't spill any, you are allowed to puke at any time, and the person who keeps the bottles taped tho their hands the longest after finishing wins a consolation victory.
Edward scrumpy hands back home in nz had trained me well for this sport. As the mix of competitors was 3 guys and 3 girls, the girls Annie, Littlebug, and tick êtte decided to form a team and had matching tie dyed uniforms. We sat on the picnic table in front of the fire and started the race. Free fall started fast finishing his first bottle of malt liquor (9% beer) in less 10 minutes. I thought i was going a little slow so i quickly finished both for a time of 12 minutes or so. This is apparently fast so i was happy. Squirrel came in for second, free fall third, then little bug, tick êtte, and following up in a respectable time of 3hrs, Annie.
As everyone wanted the california consolation prize, we kept our bottles taped to our hands for a couple of hours, I was thirsty pretty soon after finishing so I grabbed another beer with a loose finger that I had wiggled out of the duct tape strapping. this was apparently a funny thing to do, and it was exclaimed that my name was now "Edward triple hands". Having not received a trail name yet, this name has been bestowed on me, and has been shortened to "trip". I was glad i bet the girls as last year the guy who got beaten by little bug was given the trail name "mangina". Virgo says that there is a new rule for 40 hands next year - "no kiwis".
