Good pain???

Two wonderful (and inherently somewhat violent) games have been somewhat of a tradition or special past-time for some of us from LCF (the Laurier Christian Fellowship group, for those of you not from Laurier). One of them, I have been glad to hear, has carried on, namely Squamish, which I am sad to say is difficult to bring to Tanzania due to lack of snow... the other, however, is well suited to this country as it is to Canada, can be played indoors or outdoors, and only requires a deck of cards and a set of spoons. Yes, that's right, I have managed to introduce the game of spoons to unsuspecting Tanzanian youth. We began a tournament among the older boys, which has now finished, for the 1st 3 players to reach 10 wins assuming 2 winners per round. It was mostly a Christmas holiday tournament, I'm just a little late in reporting about it. For those of you who are not aware of this game, you should be- so go find out. Anyways, you spoons veterans who have seen much spoons-related pain over the years would be proud to hear that a new generation of hardy players has arisen. A good deal of excellent wrestling over the remaining spoon, some very interesting shapes of spoons having been fought over, and spoon marks on hands have been the result of these boys willing to give it their all. :) It has been a lot of fun, and has ruined a few decks of cards- I think I will try to give the younger boys a chance sometime soon. Oh, and I can't wait to join in some spoon-related fun when I get back in the summer...