Arrrggg meets Yeeeee-haaaaaa

When pirates set their anchor and go to town to meet the local cowboys then for sure there will be lots of noise and trouble. All you can hear in the barn is YEEEE-HAAAAAAA and you gotta watch out for flying HAY STACKS and possible GUN FIGHTS and not to forget the PIGS.

Okay does not make sense? Well my roomies are part of a dragon boat team, called Scurvy Dawgs. There are 24ish people on the team and all of them are pirates. I am unfortunately just kind of on the team as a back-up pirate, but it does not stop me from joining them in the pub after practise. Hehe they already asked me whether I am their groupie. Well why not. Anyways, last night we pirates played a cowboy drinking game, hearing loud YEE-HAA screams instead of the usual ARRRGGG was quite strange but nonetheless fun! Here the rules or at least what I remember...

Yeeee-Haaa

The game is played in a circle and is started by someone saying 'YEE-HA' at the same time as motioning across their body with their left or right arm depending on the direction choosen.

Each player in the circle can make one of the moves below. If someone makes a mistake then he/she has to drink.

'YEE-HA' (and motioning across body with arm in direction of play)

• this continues play in the direction it was going.

'HO-DOWN' (and putting up left arm if play is going left or right arm if play is going right)

• this reverses direction of play.

'HAY-BARN' (hands together in a point above head)

• this means play is skips the next player

'UhUhUh' (one hand in front of the mouth and looking like an Indian)

• this means play is reversed and skips the next players.

'THROW THAT HAY STACK' (pointing with two hands at another player)

• the player who is pointed at continues

'BARN DOOR CLOSED' (both underarms in front of the face)

• returns the received “Throw that hay stack' to the player

'GUN FIGHT' (and pointing at 2 other players in the circle)

• the 2 pointed leap up as quick as possible and shoot the other one saying 'BANG'. The loser gets a fine (n.b. after this a new round is started)

'COWBOYS DRINK'

• all guys have to stand up and drink

'COWGIRLS DRINK'

• all girls have to stand up and drink

'ROOT THAT PIG'

• once we will play the game I will explain but not now