Saturday, July 31, 2010

Wheel of Misfortune

A game Booboo and I played on our trip, through which we rewarded ourselves for misfortunes... Here is the score-board:

1. Event
2. Number of Occurrences
3. Points Earned

1. Received actual Dowry Payment
2. Booboo: 1 (money was given to me FOR Booboo)
3. Booboo: 25

1. Awkward *** pimples with heads and blisters
2. Booboo: 5
3. Booboo: 25 (5 points each)

1. Painful pus-oozing body pimples
2. K: 2 (armpit and eye-lid)
3. K: 100 (50 each)

1. Vomiting
2. Booboo: 2, K:2 (alcohol was unfortunately no way involved)
3. Booboo: 40, K:40 (20 each)

1. Weird dinosaur skin bubble blister
2. Booboo:1
3. Booboo: 5

1. Sexual assault by gear shift
2. K:1
3. K:5

1. Mosquito net exploding onto road in the middle of a moto-ride
2. K:1
3. K: 5

1. Bribe standoffs
2. Booboo: 3, K: 3
3. Booboo: 30, K: 30 (10 each)

1. Bags written on according to bogus border rules
2. Booboo: 1, K:1
3. Booboo: 5, K:5

1. Rats held up within inches of face
2. K:1
3. K:5

1. Incorrect stamp in passport
2. Booboo:1, K:1
3. Booboo:5, K:5

1. Replacement of water with car gas, in own personal bottle
2. K:1
3. K:5

1. Blood-spilling thorn incident
2. Booboo:1
3. Booboo:5

1. Car break-downs (at least 10 min sitting)
2. Booboo: 3, K:3
3. Booboo: 15, K:15 (5 each)

1. Fording flooded bridges by foot
2. Booboo: 1, K:1
3. Booboo: 50, K:50

1. Getting taped eating plantain chips in a very gross way
2. Booboo:1
3. Booboo: 5

1. Eating staple
2. Booboo:1
3. Booboo:5

1. Eating rocks:
2. Booboo: 10, K: statistically must have as well but doesn't seem to have noticed
3. Booboo: 10 (1 each)

1. Near robbery
2. K:1
3. K: 5

1. Brink of bladder blast
2. Booboo: 2, K: 1
3. Booboo: 10, K: 5

1. Walking into gaping cockroach den dirt hole instead of shower at "Beverly Hills Hotel"
2. Booboo: 1, K: 1
3. Booboo: 5, K: 5

1. Falling/ flying gracefully off moto
2. K: 1
3. K:5

1. Burn from moto's exhaust pipe
2. Booboo: 1
3. Booboo: 5

1. Fever
2. Booboo: 1
3. Booboo: 20

1. Limping to market to replace broken flip-flop and hearing everyone along the way tell her to stop, her flip-flop is broken!
2. K:1
3. K: 5

1. Listening to Shaggy's "It wasn't me" on the same car trip
2. Booboo: 5, K:5
3. Booboo: 5, K: 5

1. Dealing with drunk guy visit to our hut at night while the other of us pretended to be asleep, thus removing his chance to drunkenly woo us in french
2. Booboo: 1
3. Booboo: 5

1. Leaving Burkina in a rage of near-tears each suddenly with $200 less due to surprise border dues
2. Booboo: 1, K: 1
3. Booboo: 5, K: 5

BONUS! UNQUANTIFIABLE POINTS OF MISERY!
  1. diarrhea: +100 each
  2. personal space violations: + 200
  3. Guinea trip +150
  4. Persistent African-Flirting aka harassment: + 100
  5. Al Qaida ruining plans: +50
FINAL SCORE:

Booboo: 895
K: 900!

you should've gotten another ass pimple, Booboo!

BOOYAh!

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