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Edward Fortyhands (also known as 80 Ounces to Freedom, The 40 Challenge, Edward Winehands/Ciderhands or Amy Winehands) is a drinking game in which each player duct tapes a 40-ounce or 1.18 liter bottle of alcohol (usually malt liquor, but sometimes cider or wine) to each of his or her hands and may not remove them until they're consumed.[1]. The game originated in inner city Baltimore in the late 1980s, and since that point has spread to other cities in the Mid-Atlantic and most recently, the Eastern Coast of the United States. [2]. Surprisingly, studies conducted at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have shown that adult malt liquor drinkers are not predisposed to alcoholism or drug use; as the game would suggest otherwise.[3]
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Rules
House rules differ as to whether one may finish and remove one 40 oz. at a time, but before the alcohol in both hands has been completely ingested, the drinking party will typically need to urinate, smoke a cigarette, answer a phone call, giving each participant an incentive to finish their alcohol as quickly as possible. It can also be used as a "goal" for the game: to see who can abstain from these activities until they are finished with their drinks. Some rules stipulate that the player must break the bottles after consumption to free him or herself.
Name
The name of the game is derived from the 1990 movie Edward Scissorhands. The alternate names, "80 Ounces to Freedom" and "Amy Winehands" are references to Sublime's 1992 album 40 Oz. to Freedom and British singer Amy Winehouse, respectively.
Variations
While most common variations involve substituting malt liquor for wine or cider, more ambitious party-goers have been known to use a fifth of hard liquor.[4] Because of the inability of the average person to drink an entire fifth to themselves, this game is often looked upon in a negative light due to the game's potential of leading to alcohol poisoning. This variation is most commonly referred to as "Finish a Fifth Friday"[citation needed], and a player usually will spend an entire night without the use of one hand. A more ambitious version would be 120oz. of Manliness, which is two forty oz. bottles on the hands and a third taped to the chest with a straw inserted. In New Zealand a variation of the game is called Scrumpy hands, where people must tape bottles of scrumpy cider to their hands.
References
- ^ Physical Challenge: Edward Forty Hands Liquor Snob. July 7, 2006. Accessed on December 20, 2007.
- ^ Jones-Webb, R., Snowden, L., Herd, D., Short, B., Hannan, P. Alcohol-related problems among black, hispanic and white men: The contribution of neighborhood poverty (1997) Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 58 (5), pp. 539-545.
- ^ Collins, R.L., Bradizza, C.M., Vincent, P.C. Young-Adult Malt Liquor Drinkers: Prediction of Alcohol Problems and Marijuana Use (2007) Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 21 (2), pp. 138-146.
- ^ http://www.liquorsnob.com/archives/2007/11/physical_challenge_drink_a_fifth_of_liquor.php#more
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