[insert random word]....of DOOM!

I went to my friend Penny's birthday party on Saturday night. Much fun was had. Actually, to be more accurate it was a combined birthday party with her friend Chris who for some inexplicable reason I found incredibly fascinating. He was one of those people who you couldn't take your eyes off just in case you missed something that would give away what was going on in his head. Or as the guy that was wearing this shirt would probably say, he had a +3 Charisma.

Turns out this 'party' was simply a ingenious ruse of Penny and Chris to lure around a bunch of people to get them horribly drunk and have them play a game they spent half that afternoon creating. Heh.

The other half of their day was spent watching Invader Zim, ultimately resulting in the end of every second sentence they said having the words ".....of doooooom!" added loudly. For example...."Hey Penny, where is the toilet? Oh, its through that door....of dooooom!. Uh...thanks."

So back to the game. Penny and Chris had designed an elaborate game of trivia based on them. Yeah. If you landed on a P or C square you had to answer a question about Penny or Chris respectively. Quite exciting when that night was the first time I had met Chris.

There were also star * questions which had a made up answer.....or ummm...not? It was a little unclear since the rule masters were completely hammered by time the game started. For example one of the star questions I got: "When Penny traveled back in time how did she accidentally destroy mankind?" I suggested she said "....of dooooom!" so often that everyone committed mass suicide...but sadly that wasn't the right answer and we missed a turn. Thinking about it, I was lucky to have not received a Punishment card which were handed out when players landed on a jolly roger square or based on P and C's random discretion. Armpit licking, singing Salt n' Peppa's "Push It" and spouting original poetry were some such punishments. There was a Punishment card revolt at one stage regarding an underwear swapping task, where one of the players took off to the toilet (of doom), whipped off his boxers, and as he came back into the room placed them lovingly on Chris' head. Mmmmm sanitary. Early morning blog reports indicate that said boxers ended up in a pitcher of water and put in the freezer. I'd call that a grossicle.

I nearly lost my uber cool at one point when my team landed on a square that directed us to go back 4 squares. That square directed us to go forward 4 squares. Argh. Someone yelled out "Infinite loop!" and they got a bonus turn. I should have known that with being in a group of programmers!!

After about 2 1/2 hours of "The Amazing Pentastic, Chrisarific Super Happy Fun Boardgame (of Doom)" most people were getting a wee bit over it and/or distracted with alcohol related fun (not Penny or Chris - the troopers!). Most teams were down to half the original players and other members wandered in and out asking whether it was their turn or not. At one point my team mate (and all round super cool guy) Nem, leaned over and said to me. "I'm beginning to suspect they incorporated another infinite loop into the game...its just that this one is more subtle"

Concerned he was right, I called a taxi and headed home shortly after midnight. It was a cool night.