Tales of the Ticklish: Feet Tickling, 'Party Games'?! Why not?!!

     I had such a blast, blogging, a few weeks ago, about how much I loved feet tickling on Howard Stern, plus any feet tickling that appeared on European & South American game shows.. Well, during a fantastically fun conversation, earlier today, about the joyful silliness of tickling trapped, ticklish, bare feet (an irresistable topic that has been written about many times, and very happily received, since this blog was created in 2010), we started giggling about the sheer, hilarious madness that would ensue if you were to combine the craziness of "tickling bare feet" with the structured rules of party/family games, during a dinner/cocktail hang at your house, or one of your friends' residences! Now, before you think that I've completely lost my mind, if you're a bare feet (and therapeutic laughter) fan, just hear me out.. And get the bottles of wine/alcohol ready, even though they're not required! ..(But they WOULD totally add to those games' fun factor)..
      First of all, you would need a way to keep people snugly restrained, and I kinda' like the padded stocks featured in the photos on this particular blogpost! I don't want partygoers getting hurt, cut, scraped, splinters, etc. so ancient medieval stocks aren't gonna work, but the 2013 versions, with the padded ankle cuff areas, would be perfect. As would the back-stretching "inversion table" that I blogged about in an earlier "Tales of the Ticklish", which locks your feet in at the ankles, and then hangs you upside down, trapped. You might be able to flail your arms around, but you're not getting your feet out, that's for sure. I have no idea where you buy padded medieval stocks, so an inversion table might be your best bet. But, on the other hand, being locked in the stocks means you're not upside down with blood rushing to your head while you're laughing/spasming. Remember, this is supposed to be FUN, not an injury-fest!

Wanna play a game?! YES, please!!

      When you're guests arrive, ask them to take off their shoes at the door, to be more comfortable, and also to "help keep your floors clean". Some may be barefoot, some in socks.. Whatever, it's all good (and you could always pull off their socks later, if needed!.. LOL!!). If you're a regular reader of this blog, then you already know that, if I'm coming to your party, I'll either just show up barefoot at the start, or I'll automatically slip off my flip-flops/shoes at the door, even without being asked to.. (Happily, all of my bare feet friends think exactly like I do)..  But, let the drinks, and conversations, and laughs, start flowing freely. When everyone's good & tipsy, it's game time, and here's the two favorites we came up with today:
     1. "Ticklish Pursuit", utilizing Trivial Pursuit, or some other cool trivia/fact game. Person gets asked a question. If they give the correct answer, it moves onto the next person. When someone gets a question wrong, they get locked in whatever the available device is, and the bare feet tickling begins.. Depending on the ticklishness of the person being tickled, it could get really, really, hysterically fun! While they are being tickled, they get asked another trivia question. If they get the answer wrong, or are unable to answer because of their ticklish laughter, they get tickled for a limit of, say, 20-30 seconds, finally let loose, and then the game continues. But, IF they are able to answer the question correctly while being tickled, then they get let out of the device, and they, in turn, get to CHOOSE who goes in the device next to have THEIR feet tickled! Now it's up to that new person to either correctly answer a trivia question while being tickled also (and if so, THEY go ahead and choose the next ticklee), or just endure the tickling, and resume the regular game order after the feet tickling finishes. Brilliant, right??
     2. "Tickle-tionary", utilizing Pictionary, or some other art/charade/guess-what-this-is game. Same premise as above, but the room is split into two teams. The game starts with a team trying to guess the drawing as more & more clues are put on paper. If they guess correctly, fine, the next team goes. The first team that fails in guessing their drawing, has to choose one of their OWN teammates to be locked in the stocks and feet tickled.. And now, here we go again! LOL! As that person is being tickled, by a member of the other team (or a designated tickler), their own team draws out another Pictionary word, on paper that's directly in front of the face of the person being tickled! If they are able to guess the word, they get let out of the stocks, and choose someone on the OTHER team to take THEIR place and be tickled! Then that person's team has to do the same thing for them: try to draw a clear enough picture that the person being tickled can guess what it is while laughing/thrashing about!
     Points can be given for correct/incorrect answers, with bonus points given for answering while being restrained and tickled, this way the game has an actual goal to it! But barring those two examples, you could always just grab a stopwatch and have a classic tickle contest, where everyone takes a turn being locked in, gets timed while bare feet are tickled, and the one who holds back laughing the longest, wins. However, the more I think about it the more that I just LOVE the idea of adding mild tickle torture to any kind of party game. It would totally work, as weird as it sounds!.. Underam & rib tickling is totally permitted, too, if the restrained person doesn't have ticklish feet! If someone isn't ticklish anywhere (then they are an alien from another planet), let them be the "designated tickler", so they can participate! ..I guarantee that NO one goes home from that party in a bad mood!! Now, pour me a glass of wine and let's all take off our shoes (if they're not already off!!).. :)