So Cory and I are a part of a couples group that gets together to play Bunco each month. This month the hosts decided to have an 80's theme. Normally the themes just apply to the food - so at first I was a bit concerned....but then a friend of mine suggested that I do a cake with 16 candles in it :) So with that out of the way I talked to my friend who was hosting, and she said we were supposed to dress 80's too.
Cory instantly wanted to be Richard Simmons. Scary! But we pulled together a costume, and he was the hit of the party. He even acted like good old Richard - with his jazz hands, scary voice, and flamboyant personality. It cracked all of us up. We had a blast though - singing to 80's hits as we played the game, laughing a lot - and just having a good time. One of our friends looked at me at one point and said, "I don't know what the deal is with people drinking alcohol. Look at this group of Mormons - we're having way more fun than anyone drinking ever could!" So true....
Anyway, at the end of the party the prizes were given out. I know some Bunco groups go all out for prizes - but most of the prizes in our group are gag gifts. (I won a set of BIG 80's belts). But our friend Angela who was hosting the party also runs an Ebay store that sells airsoft guns - so she had a few airsoft guns as prizes. Some were little pistols and then there were some HUGE shot-guns. Well, I bet you can see where this is going.....
The party ended, and the gun-fire began. The little pistols aren't a big deal, and don't really hurt when you get hit with them. HOWEVER - the shotgun is a completely different story! And of course our little "Richard Simmons" was in the heat of the action - especially because with his very little clothes on - there were lots of places it would hurt if he got shot. He was quite the target! It got crazy - with like 6 of the guys running through the house, garage, yard (it was pitch black outside). When it was all said and done poor Cory had blood dripping down his face, and was COVERED with roughly 50+ welts - BIG welts!
The pictures don't do it justice - he really was quite wounded. My little point-n-shoot camera in the garage just doesn't take great pictures....
So the moral of the story is - if going to an 80's party where you know guns will be involved - it might be a good idea to dress as the stay-puff-marshmellow guy from Ghostbusters, rather than Richard Simmons dressed in next-to-nothing. :)
(Edited to add: This morning I asked Gabe if he'd seen how daddy was dressed up last night. He said, "Yeah - he was Green Simmons!")
6 comments:
Youch! That sounds painful. But the party sound fun up to that. :) And it probably was still fun afterwards, just a bit more painful. :) Love the easter pics too, really cute! Love you. Alicia
You know what they say - it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye...... and then it's just fun.
Poor Cory - that looks very painful - but fun. Thanks for sharing. What a cute story.
very creative thinking of Richard Simmons (but as you say, a little scarey). Love, Aunt Charlotte
HAHA! What in the world is Bunco?? It sounds dangerous. But fun. It sounds like something Jonathan would do. He dressed up as Kip from Napoleon Dynamite for Halloween one year. It was hilarious. He played the part really well.
Kami
Oh my goodness.... that is sooo not a good look for cory. That just looks painful. Glad you had..."fun".
the party and the pictures are just hilarious! What a fun group of friends you have!
It sounds like you guys have so much fun with your Bunco nights! I'm glad you guys have such a good group of friends down there. Did anyone else dress up? The few people we could see in the background look like they were in normal clothes... And did you make that cake? It looks fabulous!
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