Pin the Tail on the Donkey (PTTOTD) is a horrid game. It was
played at just about every birthday party when I was a kid. First we would get
blindfolded. I get that. But then somebody’s mom would spin you, get you all
dizzy and all. Then you would stumble around the room, trying not to vomit, and
eventually pin the tail on your friend’s dog or something. This was somehow
considered fun. And of course you always had the kid who peeked and pinned the
tail right on that burro. I was never that kid. If you think of the kid from
your neighborhood who ended up in the joint, odds are he’s the kid who cheated
at PTTOTD...
Nowadays we’ve progressed to having blindfolded kids swing a
baseball bat at a piñata. Not sure what lasting effect this has on kids, but
can it possibly be good? I’ve never heard
of a baseball or softball player being discovered at a piñata game, but I suppose it could happen. (“Did you
see that level swing?”)
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