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The Orgy Game
A comedy article by John Hargrave 128,751 73
11/08/2005 09:43 AM 793 views

During my recent interview with Barbara Walters, she asked me to name my favorite ZUG article of all time. I told her that was like trying to pick my favorite child. Then she pointed out that I only have one child. We laughed, and I commended her on her excellent research.



I said that while I couldn't pick a favorite article, I always enjoy when one of my little comedy pieces leads somewhere I didn't expect, like an article I wrote a few years ago about the strange mental games people play. I was both amused by all the weird stories you guys shared, and comforted that I wasn't the only one who was clinically insane.



"I see," said Barbara. "And tell me, if you could cure any disease known to humankind, which would it be?"



"Definitely cerebal palsy," I said. "Wait ... no, PMS."



After the interview, it occurred to me that there's an entire genre of mind games we haven't shared, and that's what you do while you're sitting in boring meetings. I'm not talking about doodling, or filling in all the holes in the O's and A's. I'm talking about mental coping mechanisms. Here's my ultimate meeting time-killer: it's called The Orgy Game.



The idea is this: there's a nuclear war, or a terrorist strike, that forces everyone in the meeting room to procreate in order to save the species. Or maybe it's just a "horny drug" that's been released into the local water supply. Let's not get hung up on the backstory. The point is: everyone must pair off, two by two, and get busy. Who gets paired off with whom?



First, you have to count up the men and the women. If there's not an even number, we've got a problem, unless there are gay people in the room. Some co-workers may be forced to go gay, but who? This is the fun of The Orgy Game.



See, it's like a game of really sexy dodgeball. You have to pick your team. But you have to pair up quickly, before all available mates are taken. Of course, I always get first pick, because it's my game. But others aren't so lucky. The ugly ones usually have the worst time of it. Just like in real life, the uglies usually end up bumping uglies with other uglies.



I'm pretty sure I came up with this game as a child, after reading a local news story that was both funny and disturbing, the way I like my humor. This was a true-life story: two guys came into a restaurant in Georgia, armed with loaded guns, and forced everyone in the restaurant to pair off and start having sex. Imagine sitting in Denny's, eating Moons Over My Hammy, and suddenly you've got to grab someone in a neighboring booth and start banging them, at gunpoint. It would be like porno Musical Chairs. You'd be quickly scouting for the sexiest person you could find, praying you didn't get stuck with the grandmother at Table 12. This is an area of human psychology that deserves more research. Can someone please apply for a grant to study the effects of Gunpoint-Induced Public Sex?



One guy who refused to do it, as I recall, was shot in the buttocks. (He didn't want to bang, so he got banged.) The line I recall from the article, almost thirty years later, is one woman saying, "You could kind of get away with making it look like you were doing more than you actually were." Which, coincidentally, is also the motto of Showtime After Dark.



Anyway, back to the nuclear holocaust sex meeting. Nobody's leaving the room. You're stuck in that conference room through the half-life. Outside, we've got roaches the size of cows. People are doing it against the conference table, on the overhead projector, wherever. Does Bob from Accounting pair up with Marsha from Human Resources? Or does Marsha end up having to go gay with Lenora, the mustachioed lesbian from Marketing?



Some ground rules:



1) Even though it's called The Orgy Game, couples only. No threesomes. That's unsanitary.



2) If there are an odd number of people in the room, one may be sacrificed to appease the gods. This person should be slaughtered on top of the conference room table, before the mating rituals commence. Usually it is obvious which co-worker should be sacrificed.



3) Anyone who doesn't want to perform may be shot in the buttocks.



Now I want to hear from you. What other bizarre mind games do you play to stay awake during business meetings? And more to the point, can anyone find a copy of that article about the restaurant orgy? Click "GAB About This Article," below.





John Hargrave, the King of Dot-Comedy, is a performer, speaker, and author of the upcoming bestseller Prank the Monkey. Click here to read past articles >>

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Ditdah 123,110 14
11/08/2005 09:49 AM

I am not going to make it through my next meeting without giggling. Thanks a lot, John.

 

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Who wants to taste my pie? 171,275 14
11/08/2005 09:49 AM

I just wanna know If Im going to be in "Pranked the Monkey". I'm sure there will be a chance that you mention Chance occassionally.

 

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Brer Chickens and the Tarbaby 286,539 61
11/08/2005 09:57 AM

Those planning meetings for the Boston Get Together got kinda boring, didn't they?

 

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Aimless could blow any day now 54,807 10
11/08/2005 09:59 AM

I usually sit there and just imagine what each person is like having sex. Are they a screamer? Do they like it doggy style or missionary? 9 times out of 10 I end up grossing myself out to the point I can't even look the person in the face. But hey, my meetings are conducted by older gay men and you try not to gag while imagining them having sex.

 

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HartmanTwins - Victim of the Point of View Gun 10,131 10
11/08/2005 10:34 AM

Thanks John.



I've got a meeting with my boss, one on one. I'm going to have to spend the whole time hiding my chubby.

 

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The Baptist 1,672 8
11/08/2005 11:09 AM

As part of the management team of a restaurant I take part in may coporate meetings. Unforunately I am the youngest one there and haven't been eating that Shakespeare for years... What I'm saying is in that situation I would be forced to screw one or more morbidly obese people.



Personally I'd offer myself up for sacrifice.

 

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Peril-sensitive Spicey McHaggis 117,779 37
11/08/2005 11:17 AM

I work in the IT department for an engineering company. I don't like this game.

 

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Mr. Briham 38,843 10
11/08/2005 11:48 AM

I don't think I like this game. I'm not very "visually appealing" and even less assertive. I'll either be sacrificed or paired up with the big, manly chick. It'll be like prom all over again, both of us awkwardly holding eachother while at the same time trying to maintain some distance, not looking directly at eachother, all the while watching how much fun all the other couples are having.

 

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queen michelle 6 7
11/08/2005 01:33 PM

i ask horribly stupid questions with the straightest face i can make.

 

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Phuc 237,919 21
11/08/2005 01:38 PM

My favorite mind game is "Office DOOM."



I am running through the halls of the office building, chasing my co-workers. How do I kill each one?



For some, the up-close-and-personal chainsaw gives that hands-on satisfaction that you can't get with a rocket launcher. Though when you get around to those dickheads in marketing, you not only want to be sure they don't re-spawn, you want to see the chunks fly and a rocket is the only way to go.



For the real serious Emersons, I reserve the shotgun. With that weapon, I get the most control over the damage I inflict. I can get them from a distance and wound 'em a little, or I can get right up on they ass and blast 'em into kibble. This death is usually reserved for interns.



The BFG I save for the kid who I have to tell every damn week how to log on to the network. Nothing like a massive glob of plasma to take out the brain stem.

 

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RR: all-white breast meat please! 56,688 10
11/08/2005 01:51 PM

If the point of the game is procreation then making people gay isn't going to help, now is it? You virtually HAVE to allow for the group sex (or at least non-monogomy) for your little repopulation to work.



It would seem I've given this a little too much thought.

 

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Millie with mashed potatoes and gravy 116,988 28
11/08/2005 02:42 PM

My friend and I have a game at work that is similar. Someone is holding a gun to your head and you have to pick one of two people to have sex with. We try to pick the two oldest, grossest, or ugliest guys we can pick.



Now, since we've played it so much and we know all the rules, all we need to do is say something like, "Hey--Ken or Charlie?"



If we run out of guys, we pick women. Once, I made my friend, Lisa, gag with the choices I picked. It was the best!

 

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Disasterous Ditonay 0 8
11/08/2005 02:45 PM

I especially love the shooting in the ass part. That's my kinda game.



I actually play that kind of game in some of my more boring classes. Or when that doesn't work, I like to think, what if the college was attacked? Or more precisely, just the room I was in? Who would react how? Would that little girl with the cokebottle glasses be throwing a desk? Would that fratboy in neon-yellow Shakespeare his pants? Of course, I alway have to be the hero of the story, but the possiblities are endless and it's a lot of fun, especially if your sense of humor runs a little darker than average.

 

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Big Boobs McGee 6,369 10
11/08/2005 06:46 PM

Im always comparing people to what animals they remind me of. It could be a personality thing, or appearance. There is a girl in the hall near one of my classes who looks SOOO much like a pig. I always berate myself afterwards for insulting the animals.

 

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Vlad The Impaler (Purveyor of aMurder.com) 19,599 12
11/08/2005 06:58 PM

My favorite mind game is "Office DOOM."



I am running through the halls of the office building, chasing my co-workers. How do I kill each one?



For some, the up-close-and-personal chainsaw gives that hands-on satisfaction that you can't get with a rocket launcher. Though when you get around to those dickheads in marketing, you not only want to be sure they don't re-spawn, you want to see the chunks fly and a rocket is the only way to go.



For the real serious tushies, I reserve the shotgun. With that weapon, I get the most control over the damage I inflict. I can get them from a distance and wound 'em a little, or I can get right up on they ass and blast 'em into kibble. This death is usually reserved for interns.



The BFG I save for the kid who I have to tell every damn week how to log on to the network. Nothing like a massive glob of plasma to take out the brain stem.




Hey Phuc, Vlad was actually in a low budget movie where the main character tripped and went around shooting everyone at work, thinking it was a video game. Vlad was grenade victim #1, and got close ups and did a little acting. It was cool. Maybe Vlad will see if Vlad can find a link to the movie.

 

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TheADDwombat 170 7
11/08/2005 10:08 PM

Hmm.. this is precisely why I don't want to end up in a desk job...



Anyway, my boyfriend's in the ukraine doing study abroad right now, so when I get bored in class I like to imagine all the different places in the room I'd like to have sex with him. Some of those tables in lab are at the perfect level for some things I have in mind... also I am really thinking about sneaking into the room I have astronomy in and having sex with him there one night. Swinging chairs attached to the tables? The possibilities are endless!

 

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Zombie Named Bub 1,163 8
11/09/2005 09:11 AM

I attended a catholic grade school, with a weekly class replaced by church. I always imagined terrorists sliding down on ropes through the skylights. Immediately the bibles and hymnals would be transformed into submachine guns, and certain nuns would fall prey to the terrorists while others returned fire and ducked behind pews.



This is why I have such outstanding morals to this day.

 

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JosePadros 5 7
11/10/2005 01:15 AM

Back in high school I would try to imagine who would win in a fight against the teacher. A random student would be singled out, given a medievel weapon and made to duke it out with the teacher.

 

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Max Planck 18,881 12
11/10/2005 08:35 AM

I like to put all the girls in the room into the order in which I'd least to most like to screw them. I can spend entire double periods working this out precisely, and sometimes I just can't put one of them above another one, so then I have them both at the same time. Generally, it's fun towards the top of the list, but scary and disgusting at the bottom.

 

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kyla12345 21 8
11/10/2005 10:47 AM

What's with all these "orgy games" with heterosexual-only pairings? Where's the fun in that??

 

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The Original Guitar Hero Snork 45,655 12
11/10/2005 12:06 PM

Wi-fi...GAB...

 

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Mr.Sin 90 8
11/10/2005 08:07 PM

I can draw so I don't really play the 'orgy game', plus I don't wanna walk around with a tee pee the size of Texas. Instead, I draw charicatures of some of the people in the meeting. Went to school for art, ended up doing tech support. Life sure is strange.

 

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Livewire the employz0red 78,229 13
11/11/2005 03:03 PM

I pair off people in the meeting in imaginary Street Fighter II matches. I try to imagine what each person's special abilities would be.

 

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intrepid 5 8
11/11/2005 10:18 PM

Working in a distribution facility for the second largest PC manufacturer we employees are forced to disrobe and submit to metal detectors and the occasional probing when leaving the facility. I often spend my most boring moments of the day dreaming of the most creative way I could steal expensive Pocket PCs and memory modules right under the security guards' noses. Often involving sticking (the smaller) pointy objects in places better left to nurse practitioners and that guy in the washroom at McDonalds, I have never attempted any of my ideas. But its always fun to think of ways to screw "the man".

 

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BratCat 0 7
11/14/2005 01:00 PM

...I work at my family's business with my father, brother and mother. You've scarred me like no other, John.