Re: What is a head game anyway?

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From: Mike Ehlers
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 00:00

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In article <30F26CAB.4084@sinewave.com>, Tom Kidding <tomkidding@sinewave.com> writes:
|> A head game is a game played by the Machumbi, a primitive head-hunting tribe 
|> hidden in the thick jungle of central Africa. The children of the Machumbi 
|> are taught at a young age how to play this game which involves sticks and a 
|> shrunken head. The winner of the head game is the one who can succesfully 
|> dribble the head along the ground and send it hurtling between the legs of 
|> the opponent. The winner gets to keep the head as a trophy and may chose to 
|> use it as a doorstop, paperweight, or planter.
|> 
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I think they also use them as pencil holders...

Mike

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From: ehlersm@rtsg.mot.com (Mike Ehlers)
Subject: Re: What is a head game anyway?
Date: 1996/01/09
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