It's hard to tell whether Barrel of Monkeys would have been as popular if the Beach Boys hadn't immortalized it in a song about a motorcycle. At this stage it probably doesn't matter—everyone knows the game, and plenty of people love it.
All you have to do is pull as many monkeys out of the barrel as possible using only their arms to pull them out. But you don't get to pull them out one-by-one or arm-by-arm—the only acceptable method of monkey retrieval is by holding onto the first one and manipulating him to get the subsequent monkeys out in a single long chain of bright red monkeyness.
Sounds crazy, no? Yes. It is crazy, but it makes a whole lot better babysitter than the television. We aren't necessarily suggesting parents play this game, but kiddos love it, and it's just the kind of thing with the potential to keep them occuppied and (relatively) quiet for hours on end.
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Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he is a husband and father, teaches adult Sunday school in his Presbyterian congregation, and likes weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.
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Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he's a husband and father who loves church, good food, and weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews
here.
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