Hall:CAR

This page is a document of the activities of various halls at Carlisle.

Cucumber Cult

The Cucumber Cult was started at lunch one day at CAR 06.2 by some members of the Game Theory class in which one person had a cucumber on hand and asked if they could throw it and try to get it to stick to someone else's forehead. They missed, but the person it was thrown at decided to stick it on their forehead anyway. This started the Cucumber Cult, in which everyone wore cucumbers on their forehead.

This practice was then set aside only for the initiation of a member after staff member Ian Hull told them to stop because it was "playing with food." The members of this cult often react badly to salt.

The Cucumber Cult/Game Theory class also created many games.

The Straight-Face Game

The Straight-Face Game was developed when is was discovered that CTYer Jeremy Burke would laugh at almost any word or phrase he said out of context. It originally involved just trying to get Jeremy to say things like "zebra" and "chocolate pudding" but eventually evolved to repeating inappropriate phrases, usually involving someone's mother and Mexicans.

Another version existed in which someone would randomly call out "Jeremy! Keep a straight face!", after which Jeremy would invariably burst into laughter. This game, however, was ruined when Jeremy learned to actually keep a straight face, therefore ruining the fun for all and creating the need for the above version.

Canasian

"Canasian" was first used to describe a particular member of the Game Theory class (the only Asian member of it, in fact) who was from Canada. Thus Canada + Asian = CANASIAN. This was also a card game created by three girls of the class that was a bit like Spoons except you bid on one of two cards and replaced the card you took with one of your own. The number of chips used has an official set number, but shortages of poker chips oftentimes limits this number in practice.

Human Chicken

"Human Chicken" (not to be confused with the delicious "Hunan Chicken," a Chinese dish) is a game created by a member of the Game Theory class at CAR.2.06. It is much like chicken with cars, except that it involves two people running at one another, rather than driving cars at one another. Many games have been played, the most "famous" being between student Jon Hecht and RA Ian Hull. They both ended up on the floor writhing in pain. Doesn't this sound like a great game?

Nuclear-Sub Chicken

This was a game thought up by a member of the Game Theory class (Jon) when it watched "The Hunt for the Red October," a movie involving a submarine. Said member decided he and his imaginary Russian friend "Boris" would each join their respective nation's navy and take nuclear submarines and drive them at one another, the first one to swerve losing. He realized that subs don't corner very well and he'd probably end up causing nuclear holocaust, but he didn't really care.

Agtradok

Agtradok (or A Game That Requires A Deck Of Kards) was created by three members of the Game Theory class at CAR 06.2. You are dealt three cards and put two down, one face up, one face down. You then bet one whether your higher card will be the highest of them all (or lowest) or whether your lower card will be the lowest of them all (or highest). No one really understood these rules.

Squeegle

Squeegle is a game in which you flip through a dictionary and put your finger down on a random word, and then have to make a mother joke (a GOOD one) using that word.

See the Lexicon for the more common definition of Squeegle, off of which this game is based.

Salt

Some at CAR.06.2 may have been at a meal and asked for someone to pass the salt, only to hear someone scream, or possibly discover that salt has been removed from the table. This is for the simple reason that one day at CAR 06.2 people began to put salt on EVERYTHING as a prank. Cake, napkins (with pepper), in drinks, everywhere. It tasted horrible. Unfortunately, one person got the idea to eat half a spoonful of salt, which turns out to be a very bad idea. DON'T DO IT!

Groundbats

Groundbats are flying rodents that can dig in the sky and fly in the ground. Interesting facts about groundbats are that the males nurse their young, and also that they have no limits.

Groundbats also refer to a hall theme invented by some RA back in the day, and resurrected by RA Jacob in 2006. The theme was especially embraced by his Session 2 hall, who invented the groundbat signal, chant, and also the groundbat shuffle, which consists of alternating phases of "burrow," "fly," "lactate," and "no limits." This joke was subsequently stolen by Joli's hall, 06.2, and was used to relentlessly mock its inventor.

Groundbats! Hoo-hah!

Groundbats also had as their theme song "I'll Make a Man out of You," of Mulan fame.