Edward Fortyhands (also known as 80 Ounces to Freedom, The 40 Challenge, Edward Winehands/Ciderhands or Amy Winehands) is a drinking game in which each player duct tapes a 40-ounce or 1.18 liter bottle of alcohol (usually malt liquor, but sometimes cider or wine) to each of his or her hands and may not remove them until they're consumed.. The game originated in inner city Baltimore in the late 1980s, and since that point has spread to other citie...
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Edward Fortyhands (also known as 80 Ounces to Freedom, The 40 Challenge, Edward Winehands/Ciderhands or Amy Winehands) is a drinking game in which each player duct tapes a 40-ounce or 1.18 liter bottle of alcohol (usually malt liquor, but sometimes cider or wine) to each of his or her hands and may not remove them until they're consumed.. The game originated in inner city Baltimore in the late 1980s, and since that point has spread to other cities in the Mid-Atlantic and most recently, the Eastern Coast of the United States. . Surprisingly, studies conducted at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have shown that adult malt liquor drinkers are not predisposed to alcoholism or drug use; as the game would suggest otherwise.
House rules differ as to whether one may finish and remove one 40 oz. at a time, but before the alcohol in both hands has been completely ingested, the drinking party will typically need to urinate, smoke a cigarette, answer a phone call, giving each participant an...
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