Talk:Edward Fortyhands

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Please keep in mind Wikipedia:No original research when editing this article. If you can't find reliable sources for it, it doesn't belong. --Xyzzyplugh 20:50, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


"The current world record for completing "Edward Forty-Hands" is 22 minutes 50 seconds by Chris Reynolds of Champaign, IL."... need a source 70.145.76.243 22:17, 22 January 2007 (UTC)Cabazap

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[edit] variants section

I just removed the variants section, although i was the one who added it. None of the listed variants have ever been well-known enough to be verifiable, and the section has been a constant invitation for vandalism and unencyclopedic nonsense. Foobaz·o< 21:14, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] photo

Why do the dudes in the photo have masking tape on their hands? This clearly violates the principles of E4H. -- Autumninjersey 23:33, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

It was duct tape dumbass —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.216.133.129 (talk) 00:51, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Principles of E4H?? Looks like its been removed anyways. Skippy (talk) 05:16, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

I've spent 20 minutes looking through tons of images for one that is "more encyclopedic" in nature, doesn't use masking tape, has two 40's and not a 12 in one hand, and doesn't have beer soaked drunk guys or is so poorly shot as to be pointless. Then another 10 minutes reading wikipedia and wikimedia commons image and licensing guidelines - and I'd upload and link in the following suitably CC licensed image from flickr - but now I see that user accounts are not shared between wikipedia and wikimedia commons. PITA. I'm in no mood to create yet another "account" on some website - let alone on a website that really should have shared logins/accounts with this website that I already have an account on. So I give up.

But I'll leave the link here for someone else to finish the job I started - teamwork eh? :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenwright/142597235/sizes/o/

Cheers, CraigWyllie (talk) 04:39, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Game Origin

I recently tried to update the page to include information about and a photo from the first known game of Edward 40 Hands, November 2001 at Harvard. However, others have consistently removed/replaced this information. Dwalls225 01:12, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

So many people claim to know where the game originated that editors take such information with a grain of salt. If you can provide a reference backing up your information, it has a much higher chance of surviving the editing process. Foobaz·o< 12:52, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Game dangers

If you ask me, having two 40-ounce bottles of beer taped to your hands is a guarenteed cause for concern. Imagine, a sloshed individual falling down and busting a bottle - very scary. Elwin Blaine Coldiron 04:52, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Waaaaaaaaaahh! The no-fun police in full effect. --Endless Dan 16:35, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Begrudgingly here are some potential sources

In questioning the overall notability of the game I did come across the following sources

  • From the Riverfront Times [1], and [2]
  • From a student newspaper, The Harvard Crimson [3]
  • Apparently, are also shirts [4]
  • But here's the winner, a New York Times article[5] about Judd Apatow which states "'Off-screen, they hang out together, sometimes play drinking games like Edward Fortyhands, in which two 40-ounce beers are taped to your hands and not removed until they’re empty."

AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 16:02, 17 April 2008 (UTC)