Bloody knuckles is a
two player game usually played by people during extreme
boredom, or by the less
intelligent among us for fun. The game requires some kind of
coin and two people (with at least one
hand per
person). The first person to go flicks the coin so it spins on it's side. The other player must touch it without causing it to fall on the
heads or tails side. Then the person who spun the coin tries touching it. This continues until the coin falls.
Example: The first person spins it, the second person touches it, then the first person touches it. The first person is safe since they touched it without the coin
falling. Now, if the coin falls before the second person can touch it again, the second person
loses. The second person must touch the coin before it falls. However, if when they touch it, it falls, they lose anyway.
Once someone loses,
he or
she must push his or her
fist flat against the table top so that the
knuckles that connect your
fingers to your
palm are facing forward. The
winner takes the coin, and while keeping the coin flat on the table, flicks it (so it's not like the first time when he or she wanted it to spin on its side). The goal is for the coin to hit the loser's exposed knuckles with enough force to cause bleeding. Once this is done, the winner spins the coin again, and a new round starts. The overall loser is whoever quits first due to excessive boredom or pain.
Most coins can be used.
Nickels hurt the most because of their
sharp edges.
Quarters,
dimes, and
pennies are
smoother and hurt less, but are usually either too heavy or too small.