MacGuffin Q
QIC: Subfloor
Date: 6/25/22
PAX: Van Gogh, Ziffel, Madoff, Adobe, Dr. Toot, Hansel, Gretel, Huckleberry, Emilio
Warm-O-Rama: SSHs, Abe Vigoda, Whirly with a clap, Plank with some leg stretches, some like to bounce in this position, Down and Upward Dog.
The Thang:
Informed the PAX what a MacGuffin is: Something that is necessary to plot and motivation of characters, but unimportant in itself. Also known as plot coupon.
So we had to mosey to get some coupons.
First MacGuffin was from the movie Maltese Falcon: the falcon statuette. We did Falcon Wings, modified Eagle Wings, to warm up our arms. Consists of 10 Moroccan Nightclubs, 10 Seal Claps, 10 Overhead Claps, 10 Michael Phelps all with bricks.
Returned bricks and upgraded to blocks for next MacGuffin from Pulp Fiction: briefcase. Diego seemed appropriate for the violent movies of Quentin Tarantino. With a partner: 100 Merkins, 150 Overhead Press, 200 LBCs, 250 Block Curls, 300 Squats w/blocks. Hansel and Gretel finished first and relieved the rest of us of finishing the exercises.
We then took our blocks to the North by Northwest coordinates of the parking lot. We combined two MacGuffins of Hitchcock’s films North by Northwest and The 39 Steps: microfilm and plans for plane. Since NNW is 326.25 degrees we were going to do 326 step ups and 39 grave diggers in 4 reps of 81 and 10, respectively. This proved to be too time consuming or too much for the PAX, the counting part, so we stopped at 2 reps.
Dragging our blocks, or at least it seemed so, the PAX mosey’d to the wall. Our next MacGuffin was from the sci-fi classic Star Wars: R2-D2. We did 4 Rock-a-bye Baby and 4 Derkins and then repeated, because you know the 2.
Since we still had time and YHC didn’t want to jip any PAX, we finished with probably the greatest MacGuffin of all filmdom: the ark of the covenant from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Since the ark contains Aaron’s rod, 2 stone tablets, and pot of manna, YHC had to come up with something to fit with the theme. We split up into the trinitarian number of 3. One held their block overhead like Moses during battle while the other 2 did a snake run around the parking lot medians. At the opposite end, one stopped to do burpees, while the other came back to switch the other person. I think we may have done this one or two times before YHC had to pulled the plug to end on time.
Announcements:
July 4 is convergence and is TBD. Includes FIA.
July 16 is blood drive and fundraiser for Bevo’s new non-profit he started at Hanes park.
Prayer requests:
Pray for Bevo’s son who broke his femur.
Ziffel’s sister and sister-in-laws are expecting babies.
Pray for thistles hip recovery.
Pray for Subfloor’s parents quick recovery from COVID-19.
