A bear hug is also known as an icebreaker game in which an odd number of people are divided into pairs, leaving one member without a partner. All player sit down in a large circle, one partner in front of the other. The player without a partner calls 2-5 names, depending upon the size of the group, of players sitting in the front. Those player then try to make their way to the player without a partner, while their partners attempt to hold them back. The match ends when a player reaches the player who called the names. Players who were called and failed to reach the caller switch places with their partner so they are now in the back. The game often involves injuries due to the violent struggles between partners.
Famous quotes containing the words bear and/or hug:
“Those who will bear much, shall have much to bear.”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)
““Never hug and kiss your children! Mother love may make your children’s infancy unhappy and prevent them from pursuing a career or getting married!” That’s total hogwash, of course. But it shows on extreme example of what state-of-the-art “scientific” parenting was supposed to be in early twentieth-century America. After all, that was the heyday of efficiency experts, time-and-motion studies, and the like.”
—Lawrence Kutner (20th century)