Place Your Left Foot On Green, Right Hand On Yellow To Honor Passing Of Twister’s Inventor

For all the tiny thrills we got when tangling legs with a junior high crush, for all the times we strained to keep our backsides from dropping to the floor while folding ourselves into shapes before thought inconceivable for the human body, we salute you and thank you, Chuck Foley. The inventor of the game Twister — originally called “Pretzel,” has passed away at the age of 82 in Minnesota. [via The Star Tribune]

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