Blockin' Out The Scenery Blowin' My Mind

-Hey, do you want to come with us down to-
-Oh I can't now. I have to finish this sign.
STOP PITZ NOW
Did you know the game of pitz was played with an 8 pound ball that would cause extensive bruising that was then used in bloodletting and sacrificial rites?
-Pitz?
-Yeah, pitz. It was the game the Mayans played. The ball was so big and heavy that players would get these gigantic bruises, then they would let the blood out of those bruises for their gods.
-Yeesh
-I know. And then sometimes the captains of the losing team, or sometimes the whole team would have their heads chopped off as a sacrifice to their gods.
-That's a pretty good incentive to win. So do y-
-Oh but they couldn't win. Those losses were generally staged, they were part of a big ritual. The field of play was actually a gateway to the world of their gods, so the whole thing wasn't just a game but a big idolatrous festival. Even when it was played recreationally, which was generally more of a one on one type game, it had those mythical implications.
-That's cool. Anyway, I wa-
-Cool? It's awful- human sacrifices to pagan god's? That's the worst thing there could be.
-No- Right- I just mean, it's cool that you know so much about it.
-Yeah. So you agree?
-With what?
-That it's awful?
-Sure, it sounds pretty awful.
-So what are we going to do about it?
-What do you mean?
-I mean that is a terrible, awful, awful thing, so we need to make sure we stop it.
-Stop what?
-Pitz!
-Pitz?
-Yes
-Do we even know anybody that plays pitz?
-The Classical Mayans
-Classical Mayans?
-Yeah, you know, the Pre-Colombian Meso-American people, them.
-Well... who's playing it now?
-No one, well maybe some indigenous people in the Yucatan or Guatemala, but it's not really the same game and no one gets their head chopped off. Anyway that doesn't matter 'cos I'm talking about actual pitz. We're have to stop that.
-Pitz? You just said no one plays pitz.
-No, I said the Classical Mayans.
- ...
-Anyway, pitz is wrong.