One aspect not mentioned in the Kokkinelli reminiscences was the part of the evening devoted to "stopping the fan with your head"- skilled practitioners of this art could bend their heads back and slowly bring the whirring ceiling fan to a halt by using the forehead as a brake.
this was a very rare skill, usually bravado, kokkenelli and enthusiastic encouragement from fellow diners resulted in the battered attemptee being flung across the table, whilst the blood streaked fan retained the selected RPM.