Sneaky TV contestant makes a whole nation lose the 'circle game'

High school wouldn't have been the same without painful memories of the circle game.

You'll know the one: Someone tries to get you to look at something below their waist, but it turns out to their hand — with their index finger and thumb arranged into a circle — meaning you're in store for a jab on the shoulder.

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While most of us have grown up and forgot about it, a dude by the name of Alex Macleod who was a contestant on Millionaire Hot Seat in Australia on Apr. 10.

Just watch him get a little itchy, then slyly throw one while the camera is on him, as per a video from Brown Cardigan.

Yes, we will put it into GIF form for your pleasure. Cheeky.

Image: channel 9

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