Drinking game
In college we used to come up with "drinking games" - if someone said a certain phrase, or if we were watching a movie and a certain scene or dialogue came up you had to drink, either a sip or chug, depending on how hammered you all were planning on getting. (or how much beer was on hand)
I don't really drink anymore. An occasional glass of wine or beer. There is something about summer though, that increases my desire for a cold beer- especially with a crispy salad or seafood. I like quality beer, that high-falutin' micro-brew kind of beer. Yummy.
Since my daughter's away visiting her cousins, I thought what an ideal time to have that delicious cold beer! Why not go a step further? throw caution to the wind, and devise a drinking game...
It may sound funny but the President's speech tomorrow night about Iraq I think provides the ideal opportunity for a drinking game, and will get plenty of quality beer down my gullet. Here's how it works for those of you who would like to play along:
Anytime the President says: "We're making real progress" - take a sip of your beer
When the President says: the situation in Iraq requires "Hard work" or is "tough work" take a sip
Just in case the President's handlers have realized that these little bromides have become so overused that people might use them for a drinking game, here are a few extra phrases.
When the President talks about how he "greives every loss of life" take a sip
When the President links and conflates the war in Iraq with the 9/11 attacks take a sip
Treat yourself to a big sip when he utters the phrase "We will not cut and run"
Also, take advantage of the non-verbal communication- when he leans over the podium and bobbles his head and grins incongruently after making some point- take a sip.
This should at least get you through one beer, depending on what your definition of "sip" is...you may get through quite a few depending on how long he speaks. In general, I don't think it will be too long. I have long studied our President, especially during the most recent campaign. I'm trying to "get it"- by "get it" I mean why people support this guy. I've concluded it is that he provides comforting platitudes, and because he has that great southern/Texas accent, which by the way is curiously absent in the rest of his family....hmm....anyway, I'm a sucker for accents but his doesn't do it for me, and I do like the gentlemanly southern drawl. He doesn't have it, he sounds a bit more like FogHorn LegHorn to me.
Anyway, enjoy your beer or beverage of choice. Don't worry if you miss out. I'm sure if you check CSPAN, there will be other opportunities to play.
I don't really drink anymore. An occasional glass of wine or beer. There is something about summer though, that increases my desire for a cold beer- especially with a crispy salad or seafood. I like quality beer, that high-falutin' micro-brew kind of beer. Yummy.
Since my daughter's away visiting her cousins, I thought what an ideal time to have that delicious cold beer! Why not go a step further? throw caution to the wind, and devise a drinking game...
It may sound funny but the President's speech tomorrow night about Iraq I think provides the ideal opportunity for a drinking game, and will get plenty of quality beer down my gullet. Here's how it works for those of you who would like to play along:
Anytime the President says: "We're making real progress" - take a sip of your beer
When the President says: the situation in Iraq requires "Hard work" or is "tough work" take a sip
Just in case the President's handlers have realized that these little bromides have become so overused that people might use them for a drinking game, here are a few extra phrases.
When the President talks about how he "greives every loss of life" take a sip
When the President links and conflates the war in Iraq with the 9/11 attacks take a sip
Treat yourself to a big sip when he utters the phrase "We will not cut and run"
Also, take advantage of the non-verbal communication- when he leans over the podium and bobbles his head and grins incongruently after making some point- take a sip.
This should at least get you through one beer, depending on what your definition of "sip" is...you may get through quite a few depending on how long he speaks. In general, I don't think it will be too long. I have long studied our President, especially during the most recent campaign. I'm trying to "get it"- by "get it" I mean why people support this guy. I've concluded it is that he provides comforting platitudes, and because he has that great southern/Texas accent, which by the way is curiously absent in the rest of his family....hmm....anyway, I'm a sucker for accents but his doesn't do it for me, and I do like the gentlemanly southern drawl. He doesn't have it, he sounds a bit more like FogHorn LegHorn to me.
Anyway, enjoy your beer or beverage of choice. Don't worry if you miss out. I'm sure if you check CSPAN, there will be other opportunities to play.
posted by moegirl at
4:44 PM
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My money is on that first beer being gone in the first 5 minutes, so you'd better get a 6-pack, at least, no matter how dainty those sips are. Me, I will be far, far from any broadcast. If not, we will lose a screen to a brick, and that adds up.
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Diana, At
11:06 AM
I missed the "show" by opting to go to yoga instead. On my way out of the gym my eye caught one of the giant TV's and GWB was sporting that smirk of his.
Gail
I found a great websight www.toothpastefordinner.com
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Anonymous, At
4:42 PM
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