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Thread: Circus: *hic!* The SoF Drinking Game
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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Alrighty now, boys and girls, grab your cider, GIN, and real ale and let's cook up some rules. Remember: the point of a drinking game isn't to stay sober. To start, pick a thread and . . . 1 drink mousethief posts something Someone includes a link in their post Something is quoted from above—1 drink for each nested quote block Someone references the Great Gator (pour a little out first, then drink) Any of the following terms are mentioned: asshat, hellion, H&A's, fuckwit, tat, "swimming in/crossing the X."
2 drinks Someone screws up their code Someone posts a broken link Host or Admin warning Someone does something they've been called to Hell for Any of the following: rusted farm implement, fluffy bunny, 10 C's, "high/low on the candle."
3 drinks Someone issues a Hell Call A host mentions the broken code/link Any mention of GIN
Finish your drink You get called to Hell Someone gets planked
Other suggestions—and which thread should we try first? [ 28. September 2011, 21:26: Message edited by: Chorister ]
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
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[Hostly_clown_makeup]
I know that you guys know this already, but just to make sure: Please, please don't make work for the other hosts by doing anything stupid on the other boards in relation to this thread. Thanks.
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That said, I would choose penal substitutionary atonement but I worry that the ten pages worth of catching up I'd have to do would leave me under the table.
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Ariston
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*takes two drinks*
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Sir Kevin
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I'm out of gin...
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Timothy the Obscure
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Come over to my house, I just bought a fresh bottle...
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Ariston
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Okay, I'm kinda scared of wading into the infamous PSA thread—it exemplifies why I sometimes steer clear of Purg—but, looking over it, I'm reminded of a few rules I forgot . . .
1 drink Obvious British Spelling dipthongs (œ, Œ, æ, Æ) "As was said above," or something like it. "We don't do that in our church," OSLI "That's not what that means!" OSLI Bible verse cited Crosspost Two Shippies with the same avatar post within 4 posts of one another
2 drinks "I'm not exactly clear on the concept . . .," OSLI Accusation of deadhorsery "We've discussed this before," OSL Obvious not getting it. Non-Bible nonfiction cited Potshot taken at some denomination/political group
3 drinks 10 C's violation; will probably result in a 2-drink host warning later. Party X accuses Party Y of not getting it Party Y gets miffed at Party X's accusation (wow, I'm having flashbacks to a few bad threads now) Work of fiction cited—yes, even in the Heavenly book threads
Finish your drink Can't transport booze across borders—H/A moves the thread to another board "Is this STILL going?"—after 100 posts/2 pages, finish your drink, get a new one.
I'm pretty sure PSA would turn most anyone's liver into foi gras within three pages.
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TomOfTarsus
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leo:
As they say elsewhere, you win the internet!
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
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quote: Originally posted by leo: No - you fail to see that, with PSA, the Lord Jesus will drink your gin on your behalf.
Let's get Jesus rat-arsed!!
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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I believe the disciples were criticised for playing this game on the Day of Pentecost.
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Timothy the Obscure
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quote: Originally posted by leo: quote: Originally posted by Imaginary Friend: That said, I would choose penal substitutionary atonement but I worry that the ten pages worth of catching up I'd have to do would leave me under the table.
No - you fail to see that, with PSA, the Lord Jesus will drink your gin on your behalf.
Does that mean I can get drunk on his liver? That's like betting with the house's money.
-------------------- When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. - C. P. Snow
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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This might be too hard for GIN drinkers like you to understand,* but, under PSA, you never enter into a state of drunkenness at all! Jesus got hungover for your liver, and so, once you put your trust and booze in Him, you will be in a state of grace, saved from all ravages of the bottle. Even a child could tell you that.
*Actually, if you were playing this game with bottles of GIN, I think Spot Goes to the Farm would be too hard to understand halfway through the first page of PSA.
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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New Rules:
1 drink
Any time a non-animated smilie is used.
2 Drinks
Any time an animated smilie is used
Drain your glass
Any time is used
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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Surely that's:
1 drink when two-legged avatar posts 2 drinks when four-legged avatar posts drain glass when an extra-terrestrial being posts.
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
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quote: Originally posted by Lamb Chopped: You guys are seriously weird.
I like you.
Public displays of affection have got to be worth at least two drinks.
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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quote: Originally posted by Chorister: Surely that's:
1 drink when two-legged avatar posts 2 drinks when four-legged avatar posts drain glass when an extra-terrestrial being posts.
Grab all your booze and run when the tiger avatar shows up
[codefix] [ 24. July 2011, 02:54: Message edited by: AristonAstuanax ]
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Imaginary Friend
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Two drinks for a code fuck-up.
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Pigwidgeon
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quote: Originally posted by Chorister: I believe the disciples were criticised for playing this game on the Day of Pentecost.
But only because it was only nine o'clock in the morning.
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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quote: Originally posted by Imaginary Friend: Two drinks for a code fuck-up.
I was just setting you up, of course!
2 drinks Shipmate plays the "that was supposed to be funny, how could you not see that" card to cover their ass when they get busted.
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Piglet
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quote: Originally posted by Marvin the Martian: ... Drain your glass any time is used
I should be all right as long as no-one mentions Marmite ...
Bugger. I've just used an animated smilie. Cheers!
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LeRoc
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quote: Marvin the Martian: New Rules:
1 drink
Any time a non-animated smilie is used.
2 Drinks
Any time an animated smilie is used
Drain your glass
Any time is used
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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If in doubt—whichever interpretation of a rule or set of rules leads to more drinking is to be chosen.
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
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Okay, the tat thread in Eccles has to be worth a keg or two. Anyone want to take on that beast?
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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quote: Originally posted by Imaginary Friend: Two drinks for a code fuck-up.
Another two drinks for the words "fuck" or "cunt" used outside Hell.
And one drink for the word "rhododendron". Just because.
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
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quote: Originally posted by Imaginary Friend: Okay, the tat thread in Eccles has to be worth a keg or two.
Which one?
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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The Harrowing of Hell
Whenever Hell experiences an "enthusiastic" pruning, all players must down both their current drinks and their next one.
The next drinks must be of the same volume and alcoholic content as the current ones were when poured (so if you poured half a pint of whisky last time, it sucks to be you).
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Timothy the Obscure
Mostly Friendly
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"I thought this was a Christian website" (or words to that effect):
Naively by an Apprentice--1 drink. Cynically by a Shipmate--2 drinks.
Complaints that the Death Pool or other Circus thread is in bad taste--1 drink.
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churchgeek
Have candles, will pray
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quote: Originally posted by Imaginary Friend: quote: Originally posted by leo: No - you fail to see that, with PSA, the Lord Jesus will drink your gin on your behalf.
Let's get Jesus rat-arsed!!
That explains his blood alcohol level on Sunday mornings! (Sunday mornings!)
So how many drinks is it for blasphemy?
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Mamacita
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quote: Originally posted by Spike: quote: Originally posted by Imaginary Friend: Okay, the tat thread in Eccles has to be worth a keg or two.
Which one?
I suspect IF refers to "The Tatler," the general questions thread about all variety of liturgical accoutrements (currently hiding on page two, if you're curious). quote: Originally posted by la vie en rouge: ok - although this only works for low-church players... Two drinks any time you see a word you don't understand without looking it up in the dictionary.
That will result in a lot of people getting sh*t-faced in a hurry, so in the interest of the game and of public safety, I suggest a more measured approach. Something like this:
Take 1 drink every time somebody makes a snide remark about cassock-albs. Come to think of it, that one will in fact get you drunk pretty quickly.
Take 2 drinks whenever someone responds to a perfectly reasonable, short-answer question (like "What's a zuchetto?") with an arcane, multi-paragraph essay tracing the origin of said tat item back to The Fathers, or The Reformation or The Whatever. If reading it actually makes your eyes glaze over, go ahead and take three.
Drain your glass whenever someone attempts to cross the streams between The Tatler and Eccles Altimeter threads by cross-matching a particular tat item with a category of churchmanship, e.g., "fiddlebacks are strictly Anglo-Catholic" or "evangelicals never wear chasubles." Same if someone mentions wearing a stole with a Geneva gown.
If someone mentions Percy Dearmer, throw your glass against the wall and drink out of the bottle.
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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Um, who's Percy Dearmer?
And the pastors at the church I went to growing up always wore stoles with their Geneva gowns. Does this mean I get to drink on Sundays now?
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Chorister
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If you admit to not knowing who Percy Dearmer is, drink one Bombay Sapphire.
If you are a host who admits to not knowing who Percy Dearmer is, drink two Bombay Sapphires.
If you are an Eccles Host who doesn't know who Percy Dearmer is, you've not been doing your job properly. Drink the whole bottle.
The answer to 'Who is Percy Dearmer?' will be magically revealed as soon as the bottle of Gin is drained.
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Curiosity killed ...
Ship's Mug
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- One drink for every post asking to change Dead Horses in The Styx
- two drinks for a post by a host
- three drinks for a request for a name change
This one is a bit predictable though ...
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
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Yeah. The answers to most of life's pressing questions are to be found at the bottom of a bottle. C'est la vie.
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
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Spoiler Alert!
quote: Originally posted by Chorister: If you admit to not knowing who Percy Dearmer is, drink one Bombay Sapphire.
If you are a host who admits to not knowing who Percy Dearmer is, drink two Bombay Sapphires.
If you are an Eccles Host who doesn't know who Percy Dearmer is, you've not been doing your job properly. Drink the whole bottle.
The answer to 'Who is Percy Dearmer?' will be magically revealed as soon as the bottle of Gin is drained.
If you know that Percy Dearmer and Ralph Vaughan Williams were two of the original anthologists of the Oxford Book of Carols but can't name the third, take a large [pink] GIN.
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luluxiu
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Although this only applies to two cups of low-church player ... any time you see one you do not understand do not see it in the dictionary words....
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Full Circle
Shipmate
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One Drink: When you learn something new (to savour the thought) Two Drinks: When you laugh out loud (to enhance the merriment) Drain your glass: When you post (to provide courage as you await the response)
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Divine Outlaw
Gin-soaked boy
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quote: Originally posted by Sir Kevin: I'm out of gin...
takes three drinks.
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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One drink Custom avatars and titles Two drinks No title or avatar Shipname is entirely lowercase Three drinks Confusing two Shipmates with the same (lack of) avatar/"similar" names Discovering that someone who you thought had a custom avatar didn't Confusing a Shipmate's gender [ 24. July 2011, 02:59: Message edited by: AristonAstuanax ]
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Og, King of Bashan
Ship's giant Amorite
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One drink when someone refers to the United States as “the colonies.” Two drinks if that reference is followed by a .
Two drinks when someone posts a comment on the Association Football, American Football, or Rugby Football thread which suggests that a different code is the only “real” football.
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