I've seen a lot of 'drinking game' rules over the last month or so in preparation for the Presidential debates. Most of them are clever and spot-on. The problem is, they are too complicated. I want to watch the debate, listen to the candidates, and drink. I have no desire to continuously work my way through a flow chart to know when I'm supposed to drink, so I have put together this very rudimentary set of 'rules' for drinking during tonight's debate.

1. Drink whenever one candidate disagrees with the other candidate and says so. This can be something like "but what my opponent is not telling you" or "Mr. McCain/Obama, thats simply not true", etc

2. Drink whenever either candidate, or moderator, mentions some type of buzzword. These can be buzzwords associated with the campaigns, like "maverick" or "change" or "main street", or they can simply be buzzwords that have come up in the first two debates. For example if McCain says "my friends"

Please feel free to add to the list but REMEMBER, keep it simple. And this thread isn't intended to be partisan at all, its just intended to make a simpler drinking game.

Cheers, and god help us all if either of these boneheads gets elected!

10/15/2008 8:43:44 PM

these drinking game threads have way too many words

at least make it 10 words or less per list item

10/15/2008 8:44:21 PM

"and"

10/15/2008 8:45:12 PM

1. contradictions

2. buzzwords


err, set up a keg IV

10/15/2008 8:45:42 PM

what makes them fun IS that they are clever and unique to the candidates. you might as well just take shots every few minutes under your plan.

10/15/2008 8:46:19 PM

drinking games are stupid. [/thread]

10/15/2008 8:48:18 PM

fleetwud made my rules concise

^yeah well so are debates and elections, but oh well

10/15/2008 8:52:35 PM

My drinking game was to wait until the other drinker passes out after taking antipsychotics, then drink the rest of the fifth on my own. I typically ended up with half a fifth or less, but it was enough usually.

10/15/2008 8:59:54 PM

fundamental

maverick

isn't telling you

=

drink

10/15/2008 9:05:06 PM

JOE

THE

PLUMBER

10/15/2008 9:12:22 PM

^thats another one...good resourcefulness "my friend"

10/15/2008 9:15:46 PM

well i just kind of drank moderately with no rhyme or reason...oh well, the OP sounded good at the time

10/15/2008 10:38:19 PM