tobias c. van Veen on Wed, 3 Nov 2004 03:11:35 +0100 (CET) |
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<nettime> aiding with tonight's festivities: a drinking game for some ages |
greetings nettimers, Up here in Montreal, Canada, we'll be playing the following game along with several ex-pat US-ers, a few weirdos, artists, musicians, drunkards, freaks and ne'er do'wells known as the "Souper" clan (a Tuesday salon here in the North) -- and a stash of Southern Comfort, over ice, in honour of HST, who says that Kerry is going to win ( check it: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/_/id/6562575?rnd=1099411860385&ha s-player=true ) The following comes from (stolen, really) Souper clan host and Spock Camp nut of thee Burning Man, Mr. Bad: -- Mr. Bad .O. http://bad.dynu.ca/~evan/ ..O cheers, tV ======== ==== 2004 ELECTION NIGHT DRINKING GAME: MANDATORY === OK, so, I don't know a lot of drinking games, but here's my best shot: [1.] One sip of preferred beverage every time: - Any of the following words is used : "economy" "values" "character" "live coverage" "Decision 2004" "debate" "war record" "leadership" "Iraq" "running mate" "red state" "blue state" "exit poll" "precinct""reporting" - We see any of the following people on the screen: George W. Bush John F. Kerry We see an American flag We see an info-graphic based on a state-by-state map of the USA We see polling information for "likely voters" [2.] One gulp every time: We cut away to a reporter at some pointless "live coverage" scene (outside the Supreme Court, on the street in Miami, wherever) Someone points out that it's electoral college votes, and not the popular vote, that decides the election Any reference is made to 2000 presidential election - The following words are used : "too close to call" "Florida" "chad" "Constitution" "tragic events of September 11th" "Massachusetts" "Texas" "Red Sox" "sluggish recovery" "health care" "battleground" "Ohio" "Pennsylvania" "weapons of mass destruction" "stem cell research" "the American electorate" "tax cuts for the wealthy" "health care reform" "activate the party base" "The Internet" "American troops" "United Nations" - We see any of the following people on the screen: John Edwards Dick Cheney Laura Bush Teresa Heinz-Kerry Any images of 9/11 Any gratuitous computer-generated animation [3.] One shot of hard alcohol every time: - We see any of the following people on the screen: Anyone's mother Any of the hot Kerry daughters Any of the hot Bush daughters Bill Clinton Al Sharpton Ralph Nader Bruce Springsteen Arnold Schwartzenegger Michael Moore Walter Mondale Jimmy Carter We cut away to a reporter at an empty "victory party" with bored people standing around, or no one at all We see white people dancing badly and clapping off-beat to black music - We hear any of the following words : "Enron" "Tora Bora" "Muqtada al-Sadr" "Kim Il-Jung" "Fallujah" "elusive" "squander" "Coalition of the Willing" "butterfly ballot" "Ronald Reagan" "New York firefighters" The reporting staff refers to how many Presidential election nights they've covered together [4.] Two shots of hard alcohol if: - The following words are used : "David Cobb" "Michael Badnarik" "Canada" "socialism" "My Pet Goat" "Mad cow disease" - We see the following people on-screen: Eminem Al Gore Noam Chomsky Jacques Chirac Gerald Ford Yasser Arafat dies William Rehnquist dies Fidel Castro dies Osama bin Laden is captured Saddam Hussein escapes ~ESP -- tobias c. van Veen -----------++++ http://www.quadrantcrossing.org -- http://www.thisistheonlyart.com -- McGill Communication + Philosophy --- New School Philosophy -------- ICQ: 18766209 | AIM: thesaibot +++ # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net