When you're hanging out and drinking with your friends

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TraumaRN

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My only rule is that.....everyone is limited to one Bell's Expedition Stout Beer. Perhaps because it's 11.5% alc by vol. Perhaps it's because a 6 pack of bottles costs me 18 bucks after deposit.
 

rivan

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Originally posted by: ndee
I'd guess you are........ 16 or 18?

Or at best 20. Don't worry... life will change significantly at some point and you'll have WAY more to think about than drinking rules. Edit: and racing dudes in Civics.
 

clamum

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Feb 13, 2003
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No, I'd rather just enjoy a beer without having to follow a bunch of rules. I do ask if anyone else wants one if I'm going to grab another one for myself, but that's just being nice.
 

b0mbrman

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Originally posted by: jtvang125
1. It's rude to open only yourself a beer. If you're going to open yourself a beer you must also open one for everyone else.
Nope
2. If someone already opened a round, wait until that round has finished before starting yours.
Nope. Some people just drink more/quicker than others.
3. Always drink your beer the same as the person who opened it for you. If he or she shotgun'ed it then you must shotgun yours. If that person says "1 gulp after me" then when he or she finishes their beer you must finish your beer with one last touch to your lips. If you finish your beer in any other way you will be penalize with another one.
Uh...
4. If you intentionally or accidently spilled your beer you will get penalize with another one.
Uh...sounds like too many rules to still have fun.
5. If you can still drink then drink some more. If you can't, then drink some more.
Drink through the pain...yes...

Drinking is supposed to enhance the party, not be the party

 

Mr Pickles

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I can't believe people are capable of over-thinking just sitting around having a few beers with some friends. But you did it... you made rules for hanging out.

Games I understand, but a night with friends and brews is not to be tainted with stipulations.
 

Sukhoi

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Those rules have to be violating some sort of Man Law about making rules.
 

LikeLinus

Lifer
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Originally posted by: jtvang125
Here's a few "rules" we following when we're kicking back and drinking:

1. It's rude to open only yourself a beer. If you're going to open yourself a beer you must also open one for everyone else.

2. If someone already opened a round, wait until that round has finished before starting yours.

3. Always drink your beer the same as the person who opened it for you. If he or she shotgun'ed it then you must shotgun yours. If that person says "1 gulp after me" then when he or she finishes their beer you must finish your beer with one last touch to your lips. If you finish your beer in any other way you will be penalize with another one.

4. If you intentionally or accidently spilled your beer you will get penalize with another one.

5. If you can still drink then drink some more. If you can't, then drink some more.

This is another reason why there's a law against high school age people drinking.

WTF kind of "rules" are these??

Here's the ONLY rule you need to know.

1. Drink your fvcking beer!

Hard, isn't it?
 

BurnItDwn

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I prefer to drink with friends at their homes or my home, that way we can bring our own beer and we can drink the good stuff like st bernardus, chimay, ommegang, etc. Also, as an added benefit, people can crash on couches, in extra bedrooms, or on the floor so people are less inclined to go for a drive after they have some drink in them.

If we do go to bars, the only real rule is, someone has to stop after 1 or 2 drinks and stay sober so they can drive everyone else home.
 

cheezy321

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Originally posted by: everman
Sounds like the kind of thing college freshmen do, after a while you realize it's stupid.

QFT.....

Now I have a question for the OP.

Do you keep a very strict tab on how many beers you drank? Do you let everyone at parties know this number? Do you possibly keep the bottle caps in your pocket so you can prove it?

Your rules are horrible and just rediculous.



5. If you can still drink then drink some more. If you can't, then drink some more.


wow........good rule. I bet EVERYONE adheres to this rule 100%.


IN other words, you are a moron
 

RaiderJ

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Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
Umm.. I buy this round you buy the next. That's about it.

Pretty much. Usually we pay for a night, then someone else gets the next night, etc. Same with driving.
 

RichUK

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Feb 14, 2005
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This is childish. Do you and your friends get drunk on the ring pull.

The only rule when drinking (at a bar of course), is your round my round, that?s it.
 

KaOTiK

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About the only rule my friends and I have are when you go to get another beer you asked if anyone else wants one. Sometimes if there is a party foul you might be required something else but that depends on how everyone feels.
 

Koing

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lol

No rules apart from finish the drink you have. Don't waste it and leave without finishing it.

Drinking games are fun at times though :thumbsup:. I'm 22, I don't need no crappy rules.

Koing
 

jtvang125

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Originally posted by: cheezy321
Originally posted by: everman
Sounds like the kind of thing college freshmen do, after a while you realize it's stupid.

QFT.....

Now I have a question for the OP.

Do you keep a very strict tab on how many beers you drank? Do you let everyone at parties know this number? Do you possibly keep the bottle caps in your pocket so you can prove it?

Your rules are horrible and just rediculous.



5. If you can still drink then drink some more. If you can't, then drink some more.


wow........good rule. I bet EVERYONE adheres to this rule 100%.


IN other words, you are a moron

No we don't keep tabs. It's up to the person who opened the beer to follow up or not. These "rules" hence the quotes aren't in concrete. Most of us have been drinking this way for a long time and it's practically become a norm for us. Are there times we just drink casually? Sure, all the time but times when 20+ people are over what's wrong with having a little fun while drinking. And the a-holes who come and think they can out drink everybody is always the first to fall while drinking with us.
 

jagec

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Originally posted by: djheater
Retarded sh!t like this is why I prefer drinking alone.

Really? And here I thought it was because of your charming personality!:p
 

Vonkhan

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if u're following rules while drinking beer, u aren't drinking enuf beer
 

EvilYoda

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Those rules are idiotic...some people just can't drink like others. We have enough decency to ask usually, but it's not a big deal to just yell "hey, grab me a ****" if you need one.

It's drinking...the exact opposite of rules :p
 

Cerpin Taxt

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I was on the rugby team in college. We had a rule that any and all beer drinking must be done with the left hand. Period. It was really tradition more than anything else, but it was fun to bust up the rookies about it. At our rookie initiation party we'd make all the rookies duct tape a cup in their left hands so they'd learn. Anyone caught drinking from their right had to down whatever was left of their beer (FROM THE LEFT HAND!) and then get another.

That was really about it. We had other rules pertaining to the post-game rugby socials and in particular the rugby songs, but that's a different topic.
 

jtvang125

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Originally posted by: Vonkhan
if u're following rules while drinking beer, u aren't drinking enuf beer

LOL, yeap everything breaks down near the end of the night. By then nobody cares.