http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/13/spears.paris.reut/index.html
Clearly, this field of ethics has been tragically unexplored. What would Crick, Kohlberg, Laing, Maslow and Epicurus have to say? Did Jesus, Muhammad, the Buddha ever weigh in on partying ethics? Hillel or Aristotle? The world yearns for an ethical partying structure.
What, O Dopers, would you suggest for proper partying ethics?
Only party to excess, then stop.
There’s the GUE principle, wingman duty, the no-cockblocking rule, the rotating rounds rule… there are many rules in partying.
Um, lets see. Oh! I know!
I’m fairly sure Ghandi would agree…
There’s the old standby, “don’t drink and drive”.
I was told once “don’t Bogart the weed, dude”, but could never figure out how ol’ Humphrey figured into this. 
Neither could I, but Urban dictionary comes to the rescue. Apparently, Bogart used to hang a smoke from his mouth and never actually smoke it, hence “to bogart” is to hold onto the joint and not actually smoke it, and is definitely a foul of party ethics.
This is where it’s a must to “take one for the team”…
That’s not how I’ve ever heard the term used. It means to hold onto the shared joint (or whatever), but is independent of whether you are actively smoking it or just holding it. Several of the UD definitions back this up.
Ah. We’ve (hypothetically) always used it when someone is distracted with telling a story or lighting a cigarette or fiddling with the remote and has completely forgotten they have the item in question. “Hey! Don’t bogart the joint, man! Puff puff pass!” But I could see where the selfish use of communal property could be applied. I just don’t hang out with assholes. It was the connection to the actor I couldn’t work out - and my connotation makes more sense with that knowledge, doesn’t it? Humphrey wasn’t hogging the smokes, just not really smoking them and hanging on to them, distracted with other things.
Another violation of party ethics:
Bringing a six pack of pisswater and then drinking all the Guinness (or other good beer) someone else brought.
Hold your date’s hair back when the occasion calls for it.
Actually that would back up Eric Cartman’s use of the term. After a nanny took his xbox away from him he proceeded to say “Stop bogarting my x-box, bitch.”. I don’t think the nanny intended to play the x-box. Though as you say, it could be inconsequential.
I would like to add “don’t party too hard when it affects those who don’t party, and have not choice of being there”
darn suite mates…
Corollary: When getting drunk or stoned enough to start acting like a total asshole, remain in the company of other drunken assholes. They don’t mind. Everybody else just gets pissed off.
Please elucidate. I’m only vaguely familiar with these partying ethical principles.
The term we used was “grenade man”. Essentially jumping on the grenade (IOW sleeping with or otherwise distracting an ugly or unpleasent woman) and saving the squad so they can get with her hot friends.
Don’t know what GUE is but
wingman duty - Your obligation to assist your friend as he approaches more than one girl at a bar or party
no-cockblocking rule - NOT assisting your friend as he approaches a girl by herself
the rotating rounds rule - Basically, drinks are bought in “rounds” where one person at a time buys a drink for everyone in the group (usually about 5 people). It is considered bad form to constantly fly under the radar, not buying rounds, until people switch from the round system to drinking at their own pace.
Doing a bunch of shots while pregaming (drinking at someone’s residence prior to going out) when it’s your turn to drive and then saying “wow man…I’m just too drunk to drive” is a violation.
The GUE principle: This has to do with getting laid. Not so sure about the ethics here, but my understanding of it is that GUE means Go Ugly Early, or chat it up with the ugly people early in the night. The principle is that if you Go Ugly Early, then you can end the conversation and move on to the more attractive people. If you strike out with them, then you can return to the person you had your initial conversation with and perhaps still get laid. Another thought behind it is that talking to attractive people in the hopes of getting laid, which is the ultimate goal, can be a bit awkward, so you Go Ugly Early to get a few beers in you and sharpen you conversational skills on someone you don’t really want to talk to anyway, so when you move on to the attractive people, you don’t feel so conversationally awkward.
Wingman Duty: This is like taking on for the team, I guess, or falling on the grenade. It generally means that if you are attracted to someone and you want to talk to them, but the person you are attracted to is with a friend, then your buddy must play the “wingman” to keep the “friend” conversationally occupied while you make conversation with your “target” uuuhhhh… with the hopes of getting laid, of course. If your buddy spots a similar “target” for himself, then you play wingman for him.
The No-Cockblocking Rule: Cockblocking means interfering with a man’s attempt to get laid. If your buddy starts a conversation with a “target” you cannot move in and try to steal her away for yourself or otherwise interfere with his attempt to get laid.
The Rotating Rounds Rule: This means if one person buys a whole round of drinks for a group of friends, then an obligation arises on the part of all the friends who were beneficiaries of that round to buy a round for everyone in the group. This obligation rotates through all of your friends who were part of the round to buy each successive round of drinks until everyone in the group has purchased a round and the books are balanced. People who take a round but never pony up to buy a round are moochers worthy of public shame.
I had a different read on “go ugly early.” Based on the theory that everybody gets better looking at closing time (that is, folks who haven’t hooked up by then will suddenly lower their standards to get laid,) the savvy party person will start hitting on the ugly candidates right away, to save time and drink money. Why wait until you’re both tired and wobbly, and can barely mumble, “Hey. Wan’ go fuh?” 
Drink spillage is severly frowned upon in my circle.
That’s possible too, I reckon.
This is how I always heard it (and was one of the great bits of wisdom passed on by my father… when my mom wasn’t around).
Known as a “party foul”.