So, I decided just now that we need a SDMB drinking game, you know, for the various things (traditions, running gags, etc.) you can always see coming in a thread.
Cite? (Take a shot)
Whenever treadmills get mentioned in a discussion of airplanes (Take a shot)
Hi Opal! (Take a shot)
Whenever national anthems get brought up, and someone requests that the US get a new one (Take a shot)
Whenever someone posts an easily googlable question, and four identical answers are posted near-simultaneously, take one shot per answer beyond the third.
Eh, the national anthem thing only gets brought up every time the national anthem gets brought up (most recently, a thread inspired by Christina Aguilera’s rendition of the song).
Which reminds me…
Take a shot every time someone mentions Mr. Plinkett’s reviews during a Star Wars or Star Trek discussion. Take another shot if the thread gets derailed so the fanboys can talk about how awesome and funny Mr. Plinkett is. If that discussion gets derailed by yet another sidebar, this time arguing about the length or said reviews, switch out your shot glass for a Rum and Coke and take a sip for each post on the topic.
“Let me see if I’ve got…” or “Do I have this…” followed by “…this straight” = shot
If 2 and 4 are combined in the same sentence = triple shot
IANA*, ISTR, WAG, or WRT = shot, maximum of two per thread
Any “joke” that relies on deliberately misreading an unclear sentence for “humor” = shot
If number 7 occurs more than three days after the unclear post = double shot
Any “joke” where poster responds to statement of hatred for an item with example of item (eg: “I hate cutesy chat abbreviations” “ORLY?”) = shot, maximum of two per thread