# The SDMB Drinking Game! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-drinking-game/570516 "2011-02-07T14:44:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-drinking-game/570516/1 "2011-02-07T14:44:58Z")
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. 1. Cite? (Take a shot) 2. Whenever treadmills get mentioned in a discussion of airplanes (Take a shot) 3. Hi Opal! (Take a shot) 4. Whenever national anthems get brought up, and someone requests that the US get a new one (Take a shot) Any others? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-drinking-game/570516/2 "2011-02-07T14:52:40Z")
Whenever “(Blank) On A Plane” gets mentioned, take a shot. Whenever "Snakes On A (Blank) get mentioned, take a shot. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-drinking-game/570516/3 "2011-02-07T22:18:46Z")
“We have a thread on this already _link_” “ZOMBIE!” ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-drinking-game/570516/4 "2011-02-07T22:21:11Z")
I took a shot… once… in 1960… for 20 minutes! ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-drinking-game/570516/5 "2011-02-07T22:35:13Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Whenever national anthems get brought up, and someone requests that the US get a new one (Take a shot) Never had to take a shot for this one. Is it fairly common? ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-drinking-game/570516/6 "2011-02-07T22:51:27Z")
Whenever someone mentions left or right wing politics as an insult, take a shot. Hell. Take two. Political potshots are easy. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-drinking-game/570516/7 "2011-02-07T22:56:13Z")
Whenever someone posts an easily googlable question, and four identical answers are posted near-simultaneously, take one shot per answer beyond the third. ---
**Author:** ![firstname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ab992/32.png) [@firstname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/firstname)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-drinking-game/570516/8 "2011-02-07T23:28:52Z")
Take a shot every time **Skald** posts a poll. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-drinking-game/570516/9 "2011-02-07T23:49:11Z")
Drink for rape! Twice in the Pit! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-drinking-game/570516/10 "2011-02-07T23:52:42Z")
> [@firstname](#): > > Take a shot every time **Skald** posts a poll. We would all become dipsomaniac. However one spells it. 🙂 OK, fine, whenever CP makes a sarcastic remark. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-drinking-game/570516/11 "2011-02-08T00:02:11Z")
Shot whenever someone falls victim to Gaudere’s Law. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-drinking-game/570516/12 "2011-02-08T00:10:57Z")
Take a shot whenever someone makes a comment about posting while drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-drinking-game/570516/13 "2011-02-08T00:28:53Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > “We have a thread on this already _link_” _[glug](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12336251#post12336251)_ ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-drinking-game/570516/14 "2011-02-08T00:50:56Z")
Whenever someone posts a link to a previous thread on the subject of the current thread. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-drinking-game/570516/15 "2011-02-08T02:58:40Z")
Why oh why didn’t you put this in the Pit-I could have some fun there. Oh, and a sip every time some presumptuous prick says “Take it to the Pit.” ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-drinking-game/570516/16 "2011-02-08T03:28:15Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > Whenever someone posts a link to a previous thread on the subject of the current thread. Whenever someone refers someone to an earlier post giving the same information they just did (Post #3, and take a shot) ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-drinking-game/570516/17 "2011-02-08T03:38:40Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Never had to take a shot for this one. Is it fairly common? 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. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-drinking-game/570516/18 "2011-02-08T03:40:18Z")
1. “Heck,…” or “Hell,…” = shot 2. “…got it.” = shot 3. “…loves me some…” = shot 4. “Let me see if I’ve got…” or “Do I have this…” followed by “…this straight” = shot 5. If 2 and 4 are combined in the same sentence = triple shot 6. IANA\*, ISTR, WAG, or WRT = shot, maximum of two per thread 7. Any “joke” that relies on deliberately misreading an unclear sentence for “humor” = shot 8. If number 7 occurs more than three days after the unclear post = double shot 9. 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