The Game of BEER HUNTER

Safer Than Russian Roulette (Just)

Contributed by Chris Tann


Requirements:

  • Warm weather, or someone who doesn't mind the inside of their house being destroyed.
  • A table and six chairs, in the vicinity of the first requirement.
  • One "Master of Ceremonies."
  • Six players, preferably already a little drunk.
  • Each player must provide six cans of beer. All beer cans should be the same sort/brand.
  • As many spectators as possible, also all preferably drunk

Procedure:

  1. Each player should remove his/her/its[1] T-shirt, and tie it in a vague headband fashion around their forehead.
  2. Each player then places one can on the table. The MC selects one can, and shakes it thoroughly. It can also be passed around the spectators for some "audience involvement"
  3. The players sit down, with their foreheads on the table.
  4. The MC places the shaken can down with the others, and mixes them thoroughly.
  5. On pronunciation of the appropriate signal[2], the players grab for a can, quickly hold it to their ear, and open the ring-pull.
  6. One player will receive a spray of frothy beer in the ear, and he must then drink/wear the rest of the can as quickly as possible. He is then eliminated from the game. The other players then finish their beers, ready for the next round.
  7. Play then continues, with one player less each round. The winner is the last remaining, and he then walks[3] away with the rest of the beers[4].

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Notes:
[1] I don't want to be sexist/speciesist, but I can't be bothered typing in "he/she/its" every time. It doesn't scan very well either, and often comes out sounding like "He shits", which is not particularly poetic. So, I am just going to use "he" from now on. Sorry.
[2] "Go" is the traditional, albeit unimaginative, choice.
[3] Or more commonly, staggers.
[4] This should be 10 cans, but don't depend on it. Rottomathematics often applies, which is even more tortuous than Bistromathics.