Friday 1 January 2010

DRINKING GAMES: IRON CHEF / DEADWOOD / SOA

IRON CHEF AMERICA

(to be played with warm sake or scalding hot green tea)
  1. Be sure to yell "Kanpai" – a Japanese toast meaning "Drain the cup!"
  2. Chairman Kaga’s nephew and host of Iron Chef America Mark (The Crow) Dacasos announces the theme ingredient by bringing his hand down in a mighty karate chop motion. Take a shot.
  3. When the theme ingredient is either endangered, extinct or genetically modified. Take two shots.
  4. Alton Brown shares one of his coveted unusual food facts (i.e. "Annatto is the poor man’s saffron"). Take a shot.
  5. Iron Chef Mario "Testarossa" Batali’s signature shorts, sneakers or Crocs are shown on-screen. Take a shot (grappa may be substituted for sake in this instance).
  6. Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto’s high pitched Mickey Mouse voice is audible. Take a shot.
    Iron Chef Bobby Flay drops, burns, electrocutes or stands on something. Take two shots.
    A knife or burn wound is sustained by a kitchen assistant or challenger. Take a shot.
    A knife or burn wound is sustained by an Iron Chef. Take two shots.
  7. Tasting Round: When tasters use one of the following terms in describing the dishes: subtle, profound, texture, emphasizes, compliments, good or home cooking. Take a shot.
    Final judgment a.k.a. "Whose cuisine reigns supreme?": Take one shot for every point separating the victor and the defeated.


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DEADWOOD


(to be played with whiskey, or sarsaparilla)
  1. Saloon owner Al Swearengen says the F word, take a shot. (That should pretty much take care of business!)
  2. Doc Cochran says something along the lines of "Don’t tell me how to do ma job!". Take a shot.
  3. On-screen opiate use. Take a shot.
  4. Implied sex act? Take a shot.
  5. On-screen sex with a saloon whore? Take two shots.
  6. Someone takes a shot, take a shot.
  7. Someone gets shot, take a shot.
  8. Bodies are dropped off at Mr. Wu’s pigsty. Take a shot. Bacon vodka is recommended. But eating bacon is okay, too.
  9. Cemetery burial with weird funeral proceedings by Rev. H.W. Smith, take two shots.



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SONS OF ANARCHY

 (with whiskey, beer, or tequila. Cigars/420 optional)
  1. Someone says "SAMCRO" take a drink/shot.
  2. Burning out of TM as a posse on wheels (4 or more riders) take a shot.
  3. Piney takes a shot. Take a shot.
  4. Club House meeting at the original Redwood table? Everyone drinks in unison upon gavel banging.
  5. Someone says "Blowback." Snort splash from the upturned bottom of a shot glass.
  6. Visiting Cara Cara Studios?  Body shots for all!
  7. Tig/Trager admires something in a sexually-creepy fashion. Take a stiff drink.
  8. The first one to spot a new tattoo on any cast member can command everyone else to take a drink.
  9. Every time someone lights one up. Light one up.
  10. Official removal of SAMCRO patch or tattoo! Peel the label from your bottle in one piece, or you'll have to drain the whole thing in one mighty swig.
  11. Big Otto appears on screen? Open a screw-top beer with your eye socket and drink it before the scene ends.
  12. On-screen death of a club member? Everyone drinks, and then pour one out for the fallen.
 
by Christine Leonard