Atheist drinking games
Drinking1 is a national past-time in Scotland, so I thought that I’d share this aspect of my country of adoption with other atheists from around the world. These drinking games are suitable for radio, TV and especially podcasts.
All of these games are best played with some friends (playing alone is not recommended) when you have plenty of time, and not much to do the next day.
The first one that I should mention is the well-estabished game associated with the Non Prophets radio show from the Atheist Community of Austin. These rules have been slightly modified from the traditional rules to offer a little more variety.
The Non Prophets drinking game
| Occasion | Drink (short) | Drink (pint) |
|---|---|---|
| When a member of the crew says “asshat” (or variations thereof) | 1 finger | normal gulp |
| When a member of the crew says anything in a (bad) non-USA accent | 2 fingers | large gulp |
| When a member of the crew says “asshat” (or variations thereof) in a (bad) non-USA accent | finish drink | |
| Special house rule | ||
| When Matt says “The fact of the matter is…” | finish drink | |
One that I’ve personally come up with is the Infidel Guy drinking game. This game is only suitable for playing when the Infidel Guy (Reg Finlay) is hosting a show himself—it doesn’t work as well with other hosts.
The Infidel Guy drinking game
| Occasion | Drink (short) | Drink (pint) |
|---|---|---|
| When IG says “Wow!” | 1 finger | normal gulp |
| When IG says “Reeeealy!?” | 2 fingers | large gulp |
| When IG says “Mmm-mmm-mmm!” | finish drink | |
Of course, we can’t just use other atheists as the source of reasons to imbibe, we should have something involving wingnuttery. So, here’s the creationist/ID drinking game, especially good for when listening to either Kent Hovind (from an archived show, I presume ;-)) or that smashing couple Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron The Other One.
The creationist/ID drinking game
| Occasion | Drink (short) | Drink (pint) |
|---|---|---|
| Someone says “…must be a designer/creator” | 1 finger | normal gulp |
| Someone says “bacterial flagellum” or “blood clotting” | 2 fingers | large gulp |
| Someone claims dinosaurs/sauropods lived at the same time as humans | finish drink | |
| Special bonus rule | ||
| Someone says or shows “crocaduck” | finish 2 drinks | |
There’s also the short drinking game that can be played listening or watching most things, like news, current affairs, pseudoscience, televangelists, etc., and has the easiest rules (or rule). Well, it does at the beginning…
The spot-the-logical-fallacy drinking game
| Occasion | Drink (short) | Drink (pint) |
|---|---|---|
| Someone argues using an identifiable logical fallacy | 1 finger | normal gulp |
Warning: Do not play this game while watching Fox News; this may result in alcohol poisoning.
Do you have any other drinking games suitable for atheists? Feel free to leave a comment and share them with the rest of us.
Happy drinking, but don’t play alone and always remember to drink in moderation. Oh, yeah, don’t drink and drive. Really: don’t.
- alcohol [↩]
June 11th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
You ought to add another “finish drink” for whenever Matt says “this idea of…” :P
June 11th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
You could play ‘Drink along with Christopher Hitchens’, but then again… Speaking of Hitchens, he’ll be on R4 next monday 9:00am, talking about his book. Thought you might want to know.
Another drinking game: Go throught the bible and take a shot everytime you find Yahweh breaking his own commandments. Restraint is advised.