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The Summer Olympics are nearly upon us and I've got to turn you on to a drinking game one can play only once every two years, as it has to do with the Olympic games.

Rules for O PoN Drinking Game

The O PoN drinking game is the Olympics Parade of Nations game and it's played during the opening ceremonies of the Olympic games, whether they're Summer games or Winter games, and specifically during the Parade of Nations segment when the athletes march into the stadium behind the flag of the country they're representing at the games.

The game is played with players taking turns predicting the name of the next country to follow the one that just entered. Whether the guessing player is correct determines who drinks, and that is determined thusly:

SUMMER GAMES If the guessing player is correct, the other players drink. If incorrect, he or she drinks.
WINTER GAMES If the guessing player is correct, he or she drinks. If incorrect, the other players drink.

The goal of the game is to get shitty drunk. So if it's yr turn this August, and you aren't tanked yet, turf it: "That white flag with a big red meatball in the middle of it is ... the flag of Brazil!" You drink!

Hints:
Greece always goes first. That's a gimme and everyone drinks.
They march in a specific order that has to do with the language of the host country. If it's an English-speaking country, the parade goes in alphabetical English order. Same for French. Not sure what they're gonna do in China, so tune in and find out.

I'm posting this a week early because Lovely Longtime List Member Mark Bobek lives in China and he will be playing the O PoN DG as it happens on 08/08/08 while the rest of us wait for that peacock network to rebroadcast it on Friday, primetime.

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Tonight - Homestead.


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