Web Drinking Games: Surfing to Get Soused

Sure, ritualized drinking can make trash like The A-Team more fun. ("Drink when Colonel Decker says, 'You're mine now, Smith.'") But what if you want to spice up more wholesome and highbrow pursuits?

WHAT IT IS:

The Sound of Music Drinking Game

is one of my favorite things. Example: "Take one sip each time the 'Von Brats' are seen wearing curtains."

WHERE TO FIND IT: www.tomatopatch.com/som/index2.htm

WHAT IT IS: Lit major? The creators of the

Beloved Drinking Game

feel your pain. Why not take a shot whenever author Toni Morrison changes voices?

WHERE TO FIND IT: www.stf.org/~laura/morrison.html

WHAT IT IS: C-SPAN is boring. Enter the

Political Hearings Drinking Game

. Example: "One sip for any use of 'the children.'"

WHERE TO FIND IT: www.flutterby.com/archives/1998_Dec/11_ThePoliticalHearingsDrinkingGame.html

WHAT IT IS: The

PBS Pledge Drive Drinking Game

rewards you for tote-bag offers and guilt-tripping. Shouldn't you drink whenever "the station claims they are here for YOU"?

WHERE TO FIND IT: www.firsttvdrama.com/pbs/pbsdrink.php3