Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Okay...

From Economist:
"...While we're on the subject of pleasurable vices, here's a piece from the Economist's archives about South African drinking games. A sample:

[T]ake a fresh pat of buffalo dung, lay it on the bar and add water to make it nice and sloppy. All the lads in the boozing group then place their chins on the bar, as close to the dung as possible, and the barman slaps the mess as hard as he can. The man with the fewest blobs of excrement on his face has to buy the next round. “Spots”, as this merry diversion is known, was invented by macho game wardens and is popular wherever beer and buffalo are plentiful. If there are no buffaloes, you can play a different game with the droppings of the kudu, a large antelope with twirly horns. Contestants place a pellet of dried kudu waste in their mouths and see how far they can spit it. Distances of 20 metres have been recorded..."

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