Drink whenever:

• Arnold is first seen, at the start of the movie (that means: not chronologically).
• The title of the movie is seen or said. In honor of “End of Days“
• Arnold says “HU-ARRRHHEEH”, or variations thereof.
• Arnold has violent (the definition of “violent” is up for discussion) PHYSICAL pain.
• Someone humanoid is killed. Large amounts is drunk continuously. In honor of “Total Recall“.
• Arnold makes breakfast (double, if it’s in a blender).
• There is a reference (has to be accepted amongst the crowd) to another movie (double, if it’s with Arnold). In honor of “Last Action Hero“.
• Arnold meets/sees/whatever himself in any possible way. In honor of “6th Day“.
• Someone (double, if it’s Arnold) says/yells “get down!” or a variation thereof.
• There’s an explosion (minimum-size is up for discussion).
• There’s a car chase.
• Arnold changes weapon (unarmed included). Weapons only counts if used, thus it doesn’t count as “unarmed” if it’s from one weapon to another.
• Arnold changes vehicle (same properties as the rule above).
• A fence or a variation thereof is mentioned/used/plowed down, in any way possible.
• A party is mentioned (double, if it has any connection to Richter).
• You call out a rule, and the crowd disagrees (You lack discipline! You can already drink when you want – don’t make people drink under false premises without getting away with it).

Empty the bottle/glass whenever:

• Arnold yells “GET TO DA CHOPPA!”
• The bad guy dies. Again, in honor of “6th Day“.
• Arnold dies, shuts or melts down, or anything else that renders him “un-functional”, for the rest of the movie.

As a special something, I had prepared a minor warm-up (with rules), since Arnold had been present at the Climate COP15 Meeting in Copenhagen (where I, as you might know, live). Naturally, it was originally in danish, but I took the effort and made a translation. Don’t worry, the links to the videos are fine, nothing is in Danish (however, if you want, you can see the original page in Danish here), so everything should be good.

<<< PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE GOVERNATOR! >>>

In the following video-clip below, use these rules, and refer to the original rules for reference.

DRINK WHENEVER:

• The word “climate” is heard.
• The word “Copenhagen” is heard.
• An applause is heard.
• 2 words, decided by the people, is heard. (I think these ended up being “global” and “green”)

EMPTY THE CLASS/BOTTLE WHENEVER:

• One of the normale rules would have effect (let’s not get into the latter ones…).

“I’M AT COP 15, YOU IDIOT!”

Enjoy – and cheers!

With that nice thought in our heads, the time of the year crawls closer to the next Arnold Drinking Evening, once again with the good old evil rules, closely followed by hangovers, and the like. Maybe we’ll settle completely on the rules, instead of ending up changing them again. With things as serious as this, it’s bound to happen.

With all hope, I’ll get a chance of using my newest working excuse, that happened last week. A guy asked me what I was doing, and I replied “I’m drunk!” – which was seemingly accepted as a thing to focus your full attention on. I guess it compares to “I’m breathing air” or “I’m having my eyes open”, but don’t let that think it any less valid of an occupation.

It would seem that he rolled back a few years and reloaded the neural net processor. Thus, no less than 10,000 citizens was terminated.

There’s still hope, it would seem. Eventhough the upcomming Terminator Salvation won’t contain The Terminator himself, he’s certainly with us in essence.

So, last weekend, a couple of friends and I sat down to watch some good movies, and enjoy some good beer. The result was that the rules had to be revised a bit, and some details should be added, as there were some bending of the rules (both good and bad) as the evening crept forward. As of such, the new rules are the following, where additions, removals or changes are marked with strikethrough and italic. I added another category that happens in every movie, at the top, so it is not overlooked.

For every movie, drink when:

1. Arnold is first seen, at the start of the movie (previously §1.11).
2. The title of the movie is seen, (bonus: …or said).

Drink whenever:

1. Arnold says “HU-ARRRHHEEH”, or variations thereof.
2. Arnold (or anyone else) kills someone human (double, if it’s with a shotgun). In honor of “Total Recall“.
3. There is a reference to another movie. In honor of “Last Actionhero“.
4. Arnold meets/sees/whatever his “twin” (that means clones too). In honor of “6th Day“.
5. Arnold has violent (discussable) pain. PHYSICALLY!
6. Someone (double, if it’s Arnold) says/yells “get down!” or a variation thereof.
7. There’s an explosion.
8. There’s a car chase.
9. Arnold changes weapon (unarmed included). It doesn’t count as “unarmed” if it’s from one weapon to another.
10. You quote Arnold.
11. Arnold is making breakfast in a blender.
12. A fence is mentioned.

Empty the bottle/glass whenever:

1. Arnold yells “GET TO DA CHOPPA!”
2. The bad guy dies (again, In honor of “6th Day“).
3. Arnold dies.

The reasoning for removing the “You quote Arnold”-rule, was simply because it added a really unreasonable element to the game, and – as the hours passes – tends to get really cruel, thus ruining the social element of trying to emitate §2.1 the best.

For instance, I was looking about if there was a new movie coming with Arnold Schwarzenegger soon again – and there is. Very soon actually, but it doesn’t seem like anything you’d expect Arnold to be in.

Incredible Love – the first Bollywood-movie to be made in Hollywood, and got some other starts on the cast as well, like Sylvester Stallone amongst others.

One thing is certain, I’ll be trying to get a hold of it, once it gets out later this year. Keeping Arnold’s last movie-appearance – Prince Hapi in Around the World in 80 Days – it could end up being quite hilarious. Hoping.