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!

Saturday and Sunday – October 10th and 11th (Silly French!):
Just before getting on the airplane from Guadalajara, we stumbled into two French, of which one Charlotte knew from some weeks back. We found out we were heading on the same plane, and had the same final destination… and thus the epic journey started. Upon arriving in Veracruz, we got a bus-ticket at around 22 (7 hours drive to Oaxaca), which meant quite a few hours to spend in Veracruz.

Around 5 hours, dinner at the beach, lots of walking, and stocking up for a party at around 5 in the night (the time of arrival in Oaxaca) later, we got on the bus. Semi-comfortable trip, that left me with a slightly hurting neck (stupid “comfortable” chairs) and a convinced feeling that “Mean Machine” is indeed a better “popular sports-star gets busted for heavy drunk-driving, thrown into jail, where he forms a team of the inmates (including the “cool prisoners”, and the “chained insane beast”) to beat the guards’ team”-movie than “The Longest Yard”. And no, it has nothing to do with the fact that it was a Spanish-synced version I saw.

Anyway, we arrived at Oaxaca around 5, and joined the French and their friends for a few hours until we decided it was time to crash a hostel for some sleep (from 7 to 13 approximately). Needless to say, we didn’t get much done during that day, except drifting around a bit in the city, looking for things to do Monday/Tuesday, got a bit to eat… and semi-stoned a bit more, until joining the French again during the evening. To sum up the evening up fast: the French are (some of them at least) silly, insane and and a nice bunch.

Interlude:
I wrote earlier that I couldn’t quite put my finger on any exact differences between Guadalajara and Oaxaca. I found one – but it might be because of the close proximity to the center of the city: People are honking their car-horns like horny young rabbits on speed during mating-season. Combine that with the fact that houses are NOT isolated from sound here, and my frustration should be logical [insert large amounts of creative swearwords, colorful curses and not-for-the-weak terms of disgust here].

As a closing statement for Sunday, I would like to add that the addition of “You’re hot/sexy” at the end of every sentences (when speaking to a female or male, respectfully), is very splendid for the “King’s Cup” every drinking game.

Never the less, we’re currently on our way to Oaxaca, and in this moment sitting in the national part of Guadalajara Airport, set to board a plane to Veracruz… where we’ll (either tomorrow or later) take a 6 hour bus-drive that’ll bring us to Oaxaca (the city, that is). Should be exciting and very beautiful. Which leads me to what happened yesterday…

Friday, October 9th (Language Barrier!):
A busted camera, at the worst possible time (as the trip to Oaxaca lies virtually just ahead), and in the worst possible way (almost), as I got an unintended push, and – possibly out of surprise – dropped the camera. At first, it didn’t look like anything had happened. The “shell” hadn’t even gotten a single scratch, but the lens was “bend” (the camera was turned on when dropped). Good thing it is insured, but I’ll get to that when I get back home.

Besides that, the evening was really good. We met up with alot of the other exchange students (or well, more appropriate to call them our friends) in order to have dinner and see “Inglorious Basterds”… To say the least, going to a sushi-restaurant in Spanish is mildly confusing on many different levels. First of all, the mix of Spanish and Japanese names is confusing. Next, it’s food, which makes it even harder. Thankfully, we found an English menu-description, which made it a lot easier. Even better was the drinks (nom nom Appletini)!

Had I remembered how much of the movie that wasn’t in English, along with the fact that it was now naturally subtitled in Spanish… I probably wouldn’t have gone to see it. Add the comfortable chair, cold beer and the fact that I had seen it before, made me slip into sleep quite a few times, despite gunshots, explosions and other such loud sounds. As confusing and all as the day may sound, it was good.

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.

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.