Flip

Over the weekend I picked up a new drinking game to add to my repertoire of party starters.

It might have a more common name, but for the purposes of ease and cause I have no real idea what its inventor called it, I'm going to call it "Flip".

To play "Flip", you need:

1 x table (preferably round)
2 x teams of 4 people
Enough plastic pint glasses for everyone
Enough beer for everyone

Once you've got all that sorted, line the teams up around the table. Each team nominates 1 person to start on the adjudicator's whistle. The first person has to down their pint as fast as they can. Then, in an acrobatic feat that seems impossible, they have to place the bottom of their plastic glass on the edge of the table and 'Flip' it with the tips of their fingers, such that the rim at the open end of the glass lands perfectly on the table-side.

In the very likely event that it doesn't quite happen first time round; given the immense pressure and jostling for position around the table; keep repeating the 'Flip' until they finally land their empty pint glass the right way up!

This gives the second person in line in the team the signal to knock back their pint and repeat the procedure. This continues until everyone in the team has successfully drunk and flipped their glasses.

The losing team... well, they can be given some sort of suitable forfeit which I'm sure you'll be able to think of on your own :)