Booze and Bingo—games take shot at VP debate

Posted by Adam Wills

Before VP candidates Sarah Palin and Joe Biden face off tonight at 6 p.m. (PST), check out one of these games to make your viewing experience more interactive (and a little less stuffy).

First, there’s the games the whole family can play ... BINGO!

• Palin Bingo provides players with four different cards you can print off, or you can make one of your own. Whenever Palin says a word of phrase on the card, check it off. Keep going until you check off five boxes in a straight or diagonal line and yell out “Bridge to Nowhere!”

• Grist’s Talking Points Bingo is a bipartisan approach to the debates, from “Thanks, but no thanks” to “Folks, let me tell you.” Let the PDF page load for a good long while, after which you can print off 5 Biden and 5 Palin cards. (Or you can download the Zip file here.) Grist’s instructions are here if you need them.

• Newsweek’s Fight Night Bingo also gives you the GOP/Dem option, but with better graphics and a button that allows you to randomize the order of words before printing.

Second, there are a host of drinking games online for those who are old enough.

• College students practically invented drinking games, so what better game to turn to than the MIT Tech VP Debate Drinking Game?
Highlight: When Palin claims she said “Thanks but no thanks” to the Bridge to Nowhere: Demand a new drink from your hosts, say “thanks but no thanks,” and then when no one’s looking, take it anyway, then claim you never wanted it.
• The good folks at Comedy Central assume we “started drinking weeks ago in preparation for tonight’s debate.” Still, they’ve provided us with the Indecision 2008 Vice Presidential Debate Drinking Game.
Highlight: Every time Biden mentions taking the train to and from his Senate job, sing the train whistle part at the beginning of “Allentown.”

• For those who like elaborate drinking games that get you major BevMo rewards points, check out Josh Nelson‘s on Huffington Post:
Highlight: Every time Palin tries to talk about energy policy: praise your favorite oil company and pour an Alaskan Oil Spill.

And if you drink, remember: don’t drive. I need all the readers I can get.

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