h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

WHere I come from we used to use a variation on this which goes:

"Ingle Angle Silver Bangle
Ingle Angle A, B, C,..."

And so on round the circle until the letter counted coincided with the initial of the first or last name of the person it landed on. So if it were you, then if J or D came up when it "landed" on you, you would be "out". Similarly if A or K came up when it landed on me, or V or B for Eomando.

Al alert the editor of this, he may be able to add it. It's also a variety on the old selection method, it should be in the article itself.