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

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A528095

This is a remarkable game to play with your friends.... verry simple, but also verry funny!

Have fun with it and please let me know if you like it and if you were succesful!

Sounds like fun!

Just a couple of things:
"make sure not to many persons " should be "make sure not too many people"

down a bit you have glas/bottle it should be glass

Appart from these minor things, it's great!
=)

Entry's good, although a few typos are present. The actual layout, style etc seems fine, although I have a few conceptual questions about the game.

Have you ever actually played it? What were the results?

The entry's not clear about how the participant is supposed to retrieve the coin for their 2nd/3rd/4th attempts. Surely the coin will theoretically end up in their trousers. If I were unknowingly about to play this game I would want to know how I was go to funnel 12 times .....

Why is it better to have a token than a coin? I can't see it makes much difference.

Good game, although isn't just easier to say to the gimp "Hey look over there" and then when they turn round all throw your beer over them?

Anyway good entry

BBS

Hello,

Funny entry. Remind me not to go to any parties you're attending.

Yours,
Jake

thanks for the notifications... I just altered my entry !

yours,

Nussie

Hi!

thanks for your reply!

I played the game for three days (almost NON STOP) and I had a lot of fun playing it. We used tokens instead of coins because we were at a hockey tournament and we all had more tokens on us than coins and our coins were more precious to us than the tokens we had on us).

retrieving the coins from the funnel was quite easy: we made sure that the small hole of the funnel wasn't larger than the token, so you could easily take the token out of the funnel. Using normal coins (like pounds) causes the small hole to be more smaller and then there wil be not so much beer/liquid ending up in ones trousers.

And when you just say 'Hey, look over there!' and then fill him up with beer... well, that makes the games less interesting and funny, and you'll be having serious problems with the person with the wet trousers (who will not laugh at all!).

Good luck with the game!

yours,

Nussie

Heh - great game...

The advantage of funneling over just throwing beer over someone is that you get to target the beer into their underwear, rather than just splashing the surface. This is always better and, critically, FAR more embarassing for the victim...

Possibly worth mentioning that it's best to do this when it's hot and sunny, so the victim doesn't get hypothermia (since they'll be outside).

Nice stuff - keep up the good work...

Oh: one more thing - it's definately good to vary the size of the whole according to your aims. For example, a small hole is great if you just want to embarrass someone and catch them out: a large hole is needed if you want to get someone *seriously* wet. Small holes are also good because they minimise beer wastage - a serious sin in any good drinking club - when your victim pulls it out of their pants you can quickly go to put your pint glass under the funnel, and regain your alcohol - perfick!

I played this game for two days at a hockey tournament in the Netherlands. The amount of beer we had stached in the trunks of all our cars was so large, that we didn't have to bother about spilling it; and so we didn't have to try to retrieve it from the funnel. If we had to buy every glass of beer that we used for the game at the party (so: more expensive), we'd probably would never even have played it.

By the way: thanks for all the reactions; I hope this entry wil make it to the Guide (please let me know if there is a good chance it will!).

Yours,

Nussie

While it wasn't a problem for you, you might want to include the info for those with a less copious supply of alcohol...

I think this has every chance of getting into the guide - but be patient: it sometimes takes a while...

The powers that be think that this entry is "very *very* funny", and "a riot!" - and they want it in the guide!

It'll take a little while to get there: the sub-eds will need to give it the once over for misplaced commas and suchlike, and then the inhouse editors will give it the final once ever - and then it'll get onto the front page, and all will marvel at this game's wonderfulness, and there will be much wetting of underwear throughout the land.

In the mean time, if you have any questions, simply ask here, and I'll do my best to answer. Thank you for writing a wonderful entry, and I hope you continue to contribute to the guide.

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