Brother Jimmy's BBQ by Josh Lebowitz

Author:Josh Lebowitz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2012-04-19T16:00:00+00:00

TAILGATING GAMES: THIS MAY BE MY LEAST FAVORITE CHAPTER in the book, but I’m still going to help you have a blast while you’re tailgating by sharing some staple games folks can play. In fact, there are plenty of people who just go to tailgates in stadium lots with no intention of ever making it into the actual game. By no means should these showcases of drinking fortitude and shenanigans be limited merely to tailgating. Take it from someone who has a tail and knows best.

Some of the more popular games include: Cornhole, aka Bags (see this page), Washer Pitching (picture Cornhole, but with oversize washers instead of bags), Flip Cup, Dizzy Bat, and Beer Pong.

FLIP CUP is simple to set up, easy to play, yet hard to master. Line up two evenly numbered teams across a table and distribute a plastic cup to each player. Fill each with an equal amount of beer and then designate the starting side of the table and the ending side of the table. Once the game commences, participants have to chug their brew (avoid dousing the front of yourself because you’re overeager—that’s never a good look, and that’s coming from a bona fide pig), then place the cup upside down on the edge of the table and flip it so it lands upright.

Once you’ve stuck the landing, the next person in line downs his or her beer and flips his or her cup. The winning team is the first one to make it through all their members. Repeat until your vision blurs. A little tip from ol’ Reggie: Spill a drop or two of beer where you’re about to flip—the liquid makes the cup adhere to the table better.

DIZZY BAT is a fun little number in which the selected contestant gulps down a full beer out of the open end of a wiffle ball bat. Then that person has to spin around ten times with his forehead touching the end of the bat before attempting to hit a beer can pitched to him. If he swings and misses, he spins three more times before trying again.

Although the game is rather arduous for the participants, depending on how long the festivities have been going on for, it’s utterly hilarious for the onlookers because most dizzy batters face-plant catastrophically, nearly wipe out onlookers, and generally meet the ground in an untimely, comical manner. Just remember that if you’re going to lop off the end of the bat to drink from, you should smooth the edges down; no one wants to put his or her mouth where you’ve just bled.

BEER PONG is addictively awesome, from what I’ve heard. I don’t have thumbs, so I lack the dexterity to play. What makes the game so fun is the self-deluded idea that your skills rise as the rounds of games wear on. The setup is simple: six to ten cups filled with cheap beer (or fancy suds, if you’re so inclined—and if so, please invite me over) in triangle formation on either side of a Ping-Pong table or any flat surface.

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