WARNING: LONG POST

My last blog post was entitled embarrassment but if I had just waited that title would have been much more apt for this one. In fact I’m not even going to write about it but will tell you all when I see you shortly, it involved an old lady, vomit, a policeman and trousers. Anywho today I am going to talk about drinking as last night I was laying alone in my bed thinking of the next bent and what whacky or crazy things we could all get up to. It made me think of all the past whacky and crazy things we have done (drink related) so I thought I’d stick it in a post…no doubt I will have forgotten a few. I have given them all a bent rating but post your own views guys! Four areas have been measured out of a total 5 stars to be added up to create the overall bent rating. Results are displayed in reverse order:


Double Start Double Finish – Every time we started off a big drinking session at the club it had to start with a double vodka and end in the same way. To think of doing that now makes me heave, but we were truly naïve and it certainly kick started the evening. One memorable moment came one summer when we forgot to start with a double Vodka. We ended up having it mid pint and there was silence for a good few minutes after with everyone trying not to be sick.

Expense over an evening ***** Roughly £8
Drunkeness **
Bent *
Overall Heads *
Overall Bent Factor **

Strawpedo – There was a bit of a craze back in 2002/2003 to down a bottle of Smirnoff ice/black ice/reed/vk or whatever was on offer. A great way to start any night.

Expense over an evening ***
Drunkeness **
Bent **
Overall Heads *
Overall Bent Factor **

Bud Cup – A Spin off from Bud season, I don’t think it ever got completed due to people never arranging matches. Some controversy over whether certain Bud’s counted but some classic ties outside of the tennis club in the glorious sunshine.

Expense over an evening ** Roughly £20-30
Drunkeness ****
Bent **
Overall Heads **
Overall Bent Factor ** ½

Death Row Spirit – Not sure how it exactly started but if I remember correctly it must have started around about 2002 when we were in sixth form and before the year above me went off to university. Every one who managed to drink all 17 shots would get their name in the back of the prestigious book. Including a classic entry ‘Gary puked 9.55 Sat’. Death row spirit was completed several times by several different people and even completed twice in one night when J and I hadn’t even planned on doing it. This was even completed whilst working with the not quite so nice ‘back row’ attempted on only a few occasssions.

Expense over an evening*** roughly £34
Drunkeness **
Bent **
Overall Heads ****
Overall Bent Factor ** ½

Centurion – Only ever completed once. A shot a minute for 100 minutes sounds simple but not so easy in practice, trying to fit in a wee inbetween proved difficult, but was an entertaining night at Dazzys.

Expense over an evening *****
Drunkeness **
Bent ***
Overall Heads ***
Overall Bent Factor *** ½

Thumbs and Freeze – Started about 2004 and has been repeated sparingly since. This old classic always turns up on holidays and random nights out. Shoes being placed in mouths, trousers round ankles, and standing on chairs are just some of the classic freeze moments.

Expense over an evening *****
Drunkeness *
Bent ****
Overall Heads ***
Overall Bent Factor *** ½

Bud Season – A fantastic initiative with a hideous amount of drink being consumed. I can't find the facts and figures on any of J's sites but basically we drank as much Bud as we could (well over any guidelines for units consumed per week and we were only little nippers. Unfortunately Gareth was on the Atkins at the time so didn't participate and would have been expensive had it not been free!

Expense over an evening ***
Drunkeness ****
Bent ****
Overall Heads **
Overall Bent Factor ***½

Premium + Shot – The rules were simple, to have a premium lager and premium shot in every pub we went in on a little tour around Pinner. To my knowledge this was done twice around Pinner before the pubs closed down and it became the roughest town this side of Brooklyn. Memorable moments include me volunteering to jump in a trolley ending up in a horrible painful crash and Carl speaking chav to two chav girls on the way home see the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVczPvVmOEA By the way J ended up ditching the trolley in the Pinn.

Expense over an evening *** Roughly £30
Drunkeness *****
Bent ***
Overall Heads ****
Overall Bent Factor ****

Death Row Beer – To my knowledge only ever attempted 3 times. Involved drinking every beer on the bar from one end to another. Tactical puking, arguments with management, horrendous hangovers ensued. Death Row Beer 1 included Stellagate where Gareth was believed to have completed it all until a few days later a picture of a rogue Stella was seen sat next to Gareth while he drank his Guiness. This Death row also saw myself miss out by half a guiness but also included the dreaded Timmy Taylors. I woke up with blood all over me and a very concerned mother asking awkward questions. Death Row Beer 2 saw James complete the impressive feat and downed his Guiness in style, Lawrence disappeared and was out of radio contact for some time. Death Row Beer 3 was only attempted by Gary whilst I was working, it ended up with him being sick on the pool table in front of a packed bar, arguing with the bar manager and getting himself sacked.

Expense over an evening **** roughly £24
Drunkeness *****
Bent ****
Overall Heads ****
Overall Bent Factor ****

Pointless Bent – After J got locked out of his house and went down the Pinner Arms for a few on his own and I went on placement to Lincoln and ended up drinking on my own in a pub on a few occasions we both stated how it was actually quite good fun, to take it to a new extreme the boys organised a trip to London where we would all go and do this for two hours before meeting up again. This has now been done twice with as far as I know only favourable reports. Very drunken and great attendance to both. Memorable moments include Chrissy B going to a jazz concert and raucous shouting in Henry’s bar heckling the latecomers.

Expense over an evening * variable but London quite expensive
Drunkeness ****
Bent *****
Overall Heads *****
Overall Bent Factor ****


Punch – First started at one of J’s infamous gatherings, what better way to warm up for a game with Dr Sparks or a comedy set from the only and only Daz than a feisty alcohol fuelled punch. Spillages, Extreme drunkenness, some Dor’s pulling J’s little sisters friends. Punch was then taken on at Dazzy and my 21st bash where everyone got butfucked and Gary ended up leaving the club due to throwing up. At a summer gathering at Gary’s house an almost pure alcohol punch was created…see the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_SzmXK-1Aw

Expense over an evening ***** Only the host pays
Drunkeness *****
Bent ****
Overall Heads *****
Overall Bent Factor **** ½