Tour Rules and Silly Games
Alistair Aird
Effingham Rugby Club are doing their annual rugby tour in the not too distant
future and whilst we have plenty of suitably silly traditions I was
wondering if anyone had any particularly good tour rules or games best played
on tour.
Also we allocate all the tourists jobs - from bag carrier to chief
sneak, judge, Mr Weights & Measures etc but I would like to know of more
unusual jobs such as Chief Procurer of Females etc.
We are fairly well sorted for drinking games - one of our players wrote the
book "101 Great Drinking Games" (if you would like more info on the book, a
must for rugby nuts everywhere e-mail me and I will see what can be arranged.
I think it only cost 4.95 +p&p) but any new or obscure ones would be very
welcome. Games that involve a stitch up particularly needed!
Infact any information leading to a better tour will be greatly appreciated
especially if you have toured Dublin (where we're off to!)
Al
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Steve Howie
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: Effingham Rugby Club are doing their annual rugby tour in the not too distant
: future and whilst we have plenty of suitably silly traditions I was
: wondering if anyone had any particularly good tour rules or games best played
: on tour.
I don't know if you'd necessarily call this "good" or not in these
"enlightened" times, but we once instituted spot-checks where the
targetted player had to be in possession of an item of ladies intimate
apparel at all times. Failure to produce was grounds for a court date. The
punishment meted out to two unfortunate victims was to pass a mouthfull of
cheap vermouth between each others mouths twelve times, to the obvious
delight of the throngs in attendance. This impromptu court session was
held at the edge of a field at the SaranWrap^H^H^H^Hac Lake Can-Am
tournament years ago while a game was in progress.
Aye Obidiah, those were the days :)
Scotty
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required is some form of hideous personal adornment (lately for us it's
been a wild-haired, blonde wig). The game starts with the posessor of the
wig letting the group know that Dead Ant is "locked & loaded." Everyone
is then on guard that whenever the wig posessor yells "dead ant," they
must hit the deck, no matter where they are or what they are doing.
The last one to the floor has to wear the wig for a pre-determined period
of time before he can declare Dead Ant to be locked & loaded. He can then
call Dead Ant at his leisure.
Folks in bars & such seem to get kind of scared when 30 people
simultaneously hit the floor.
Todd
CPTRugby
came dressed in the most hideous seventies outfits you've ever seen (to
include wigs) They were required to carry a picture of a beaver, a
plastic object and a condom. We challenged all present had to produce the
three items. Those who didn't were required to unzip and let thier
manlyhood hang out for a period of time. I think we got kicked out of
several establishments that night :)
CPT Pat McGuire
"Second Row gone Prop"
Rhodri Howell
> :
> : Effingham Rugby Club are doing their annual rugby tour in the not too distant
> : future and whilst we have plenty of suitably silly traditions I was
> : wondering if anyone had any particularly good tour rules or games best played
> : on tour.
> :
>
> I don't know if you'd necessarily call this "good" or not in these
> "enlightened" times, but we once instituted spot-checks where the
> targetted player had to be in possession of an item of ladies intimate
> apparel at all times. Failure to produce was grounds for a court date. The
> punishment meted out to two unfortunate victims was to pass a mouthfull of
> cheap vermouth between each others mouths twelve times, to the obvious
> delight of the throngs in attendance. This impromptu court session was
> held at the edge of a field at the SaranWrap^H^H^H^Hac Lake Can-Am
> tournament years ago while a game was in progress.
>
> Aye Obidiah, those were the days :)
Another thing to fine people for is names; everybody on the tour should
be given a name (preferably nothing like their own or referring to
something that is their antithesis e.g. Barman for somebody who doesn't
drink much); then fine people if they use somebody's real name instead of
their tour name.
Steve has definitely got the right idea about fines; they should be very
much in PUBLIC (not just the rugby team) and should be designed to cause
the maximum amusement and embarrasment to the person fined.
If you can find a fountain which is large enough for someone to get into
on your tour then they can provide a great deal of amusement. Just make
sure that you've got a bottle of washing up liquid with you and that at
least half the team need a piss. I leave the rest to your own sick
imaginations.
Rhodri
> Scotty
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David_Covey
[Snip, look you isn't it?]
|> Steve has definitely got the right idea about fines; they should be very
|> much in PUBLIC (not just the rugby team) and should be designed to cause
|> the maximum amusement and embarrasment to the person fined.
|>
|> If you can find a fountain which is large enough for someone to get into
|> on your tour then they can provide a great deal of amusement. Just make
|> sure that you've got a bottle of washing up liquid with you and that at
|> least half the team need a piss. I leave the rest to your own sick
|> imaginations.
This aspect of rugby is the one which mystifies a lot of people,
including me. Why is it when you get a gang of blokes together,
and call them a rugby club, that they feel the need to indulge
in questionable practices and generally make a nuisance of
themselves? My own theory, not supported by empirical evidence,
rather by observation, is that rugby tends to attract a lot of
blokes who are unsure of themselves. Hence the need to "prove"
themselves to their peers. It's very sad really...
As I said, just my observations from the periphery... Flame away,
if you wish , but you know it's true... Particularly if you've
had the misfortune to stay at a hotel where the local bloody
rugby club was having its sodding annual dinner :-)
David
David Hamlett
On Thursday, April 11, 1996, Alistair Aird wrote...
>
> Effingham Rugby Club are doing their annual rugby tour in the not too
distant
> future and whilst we have plenty of suitably silly traditions I was
> wondering if anyone had any particularly good tour rules or games best
played
> on tour.
>
> sneak, judge, Mr Weights & Measures etc but I would like to know of more
> unusual jobs such as Chief Procurer of Females etc.
>
> We are fairly well sorted for drinking games - one of our players wrote
the
> book "101 Great Drinking Games" (if you would like more info on the
book, a
> must for rugby nuts everywhere e-mail me and I will see what can be
arranged.
> I think it only cost 4.95 +p&p) but any new or obscure ones would be
very
> welcome. Games that involve a stitch up particularly needed!
>
> Infact any information leading to a better tour will be greatly
appreciated
> especially if you have toured Dublin (where we're off to!)
>
> Al
>
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> | - Alistair Aird - | "If you can't be good be
careful...if you|
> | InterNet : ala...@sv.span.com | can't be careful, be bloody
good!" |
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touring Wakefield. On thing we allways do is wear fancy dress, in a theme
dictated by the captain. This year we wore fancy dress, as butchers. One
thing we did this year was tell one of the tourists a completely different
theme from the rest of us. He turned up dressed as a dog. Hence our
motto for the the tour - A Dog Is For Life, Not Just For Tour!!. We have
been to Dublin in the past but I can't remember much about it. Good luck
and happy touring.
ps The Isle of Man is always agood place to tour, especially over Easter
and the weeks up to the end of the season.
--
Dave Hamlett
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ycr...@ivory.trentu.ca
>> Alistair Aird (AlA...@sv.span.com) wrote:
>> :
>> : Effingham Rugby Club are doing their annual rugby tour in the not too distant
>> : future and whilst we have plenty of suitably silly traditions I was
>> : wondering if anyone had any particularly good tour rules or games best played
>> : on tour.
>>
>> I don't know if you'd necessarily call this "good" or not in these
>> "enlightened" times, but we once instituted spot-checks where the
>> targetted player had to be in possession of an item of ladies intimate
>> apparel at all times. Failure to produce was grounds for a court date. The
>> punishment meted out to two unfortunate victims was to pass a mouthfull of
>> cheap vermouth between each others mouths twelve times, to the obvious
>> delight of the throngs in attendance. This impromptu court session was
>> held at the edge of a field at the SaranWrap^H^H^H^Hac Lake Can-Am
>> tournament years ago while a game was in progress.
>>
>> Aye Obidiah, those were the days :)
>
>Another thing to fine people for is names; everybody on the tour should
>be given a name (preferably nothing like their own or referring to
>something that is their antithesis e.g. Barman for somebody who doesn't
>drink much); then fine people if they use somebody's real name instead of
>their tour name.
>
>much in PUBLIC (not just the rugby team) and should be designed to cause
>the maximum amusement and embarrasment to the person fined.
>
>If you can find a fountain which is large enough for someone to get into
>on your tour then they can provide a great deal of amusement. Just make
>sure that you've got a bottle of washing up liquid with you and that at
>least half the team need a piss. I leave the rest to your own sick
>imaginations.
>
>
>
>
>
>> Scotty
>> =================================================================
>> Steve Howie Email: sho...@uoguelph.ca
>> NetNews and Listserv Admin. Phone: (519) 824-4120 x2556
>> Computing and Communications Svcs. Fax: (519) 763-6143
>> University of Guelph
>
>
>mailto:rmh...@cam.ac.uk
ornamentation kit" with them at all times, it consisted of a toque(winter hat),
a condom(checks were frequent) a hockey puck, and a picture iof the rookie at
12 years old, any rookie known to be without any of the above items had to do
10 push-ups per item not produced, this was always to be done in public,
notably at McDonald's in Baton Rouge, and on the trolley cars in New Orleans,
for other offences, such as failing to respect tour veterans 20 pushups was the
punishment. the worst offenders each day would be resigned to wearing the
" beret of shame" for the whole of the following day. It was all great fun!
happy touring!