What a splendid idea, and quite the thing that encyclopaedias should contain: the Withnail and I drinking game. I’m just surprised I hadn’t heard of it before.
The rules are simple. All you have to do is match Withnail drink for drink throughout the course of the film. To recap, that’s:
- mouthful of red wine
- “Lighter fluid” (eg overproof rum)
- double gin
- finger of cider (with ice)
- finger of cider (with ice)
- finger of cider (with ice)
- glass of sherry
- two big chugs of sherry
- mouthful of sherry
- sip of sherry
- double whisky
- mouthful of whisky
- mouthful of whisky
- mouthful of whisky
- mouthful of whisky
- splash of whisky
- single Teachers
- double Teachers
- double Teachers
- single Teachers
- sip of sherry
- three fingers of ale
- sip of red wine
- gulp of sherry
- small glass of red wine
- sip of red wine
- half glass of red wine
- sip of something white (gin & bitter lemon?)
- sip of red wine
- sip of red wine
- gulp of red wine
- gulp of red wine
- finger of red wine
- finger of red wine
- gulp of red wine (”‘53 Margeaux”)
- gulp of red wine (”‘53 Margeaux”)
- gulp of red wine (”‘53 Margeaux”)
- gulp of red wine (”‘53 Margeaux”)
I just need the ‘53 Margaux. Anyone willing to help out?
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Good god, I am out of date. There’s even stuff about it on the DVD version of the film.
Well, since we’re meeting for a few drinks later…
However, the real drinker would do the Moscow Stations drinking game. (Got any Sadko the Wealthy Guest Shampoo?)
Ben I am quite surprised you were hitherto unaware of this…
I can’t help you out with the Margaux, but if you require moral support, someone sober enough to take you to A&E in the aftermath, and an endless stream of quoted dialogue from the film, I’m your Puss.
Puss
Puss - you’re so kind but, balls: I’ll swallow it and run a mile.
Good god - starting the evening with a lighter fuild chaser may adversely effect the bouquet of the Margaux, if nothing else.
I am amazed you haven’t heard of this, too (although I don’t actually know anyone who admits to having tried it). I generally avoid drinking games - they only accelerate the inevitable.
Overproof rum (as long as it is not the treacly type) is a surprisingly good way of disguising second rate (and worse) tonic water such as they have in America and Australia. A couple of splashes of bitters don’t hurt either…
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