Yes, in true Oklahoma fashion, we brought team tippy cup to Costa Rica. We only had teams of three - The Lowtide Crew consisting of Shane, Pepper, and me versus the "From-Aways", as they would be called in Maine. For those of you that don't know, the game consists of aligning plastic cups in front of each of the players, and filling each plastic cup with a certain amount of beer depending on how drunk you want to get and how fast. We used 1/3 beer cups. The game starts when a member of each team, after plenty of downright abusive taunting, raise their cups, tap them together, and begin chugging their contents. After finishing the beer in the cup, a team member places the cup upside-up on the edge of the bar and begins attempting to flip the cup perfectly on to its other side, landing on the bar upside-down. As soon as this feat is accomplished, the next member of his team begins to chug the contents of the cup in front of him before attempting to flip his cup. The process is repeated until the final member of the team successfully flips his cup onto its bottom, thereby crowning that team as the winning team if the opposing team has failed to do so beforehand. We played that the losing team had to buy the next round of beer, but the penalty for loss can range from forced consumption to requiring a "loser dance," frequently seen in Oklahoma as the penalty for a loss in anything ranging from tippy cup to foosball to horseshoes. Neil has it perfected. And yes, there's a reason for that.
In any event, it was a fun night. Pepper, who was meant to tend bar, probably got the drunk award, but I was definitely not far behind. We all had a great time in spite of the drunken staff. And I'm pretty sure the other patrons of the bar enjoyed the sloppy service that began somewhere in the third or fourth round.
Today, BBQ at my house with some newish friends. That should be fun.
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