Matt's Stag Do Rules
1. For every breach of the following rules, you incur a 20p fine. No change is available. No decisions can be reversed. Any appeal incurs another fine.
2. Rules are in force whenever we are in a licensed establishment (hotel, pub, restaurant, strip club unless otherwise specified by ‘The Best Man’).
3. SAFE PARKING: You have to keep your drink more than any finger's length from the edge of the table. Anyone at any point can challenge you - if your drink is less than a finger (any of their fingers!) from the edge of the table, then it's a breach of the rules and punishment will follow.
4. THUMB/DANCE/POSE-MASTER: Someone is nominated to be thumb/dance/pose-master. At any point, the Master can put their thumb on the table, strike a pose (silly or as subtle as you like) or get up and dance, as appropriate. Last person to follow suit pays the price.
5. SMOKED! This game is good, because it's ongoing. At any point, ANYONE can ask anyone else an obvious question. If that person responds with the obvious answer, then they have been 'smoked' by the person asking the question (the person asking the question should also shout 'smoked!' at them). If you get smoked, you pay the forfeit. If you see the question coming a mile away then there is a 'codeword (or phrase)' to show you've spotted the question. This game is easier than it sounds, trust me! Imagine the code-phrase is 'I see you':
Example 1: I ask Matt if he knows what the capital of France is. He replies 'Paris'. I yell 'smoked!' at him and he pays up accordingly.
Example 2: I ask Matt if he knows what the capital of France is. He replies 'I see you, Paris'. No penalty is awarded.
6. HOWZAT! Similar conditions to 'smoked', in that it never stops, and anyone can try to catch anyone else out any point. Basically, you throw something to someone else (a set of car keys, a hotel room key, a golf ball, a packet of fags, whatever). The person will then catch it. If they do not immediately say 'not out', then you shout 'HOWZAT?!', and they suffer a forfeit. It is permissible to shout 'HOWZAT?!' and punish someone for not saying 'not out' even if they ask for the item in the first place.
7. NO SWEARING, blaspheming or pointing (with index finger other fingers are allowed). Failure to comply is a penalty.
8. LEFT-HANDED and right-handed drinking rule