WEB
SURFING DRINKING GAME
With the recent rise of "Geek
culture," the long-held misperception that computer users are solitary, electronic
slaves is slowly receding like a ten percent drop shadow. Geeks have asserted for years
that they can party as hard as any testosterone-filled football player. To prove it, we
present the tidbits Web Surfing Party Game (TBWSPG, pronounced "Fred").
Fred is best experienced in a group setting
(say, a rack of office cubicles at lunch time), but you can also play at home alone or
networked, of course. To play, choose your favorite drink, connect to your ISP, and start
surfing the Web. Remember to be responsible, and hand over the mouse when you've drunk too
much.
DRINK ONCE IF ...
* Your modem has to redial when connecting
to your ISP (if more than five times, stop drinking and cancel that darn AOL account
already!)
* You see a "Best Viewed With..."
tag (twice if it's animated)
* You get any error message (bad URL, etc.)
* You see an under construction sign
* You view a page with a Web counter (twice
if it's a broken graphic)
* You view a blink tag (not necessary to
drink for every blink)
* You come across a Java applet (twice if
it doesn't load)
* You see the phrase "cool links"
* A background sound loads (you also must
dance with drink in hand)
* Your browser crashes
* You have to resize the browser window
* A graphic doesn't load
DRINK TWICE IF ...
* You hit a JavaScript error
* You arrive at a password-protected site
(if you can guess the password in three tries, collect a dollar from everyone in the room
and chug drink)
* You find a home page purportedly
belonging to someone's pet
* "Cool" is spelled
"kewl"
* You have to download a plug-in and
restart your browser
* The graphics are broken on a Web
designer's home pages
SPECIAL ...
* If you hit a Shockwave project, you have
to wait to drink until it's downloaded (This is a good chance to walk to the store for
more drinks, render 3D images, or write a new operating system.)
 
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