The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

BUZZ-DING

THIS IS A DRINKING GAME WHICH STARTS CLOCKWISE WITH
ONE PERSON, WHO BEGINS BY COUNTING "ONE." THE
PERSON NEXT TO HIM SAYS "TWO," AND SO ON. WHENEVER
MULTIPLES OF 5 ARE ENCOUNTERED, THE PERSON WHOSE TURN
IT IS, SAYS "DING," INSTEAD OF THE MULTIPLE OF FIVE.
WHEN MULTIPLES OF 7 ARE ENCOUNTERED, THE PERSON SAYS
"BUZZ," AND THE DIRECTION OF PLAY IS CHANGED FROM
CLOCKWISE TO COUNTERCLOCKWISE. WHEN A PERSON CALLS
OUT A WRONG NUMBER, I.E., 5, 7, 10, 14, 15, HE MUST
DRINK A BEER.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM SOME FRATERNITY MEMBERS.

Where learned: PHI KAPPA THETA ; STAG PARTY

Date learned: 00001967 FALL

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HERE'S TO (NAME), HE'S TRUE BLUE.
HE'S A DRUNKARD THROUGH AND THROUGH.
HE'S A DRUNKARD SO THEY SAY,
THOUGHT HE WENT TO HEAVEN, BUT HE WENT THE OTHER WAY.
SO DRINK, CHUG-A-LUG, CHUG-A-LUG, CHUG-A-LUG;
SO DRINK CHUG-A-LUG, CHUG-A-LUG.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM MEMBERS OF HIS FRATERNITY.

Where learned: PHI KAPPA THETA ; STAG PARTY

Date learned: 00001967 FALL

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THUMPER

THIS IS A DRINKING GAME WHERE THE PLAYERS ALL SIT IN
A CIRCLE. EACH MAN CHOOSES A GESTURE WHICH WILL BE
ASSOCIATED WITH HIM FOR THE GAME. THE GAME BEGINS
BY ALTERNATELY SLAPPING YOUR KNEES AND YELLING
"THUUUUUUUMPPEEER." THE PERSON WHO STARTS THE GAME
STOPS SLAPPING HIS KNEES AND GIVES HIS GESTURE FIRST
AND THEN SOMEONE ELSE'S IN RAPID SUCCESSION. THE
PERSON WHOSE GESTURE IS PICKED MUST THEN RESPOND WITH
HIS GESTURE AND SOMEONE ELSE'S; THE CHOICE BEING
COMPLETELY ARBITRARY. WHEN A PERSON MISSES, BY NOT
SEEING HIS GESTURE OR GIVING AN INCORRECT RESPONSE,
HE MUST CHUG A BEER. ALL THE WHILE THE GAME IS BEING
PLAYED, THE PLAYERS WAITING FOR THEIR GESTURE CONTINUE
SLAPPING THEIR KNEES.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM THE MEMBERS OF HIS FRATERNITY.

Where learned: PHI KAPPA THETA ; STAG PARTY

Date learned: 00001967 FALL

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