The Snooker Drinking Game

This is a great way to enjoy the BBC's snooker coverage. Simply select the beverage of your choice, tune in, and start drinking. When you hear any of the named commentators below utter their catchphrases, take a drink.

• John Virgo
  • Where's the white/cue ball going?This is always said just as an in-off looks inevitable. Drink double if the in-off does not occur (ie. the cue ball stays on the table).
  • He's hit that absolutely perfect
  • Shot for nothing
  • Big trouble
  • Inch perfectDrink double if it is Absolutely inch perfect
  • It's a big ask
  • He couldn't have played that better
  • It's all about fractions
  • Wiped its feet
  • Gravity took over
• Dennis Taylor
  • Pure adrenaline
  • Thin snick
  • This is not a gimme
  • Anywhere near the circleThis refers to a white circle which the commentators can superimpose on the table. Dennis uses this feature more than the other commentators combined.
  • Any mention of the 1985 World Championships
  • Any time Dennis pronounces Ding Junhui as Big John Wayne
  • Any time Dennis refers to a player as a sensation. Drink double if the player is Chinese.
  • Any mention of a member of the player's family. Drink double if the family member is lovely.
• John Parrott
  • Horrendous kick in the balls
  • How well did he hit that?
• Clive Everton
  • Really got into that
  • In the 80s
• Ken Doherty
  • Purposely
• Peter Ebdon
  • What a shot!
• Alan McManus
  • Aaaaawww! (in appreciation of a good shot)
• Anyone
  • World Championship Final
  • Crucible Nerves
  • Explanation of the miss rule
  • Steve Davis
  • Stephen Hendry
  • Ray Reardon
  • Commentators' Curse
  • Knowledgeable audience/crowd/applauseAlmost always said as frame ball is potted.

Hardcore variant

For serious drinkers only - if you really want to get wasted play the game as above, but additionally take a drink when anybody uses an adjective instead of an adverb. Good luck lasting more than two frames!

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Pete Houston --- Comments welcomed