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 perfect
Drink double if it isAbsolutely 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 circle
This 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/applause
Almost 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!
Pete Houston --- Comments welcomed