Flip Cup

One of the many fun activities before a game is playing "Flip Cup"

Flip Cup, is a team-based drinking game. Effectively a drinking relay race, it is the North-American equivalent of a "Boat Race". The two teams stand on both sides of a table, facing one another (the person in front of a player is his/her opponent). In front of each teammate is a cup filled with an arbitrary amount of any kind of liquid (often beer). A player and his opponent both have the same amount of liquid. At the start of the race, the first member of each team drinks his or her beverage. When finished, the cup is placed right-side up at the edge of the table, and the person who drank it tries to flip it upside down onto the table. If he or she is not successful on the first try, the cup must be reset and reflipped. Only after the first teammate is done flipping the cup successfully, can the next person proceed. Whichever team finishes drinking and flipping all its cups first is the winner.

Several suckers have issued challenges to us and have lost money as a result. One of the highlights of the 2007 season was watching Matty a.k.a. "the baby cub" take on 4 individuals and "walk it out" to victory.