The problem I refer to is obviously the one where you want to take your own alcohol of choice into a sports venue and the totally uncool security would really rather you didn't. And no matter how much you protest that your sans pants outfit has noting to do with drinking they still confiscate your sterling silver whiskey flask.

Well never again!

Some clever scientists (who really do have a drinking problem) have come up with the Disposable Flask! Refillable, freezable, and cheap if confiscated, the Sneak-It-In flask is perfect for secret libations. And it's much smaller than a watermelon.

After the slight (and hardly noticeable) mistake in the last podcast this time (ah, the perils of a two-podcast household) we've got it all correct (except the result of the game which we got wrong).

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Now all we have to do is wait for the PrettyPrettyPretty post where they talk about rugby.

Cornhole. Yes, Cornhole.

I was recently alerted to the brand new American Cornhole Association. And it sounds nothing like it's name.

Cornhole or Corn Toss is similar to horseshoes except you use wooden boxes called cornhole platforms and corn bags instead of horseshoes and metal stakes. Contestants take turns pitching their corn bags at the cornhole platform until a contestant reaches the score of 21 points. A corn bag in the hole scores 3 points, while one on the platform scores 1 point.

Sounds a lot like pétanque and all of those other "stand around" games. i.e. perfect for drinking!

Well it's here and not a day too soon. I personally tried these rules out last night and I can tell you that they are definitely worth enforcing, though maybe with beer not rum.

The three options are sip (a small drink for common events), drink (a mouthful for rare events) and vessel (finish your drink for OMGThatNeverHappens events). Reader submitted rules are marked with an asterisk.

• Every time a New Zealander is shown doing the haka - Drink*
• Every time a current medal winner/world record holder is mentioned - Sip*
• Every time a previous medal winner/world record holder is mentioned - Drink*
• An athlete is over 30 - Sip
• An athlete is over 40 - Drink
• An athlete is competing in their third consecutive games - Drink
• An athlete is competing in their fourth consecutive games - Vessel
• Slow motion high-def footage - Sip*
• Athlete gets a personal best - Sip
• Athlete breaks an obscure record - Drink*
• Drug cheats mentioned - Drink
• Athlete is a convicted drug cheat returning
  to international competition to win a medal or deny a team spot to
  some poor bastard who slogged his life away without the
  benefit of bull hormones pumping through his/her veins - Vessel*
• SPECIAL RULE: Margin of victory drink - at the completion of a race the players must drink for the same amount of time that was the margin of victory between first and second. For victories that are less than one second replace with a Drink.
• SPECIAL RULE: Medal Drink - If the team you support wins a medal, Sip for a Bronze, Drink for a Silver, Vessel for a Gold.*

• If the current world champ of a sport rests on his laurels and gets absolutely smoked (i.e. doesn't make the finals) - Drink*
• Mahe Drysdale is mentioned - Sip*
• Mahe Drysdale is mentioned but it's not during rowing footage - Drink
• Mahe Drysdale is mentioned and footage is shown of him vomiting - Vessel (in empathy of his pain)
• The winner of an event has a cry when they finish - Sip*
• The winner of an event has a cry on the podium - Drink*
• The winner of an event runs into the crowd and hugs their mum/dad/coach after winning - Vessel *



• ­The commentator says an athlete is "laying into their work" - Drink*
• Weather is mentioned - Sip
• Sporting or national cliche is mentioned - Sip*
• An inane question is asked of an athlete straight after an event is finished - Sip*
• The camera angle has you wondering where the camera is - Drink*
• During an event you have to Wikipedia the rules - Drink*
• During an event you suspect the commentators are reading the rules from Wikipedia - Drink
• The camera does a slo-mo down the body of some under-dressed athlete - Drink*
• The camera is showing the crowd or an inconsequential athlete while something exciting is happening elsewhere - Drink

The winner of our competition is Seamonkey Madness (send us an email with your details and we'll get the pack out to you)

Today is the last day for entries into the Olympics Drinking game competition. Tonight we will announce the winner and unveil the official rules.

And they will be as good as these ones.

You may have heard that there is something called the "Olympics" coming up, well the Dropkicks are totally prepared.

This week's cast will take place over a few Epics (as always) while we watch the opening ceremony. But what Olympics drinking session would be complete without drinking games?

So here's where things get interesting for you:

• Come up with an Olympic Drinking Game rule
• Write it down in the comments below
• If it is judged to be the best, you will WIN a Dropkicks prize pack!* (previous winners** will tell you it's totally worth winning)
• The winner will be announced during the podcast as we implement the rule.

And if you'd like to join us for a beer or two while we salute the Olympic spirit, we'll tell you where we'll be tomorrow on the blog.

*may contain alcohol, so you've got to be old enough
**previous winners you are allowed to enter this as well.

As our loyal listeners know the Dropkicks are all about moderation. However, the World Cup is a big event (the largest world TV-audience behind the Olympics and Football World Cup, so they say) and what event isn't enhanced with drinking?

Luckily those crazy kids on Facebook have been hard at work devising a very complicated set of rules for a World Cup Drinking Game. The 30-or-so rules are very Anglo-centric and the usually involve drinking two fingers of beer:
- Finish your drink as soon as Martin Corry’s nose cut opens up.
- Everytime a commentator goes over the top about Johnny Wilkinson, when he makes a regulation tackle or pass.
- If Charlotte Church is mentioned, finish your drink.

So in the interest of taking ideas and making them better the Dropkicks have made their own International* World Cup Drinking Game (the standard for each is one swig):

1. Drink everytime a sub is shown on a warm-up bike
2. Finish your drink if punches are thrown
3. Drink everytime a presenter/commentator mentions that England are world champions
4. Drink everytime a player's nickname is used in place of their real name
5. Finish your drink if you catch a player crying when there national anthem is being played
6. Drink everytime a Nation's "unofficial" anthem is heard or seen (The Haka, Bread of Heaven, Siva Tau, Swing Low Sweet Chariots etc)
7. Streaker – finish your drink (for every security guard avoided, add 1 more)
8. Drink for every scrum won against the head
9. Drink for swear word mouthed by a player during the game
10. Drink for every kick at goal that misses. Finish your drink if the commentators jinxed it ("He hasn't missed all night")

SPECIAL DROPKICKS RULE!!!

• If the word dropkick(s) is said by anyone, everyone must drink

"Special Dedication" drinks will also be had for impressive on-field acts (tries, tackles, 45m+ kick attempts, broken records etc).

*this means "International Drinking Rules" too, no pointing, no saying "drink" etc etc.

Also if you'd like to join the Dropkicks group on Facebook please do.