Drink while you think

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"Drink while you think" (known in some quarters as simply "The Name Game", "Coge lo que pienses", or "Imbibe whilst you cogitate" under International Drinking Rules) is a very simple drinking game.

The player to start will say the name of a famous person. This is normally the Prime Minister of the day. The next person in the circle must then say the name of another famous person, whose first name begins with the first letter of the previous famous person's surname. For example, "Tony Blair" could be followed by "Barry McGuigan", which might be followed by "Michael Douglas". While thinking, the player must continuously imbibe. Players may additionally engage in "social drinking" at any time.

Names cannot be repeated; such repetition results in an automatic drinking fine.

At least 2 other players must have heard of the person named for it to be valid.

[edit] Variations

• The game is also sometimes known as "Celebrity".
• Fictional characters can be allowed. In some circles, the use of a fictional character should be accompanied by an arm movement similar to that of a bird impression, also used as part of the actions to the Birdy Song. Failure to make this action is punishable by the drinking of two digits.
• Valid names can be limited to a particular group, for example: sports personalities, actors, or even German physicists
• You can also enlarge the game by adding movies and bands
• One-word answers are legal. One-word answers just send the first letter to the next person, for instance "George Michael", "Madonna", "Michael Barrymore", or can reverse play as in the double initials rule, or skip a player as in UNO. A further variant is if naming a one-name famous person (e.g. "Cher"), the namer can then nominate anyone in the players' circle to continue.
• If the first and last name begin with the same letter (for example: Mickey Mouse) then the order you were playing in is reversed. This often results in show downs as two competing players reverse back and forth with each other (For example: Mickey Mouse, Mark McGwire, Marilyn Monroe).
• While drinking and thinking, other players can limit the number of names by saying: "You can't say...". For example, if one player is on George Bush, the other players can say, "You can't say Benicio Del Toro, you can't say Benedict Arnold, you can't say..." etc.