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Oh, hello mr bee, I'm allergic to you but you're probably not going to sting me (continues hanging out washing) Oh hang on I see a big black mass heading my way...HOLY FUCK that's a lot of bees (runs away)
That wedding I went to with my boyfriend not long ago, the couples, plus all of their pals, are very hippy like and plant flowers everywhere all around their patio and what not and love "nature" so much that the bees were the worst I had ever seen them in my life, pretty sure I was the only one that was moving away quickly and swatting at them with my paper plate the whole time and getting weird stares because, sry I am not a hippy freak and do not want a crazy bees butt to sting me in my eye.......
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That wedding I went to with my boyfriend not long ago' date=' the couples, plus all of their pals, are very hippy like and plant flowers everywhere all around their patio and what not and love "nature" so much that the bees were the worst I had ever seen them in my life, pretty sure I was the only one that was moving away quickly and swatting at them with my paper plate the whole time and getting weird stares because, sry I am not a hippy freak and do not want a crazy bees butt to sting me in my eye.......[/quote'] mindy did the wedding party came in 60s volkswagon vans with peace signs
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mindy did the wedding party came in 60s volkswagon vans with peace signs
haha, nope, although we all had to stay in a hostel, which was ok, but I m not exactly a fan of 13 people sleeping in one room, and no ac when it is 90 outside, plus everyone waking up at the freaking crack of dawn, and the hippy man that owned the place was cool to some extent, but just a wee bit too annoyingly "chill."
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haha' date=' nope, although we all had to stay in a hostel, which was ok, but I m not exactly a fan of 13 people sleeping in one room, and no ac when it is 90 outside, plus everyone waking up at the freaking crack of dawn, and the hippy man that owned the place was cool to some extent, but just a wee bit too annoyingly "chill."[/quote'] thats gotta sux
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I know someone who plays that game with goals in soccer games. He often finds himself not drinking at all.
Well, we used to have a list of conditions on which you had to buy a crate of beer for the team back when I played handball. Some of them were: your first goal in competition, your second and third goal in competition, not showering after training, being too late for training, having a new girlfriend, breaking up with your girlfriend, scoring the 10th/20th/... goal in a match, etc. I'm pretty sure we made up 75% of them when we wanted beer.
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Drinking games don't work well for cycling. The only game we can play is "drink every time the commentators talk about the scenery and not the bike race" and you get hammered pretty quickly playing it.
I'm ashamed to admit that I really struggle watching cycling. Even though it's hugely popular here, I could never get into it.
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