Subject: I found this on the web,this old house drinking game

From: [email-masked] (RalphW)
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 97 13:52:50 GMT

The

This Old House

and 

New Yankee Workshop <Picture> 

Drinking Game

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This is based on two popular public television programs, 
often seen on weekend afternoons. This Old House deals 
with the renovation of older, often historical, homes and 
buildings. It stars Steve Thomas and Norm Abram. However, 
several contractors and craftsmen make regular appearances, 
including Tom Silva, Rich Trethewey and others. They have 
chiefly renovated residences in New England, but have also 
had projects in the Southwest, Hawaii, Europe and Savannah, 
Georgia.
Bob Vila, lately seen hawking Craftsman tools, was actually 
the earlier host of the show but split to the commercial 
networks and was replaced by Steve Thomas, similar to how 
Siskel and Ebert blew out of the Chicago public television 
scene and went for the big bucks in syndication. Norm Abram 
is eternal. In reruns, particularly on cable channels that 
have bought the rights to the early shows, such as The 
Learning Channel, you will see a definitely younger Norm 
patiently dealing with a poorer Bob Vila.
Norm also has a show he does solo, The New Yankee Workshop,
where he constructs unusual woodworking projects, often 
creatings replicas of antiques and period pieces he's 
found somewhere, though he's also built small buildings 
and a small sailboat. He's big on shop safety, and seems 
very relieved he doesn't have all those other guys, 
particularly the well-meaning but somewhat, 
well... well-meaning Steve to trip over.
The Rules

Take a drink if:

•Steve offers to help 
•A new contractor is introduced 
•The homeowner says anything about their budget 
•Norm taps his safety glasses and reminds us how 
important they are 
•A new technology is displayed 
•Anyone visits a manufacturer's plant 
•Norm says the word "biscuit" 
•Tom Silva gets to say goodbye at the end of the show 
•Anyone says the word "ogee" 
•A city or local inspector appears 

Finish your drink if:

•Steve breaks anything 
•They actually finish a house project 
•Bob Vila appears on the screen at the 
same time as Steve and Norm 

Finish the whole bottle if:

•Norm breaks anything 
•Anyone gets arrested for violations 
of historic district zoning 

Don't get hammered!

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Please note: this game is not sponsored by WGBH. 
the Public Broadcasting Service, your local public 
television station, the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting, the Ford Foundation, or anyone else 
who in any way has any connection to any of the 
creators, participants, sponsors, or hangers-on 
of This Old House, The New Yankee Workshop, or 
any other identifiable public television program 
produced anywhere on the planet. I think that 
should cover us.

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From: "Casey " <[email-masked]>
Date: 9 Feb 1997 16:08:49 GMT

Bravo, Ralph,
But do you have the URL for where this comes from?
Casey, ROTFLMAO, and I don't say that very often...

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