Its Summer, “the sun is out, birds are singing, bees are trying to have sex with them – as is my understanding…” and we all know there’s nothing better than relaxing with a bottle or two….except when its 8am and you’ve just woken up! After about an hours sleep, I was gently awoken at 8am by my mother announcing that there was a package for me. Excited, if not a bit confused, I pulled myself out of bed and read the label on this suspicious postal present:
“Hmm, seems a bit strange”, I thought to myself, “Fuck it, at least it’s not another depressing bank statement.” So I slowly peeled back the opening of package to find a warm bottle of ‘Rachmaninoff Vodka Ice’ staring back at me…
I had just been ICED and as it turned out, so had about 5 other of my friends!
As defined by the almighty Wikipedia:
“Icing is a drinking game in which an individual or a group of individuals coerce another into drinking a bottle of Smirnoff Ice. Participants are encouraged to come up with elaborate ways to present the Smirnoff Ice to their targets by hiding bottles in inconspicuous locations. Humor, irony, and humiliation are also highly encouraged.”
Its a cruel, cruel game that started in America with two simple rules:
- When presented with a Smirnoff Ice the target must drink it while on one knee. This is referred to as “getting iced“.
- When “getting iced” a target can present their own Smirnoff Ice to cause the original initiator to be “iced” instead. This is referred to as an “ice block“.
The cheap bastards didn’t even have the decency to use an actual Smirnoff Ice…but an Icing is an Icing. I got down on one knee in my front room and downed it like the whore I am. I’m not a huge fan of alcopops or drinking at 8am…but a game is a game, and I’m not losing.
IT’S ON!
If you ever get Iced, you can blame these people and your dickhead friends. Remember to take a picture, this is a game after all…someone has to win! I can see this getting out of hand very quickly.
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