W&I Drinking Game
According to Wikipedia (which gives a series of refs):
There is a drinking game associated with the film. The game consists of keeping up, drink for drink, with each alcoholic substance consumed by Withnail over the course of the film. All told, Withnail is shown drinking roughly nine and a half glasses of red wine, half a pint of cider, one shot of lighter fluid (vinegar or overproof rum are common substitutes), two and a half shots of gin, six glasses of sherry, thirteen measures of Scotch whisky and half a pint of ale.Has anyone here played the game (when in College I'd guess)? Seen anyone try to play the game? Prima facie this is a truly dangerous amount of alcohol to consume in 2 hours (it looks pretty debilitating even spread out over a few days as per Withnail himself!). Does anyone have any stories about emergency hospitalizations or other extreme consequences from taking W&I as a challenge in this crazy way? share