Lots and lots and lots of responses from readers re a SOTU drinking game. The most common joke: If you have to drink every time he says “I” or “me” people will be passed-out within the first five minutes. Anyway, most below the fold:

Jonah –
I look forward to more suggestions for the drinking game, as we are spending this afternoon finalizing our own rules for the game here in Indiana.
I will make one suggestion for those who may wish to get their kids involved (without, you know, encouraging the neighbors to call Child Protective Services) – SOTU bingo. Fill in the blanks with potential Obama sayings, and let them have at it. Also works as a game for those unfortunate enough to be designated drivers for the evening, though why one would volunteer not to drink during an Obama speech is beyond me.

And:

I’m going to drink every time my kids beg me to change the channel.

And from Productivity Guy:

I’m a uniter, not a divider, so if you want to extend the drinking game to teetotalers and people trying to cut back on calories, then drink only when
1. Obama promises to extend Bush’s tax cuts
2. Obama admits the war in Iraq is pretty much over, and that the surge worked as advertised
3. Obama says the real source of the banking and financial crisis was the Clinton administration’s misguided efforts to increase homeownership via government meddling in housing markets
4. Obama vows to go on a “listening tour” throughout the country in Scott Brown’s pickup
5. Obama utters the words “The State of Our Union is Strong!!””
Of course there are many others….
And:
Jonah – Thanks for all you are doing at NRO and elsewhere. I am reading LF right now and loving it.
Some suggestions for the drinking game:
1) Every time you think Obama really means to say “The People’s Republic of the United States” versus “The United States of America”
2) Every time Pelosi blinks
3) Every time Biden looks like he’s getting ready to just wander off
4) A derivative of Century Club – a shot of beer for every “I”, “me” or “myself”

And:

You left out the obvious, drink every time he blames his problems on
Bush/the last administration/Radical right wing tea baggers.
Actually with any of the above suggestions or any of yours, I’m going to
have to go shopping for more alcohol and probably call the boss to ask for
a day off.

And:

Jonah: I’m a big fan. But, I’m afraid there is just too much thinking involved in your version of the SOTU drinking game. I, for one, have my own simpler version:
Every time Nancy Pelosi blinks, you drink. It’s gotta be shots though, otherwise you’ll only make it through 3/4 of a beer.

And:

Drink on “historic” and “unprecedented”
Drink when he blames George W. Bush for anything or partisan/obstructionist Republicans in Congress for holding up his agenda.
I plan to just get hammered watching the Three Stooges marathon I DVRed from New Year’s Eve and catch the annotated lowlights on the Corner tomorrow.
I’ll end up getting more out of it and less of a hangover than anyone who plays along at home.
If you share this, please withhold my name – my clients probably prefer their attorney sober during the week….

And:

Jonah –
This one is too easy: A new drinking game called “Bus(c)h did it!” Every time Obama says directly or alludes to something that President Bush did or something that is President Bush’s fault, you drink an Anheuser-Busch product. If past results are indicative of what will be said in the SoTU – you could expect to get a pretty good buzz on with this game…

And:

Forget the SOTU drinking game, I plan to get plastered before he even comes on so I can sleep through it.