A few years ago, I was a regular at Sunday brunch at a bar called The Blue Monkey about a mile from the Mid-South Alcoholic Supply World HQ.  I liked their $12 bottles of champagne, with orange juice set-ups for make-your-own mimosas.  One day I was sitting up there, drinking mimosas and watching whatever football game was on at the time.  It was a slow day and the bartender came over, and laid 9 cups in front of me, in 3 rows of 3.

“Do you have a penny?” she asked.  I did.

“I bet I can read your mind,” she told me.  “I’m going to turn my back, and I want you to hide the penny under one of the cups.  Tell me when I can turn around, and I bet I can guess which cup has the penny.”  So she turned her back and I hid the penny.  She turned around, thought for a second, and guessed the correct cup.

“Okay, she got lucky,” I commented to the guy sitting next to me drinking a beer.  “Let’s do it again.”  She turned her back a second time, and I hid the penny.  “No way she’ll get it twice in a row,” I told the guy on the next bar stool as he took a sip and set his glass down.  “The chances of that are 1 in 81.”  But she got it again.

I looked at the bar behind her.  She wasn’t in front of the mirror, so she couldn’t see what I was doing.  I made her move a couple of liquor bottles that I thought were casting a reflection.  But she got it again.  And again.  She even put on a blindfold and got it yet again.

How did she keep guessing where the penny was?  Answer tomorrow.  In the meantime, why not browse our collection of cocktail napkins?

In the mood for a new drinking game for your next party?  Check out this article on the Russian roulette beer bong, where a wheel is constructed containing many 2-liter bottles, one of which is filled with beer and the others are empty.  Each participant, when it is their turn, spins the wheel, and then picks a bottle.  If they picked the beer-filled bottle they have to chug it - all 2 liters worth.

Obviously you want to have a designated driver or cab rides home arranged before you start playing this game.

Find more drinking games and beer bongs at Mid-South Alcoholic Supply.

Here’s another Super Bowl drinking game for you.  Unlike the one I posted earlier which was very general and could be used with any football game, this one is specific to Super Bowl XLIII, mentioning talking animals in commercials, Plaxico, and John Madden among the many opportunities to drink.

Mid-South Alcoholic Supply has many other drinking games to get you hammered with a quickness - check ‘em out.

Planning on drinking a few cold brewskis during the Super Bowl this Sunday?  The FanNation.com blog has a great post where they spell out the rules for a Super Bowl drinking game.  Not only does it keep people’s attention on the game, but it makes sure that everyone is thoroughly soused by the end of the fourth quarter.  I’ve seen several Super Bowl drinking games online, but this one is unique in that the rules could actually be applied to any football game, so this one can be printed off and save for the 2009 season.

Don’t forget that Super Bowl beer tastes especially good in one of Mid-South Alcoholic Supply’s beer mugs.

Last week Dream Arcades announced the unveiling of the Octane 120, their new arcade driving cabinet.  In addition to a 120-inch DLP HD projection screen, this cabinet comes with a beer tap, so you don’t even have to get up to enjoy a frosty cold beverage.  It hold two 5 gallon or one half barrel keg, and the cup holder allows you to pour a beer as you play.  The cost is $6,995 plus shipping and handling.

Wow.  An arcade console with a beer tap.  Normally I’d wrap up with an “… and go buy some crap at Mid-South Alcoholic Supply” link, but I can’t even begin to compete with this.

The vice-presidential debate here in the US has come and gone, but there are still two more presidential debates to look forward to.  DebateDrink.com is a site that publishes drinking games for each debate.  You can check out their debate from last night’s VP showdown, or the first Obama-McCain debate.  As the second presidential debate draws closer, I’m sure they’ll be updating their site.

If you’re in the mood to play some non-political, general purpose drinking games, we have quite a few of them you can check out here.

The Canadian Press reports on a new drinking game that is gaining popularity at parties.  The idea of the game is simple:  You drink a beer, and tape each can to the one before it, building a stack of cans.  As the stack gets taller, it becomes a walking stick, which you carry around for the night as you play.  The can stacks are called “wizard sticks” because as they get tall, the cans often slump over, forming the shape of a staff carried by a wizard.  Anyone whose walking stick exceeds his or her height obtains “wizard status.”

You can find many more drinking game ideas here.

It’s Tuesday morning and you’re probably bored out of your mind at work. So here’s a wine crossword puzzle from the Chicago Tribune to occupy your time. For best results print it out - the font looks a little bit crowded on screen.

If you’re still bored after completing the crossword puzzle, you can shop for one of our many wine racks.