Let's get happy, let's get gay, let's get drunk all the way!

[kippurbird]

Let's play "Get Kippur Smashed!" or The Da Vinci Code Drinking game!

So far we have:

Take a drink every time:
* A name has a "cute" meaning.
* Someone does something idiotic.
* A character begins a rambling monologue.
* Something happens, but you're not told what.
* He gets something utterly wrong.
* The truth is precisely the opposite (make it a double).


What else should we add to this?

How smashed can we get me? So far I've been averaging about four drinks a session which isn't nearly enough. So come on! Give me suggestions!

Comments

[prototypical]

Any time a "secret agenda", "hidden agenda", or similar phrasing is mentioned!

[berseker.livejournal.com]

Since we already has on for monologue, I say we make it two if the monologue is just repeating information we already have. And one more every time he shows his own agenda when it comes to religion. Trust me, he will.

And, hum. These little conclusions he gets, like saying Sophie is more intelligent. Dows it deserves a specific mention or is just him being stupid? Like, when what he says blatantly denies what he’s showing. What do you think?

[evil_plotbunny]

Warning, some of these may be lifted from the Left Behind series and might not necessarily apply here.

He turns a generalization into an absolute, but you can think of exceptions.

The plot hinges on the exact wording of a translation of the original text.

He mentions the Knights Templar, Masons or any other organization rumored to be the secret rulers of the world.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

Oooh... that's a good one!

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

How about, if information is repeated?

And one more every time he shows his own agenda when it comes to religion.

I'm not sure if I'll be able to pick that one out, but sure!

And, hum. These little conclusions he gets, like saying Sophie is more intelligent. Dows it deserves a specific mention or is just him being stupid? Like, when what he says blatantly denies what he’s showing. What do you think?


I think it's a case by case senenrio

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

Oooh, we'll toss those in and see what happens!

[-youngblood-.livejournal.com]

I like the idea somebody mentioned earlier about blatant Church-bashing (not to be confused with legit Church criticism). Like a member of the clergy or Church hierarchy is evil/grossly incompetent/absurd/gluttonous, etc. for no plot-related reason.

Also, this may tie in to the "hidden agenda," but I think Brown mentions the "secret Vatican library" or "secret Vatican archives" a lot. How about a drink every time the words "secret" and "Vatican" are seen together?

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

All right. I'm assuming you mean with in the same context as opposed to right after each other.

[-youngblood-.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but maybe double if seen one right after another? Like one drink for "the Vatican, unknown to its followers, built a secret underground catacomb in which it houses zombies for future world take-over," and then a double shot for "secret Vatican zombie stronghold."

[the-norseman.livejournal.com]

I doubt he'll mention that, but what he could mention is... Why don't you instead see what our good friend Jack Chick has to say about it! Scroll to the bottom for Secret Vatican (Or Convent) Vaults!

I mean sometimes Brown strikes me as a Gnostic Jack Chick.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

I tried looking at the Chick Tracts but the firewall at work wouldn't let me, calling it "Humor/Jokes" which is a forbidden category.

There is irony there.

[-youngblood-.livejournal.com]

The Vatican seems to have a lot of secret underground things, don't they? First libraries, now dead babies and meeting places for illicit clergy trysts! I'm Catholic-- when do I get my key to the catacombs?

[macanfitheach.livejournal.com]

Knights Templar or Freemasons? BWA-HA-HA-HAH! EVERYONE knows it's the Illuminati that rule the world. FNORD!

[snicker]

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

I thought it was the Jews...? XD

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

I think you have to join one of those secret organizations first.

[the-norseman.livejournal.com]

In the old days you had to be a monk, or a priest, or a jesuit. These days it's much easier, all you have to do is join the Opus Dei!

They also give you this totally awesome whip thingy that you can flog yourself with (funnier if you speak German).

[huinesoron.livejournal.com]

Don't be silly, that was the last book.

[huinesoron.livejournal.com]

The plot hinges on the exact wording of a translation of the original text.

Can we add one for every time it's a) an incorrect or false-premises translation or b) a complete translation of an incomplete text? (I realise these are both technically part of 'getting something utterly wrong', but messing with languages is really irritating)

[the-norseman.livejournal.com]

You should also throw in "Using a really old translation, and not realising that the meaning of certain words and phrases has drifted quite a lot since then."

E.g. "The Quick and the Dead."

[-youngblood-.livejournal.com]

Well, that's just not fair. We laymen can be in on the zombie plots and covering up Jesus' wife, but we don't have access to the secret baby catacombs? Not. Fair.

P.S. I don't speak German, but the sounds alone were funny enough.

[evil_plotbunny]

*resisted the urge to bring the Illuminati into it* *or Rambaldi, for that matter*

[evil_plotbunny]

I'm sure we were involved, somehow.

[evil_plotbunny]

Or using a really old translation and not realising that it wasn't translated word for word or that manuscripts copied by hand are not the most reliable source of transmission of a text over thousands of years.

I took a course or two on manuscripts in college. It's pretty amazing how many errors could creep in when a new copy was made (and that doesn't include copyists who took it upon themselves to add in/guess at illegeable text/lacunai).

[notadoor.livejournal.com]

In conjunction with church-bashing, any time he gets all goddess/female power-happy.

Also, I don't know if you've taken a drink for this particular "cute" name, but unless I'm completely stupid "Fache" is a slight twist of a French word that means "angry". Considering the character's initial description, it seems kind of like Brown is trying to be cute.

(This is fun! This is even more fun than terrorizing my high school Algebra teacher to the point where she let us read Da Vinci Code in class for 6 weeks instead of actually TEACHING on the vague premise "it had something to do with codes". Oh good times.)

[guardians-song.livejournal.com]

Any time that Langdon has an epiphany. Particularly near the end of the book.

And whenever a villain does something Stereotypically Evil (killing off his henchman who Knows Too Much, etc.).

Any time Langdon has a flashback that shows How Totally Awesome his class is.

Any time the novel becomes just plain boring (that should get you sloshed fast :D)

Any time Brown appears to be writing one-handed. :P

Any time that somebody comes up with an obviously cliche excuse and everyone buys it.

Any time the villain angsts about Needing To Tell The Truth To All.
- Any time the hero does the same, make it a double.
- And a triple if they later decide NOT To Tell The Truth To All.

That should get you sloshed fast... :D