Drink every time one of the following happens:
1. They play a Phil Collins song
2. You hear a lyric that's filthy, but requires being post-pubescent to realize it
3. They play a dude/chick duet
4. They play a commercial that sounds really dirty (free pork samples, etc.)
5. Said commercial tagline is reiterated by the phonesex-voiced announcer
6. They play a public service announcement
7. They play a commercial for a dating service
8. They play a song by Luther Vandross, Barry White, Marvin Gaye, or anyone you assume must be one of these guys
9. They play a ballad and you can't immediately tell if the singer is a dude or a chick
10. Sappy idolotrous breathy-voiced chick ballad (Mariah Carey etc.)
11. Elton John
12. The song is a request and dedication
12a. Drink again if the requester and/or dedicator lives in Revere, Lynn, Waltham, or Everett
13. They have some contest where you're supposed to call when you hear a certain song
13a. Drink again if they tell you to write down the title of the song
14. Any song by UB40. If they play a UB40 song that's not a cover, finish the entire bottle, then break it.
15. Any song modulates up a half step
16. '70s (or early '80s) song that involves a whole freakin' orchestra (e.g. Chicago)
17. Love themes from bad movies
18. Gratuitous saxophone
19. Drink twice if they play a song you would listen to non-ironically (as in, a song you'd put on because it's a really good song, not because you're looking to listen to '80s music or sappy music or anything like that).
20. If you drink for a song and it turns out to be a promo, commercial, station ID intro, etc., drink again.
21. If the general group consensus is that someone knows entirely more words to a particular song than anyone ought to, the person to that person's left takes a drink.
22. If something is caught in your throat, you can drink.
Note: If, for some terrible reason, they don't play Piano Man at 9:00 on Saturday, finish the bottle, immediately seek out some heroin, get totally messed up, and smash your radio.
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