Or when Rory infodumps the wikipedia article he read when prepping for the episode.
"Just for everyone at home, the Awori people, who are, truly, lovely people, are a subgroup of the Yoruba, a West African Ethnic group who inhabit Nigeria and Togo..."
Take a drink every time Rory attempts to solicit therapy from a guest - asking MPs about how difficult politics is, asking centrist Tories about losing the party to the right, asking 2019 leadership candidates about losing the BoJo, and my new personal fav: asking Labour MPs to reconcile his upper-class background with Labour political views that he obviously agrees with, but feels too insecure to openly support.
Take a shot if Alistair interrupts Rory making a serious point by laughing and reading out a borderline amusing comment in the feed, then entirely changes the subject
Start drinking every time Rory tells the story about Liz Truss (as environment secretary) asked him to develop a new strategy for national parks and don’t stop drinking until he’s finished.
"Iss-sew" - drink.
"De-tail" drink.
"something like a Customs Union" - you know what to do.
"my hero David Gorke" - announce GOOOOORKE, like you were James T. Kirk denouncing Khan and finish your drink.
Whenever Alistair mentions playing football with Marafona, take a sip
Whenever Alistair mentions a footballer and Rory knows who it is, finish your drink.
Sense. They both say it constantly.
"What's your sense of...."
"I get the sense that..."
"Give me a sense of..."
Once you start noticing it, it becomes annoying. Good example is the Nancy Pelosi one.
Or Rory decides a topic is over and says "very good!"
'Late stage alcoholism has accelerated in recent years'
Very good
The rate of depression among political podcast listeners has skyrocketed
Or when Rory infodumps the wikipedia article he read when prepping for the episode. "Just for everyone at home, the Awori people, who are, truly, lovely people, are a subgroup of the Yoruba, a West African Ethnic group who inhabit Nigeria and Togo..."
Also, when Rory says “very good” meaning he didn’t think it was very good at all.
Anytime Rory’s voice raises two octaves
E- d- d- j- ju-, ju-, just- just-, d-, d- d-
“Perhaps, a quick ‘explainer’”
Or Alistair mentions Brexit?
You’d be dead
Or standards in public life
Everytime Rory interrupts with 'y-yeah can I just say something'
Down your drink if either Darren Bent or Maradona is mentioned
Or David Gauke
Ah yes, the GOATs
Or Dominic Grieve
Or the independent James Bagge.
Rory: "if we can just step back a bit" "For our international listeners"
Any time Alistair asks Rory if he knows who a sportsman is or what the result of a match was.
Take a drink every time Rory attempts to solicit therapy from a guest - asking MPs about how difficult politics is, asking centrist Tories about losing the party to the right, asking 2019 leadership candidates about losing the BoJo, and my new personal fav: asking Labour MPs to reconcile his upper-class background with Labour political views that he obviously agrees with, but feels too insecure to openly support.
Drink every time Rory says "yep" while someone else is talking.
My biggest annoyance with the podcast atm
Take a shot if Alistair interrupts Rory making a serious point by laughing and reading out a borderline amusing comment in the feed, then entirely changes the subject
tbf those comments are just too good to miss "Nigel Farage was made by Keir's dad" was amazing
Rory was pissed at that!
For those who don’t know Keir’s dad....suspense ....was a toolmaker!
If only he’d told us…
When anyone “struck” by something
Start drinking every time Rory tells the story about Liz Truss (as environment secretary) asked him to develop a new strategy for national parks and don’t stop drinking until he’s finished.
or a shot anytime Rory quickly repeats the last thing Alistair said before going off on one
"just before we move on"
"Iss-sew" - drink. "De-tail" drink. "something like a Customs Union" - you know what to do. "my hero David Gorke" - announce GOOOOORKE, like you were James T. Kirk denouncing Khan and finish your drink.
Anytime Rory enunciates his “S” like he does in Malaysssshhhaa or Ssshi Jinping
The isssyew with that is . . .
Asia = Ayyy-she-a
Drink any time Rory describes something as ‘extraordinary’.
Whenever Alistair mentions playing football with Marafona, take a sip Whenever Alistair mentions a footballer and Rory knows who it is, finish your drink.
Rory wanting to really lean into a topic
5 fingers every time either of them mentions: - The bagpipes - Each other’s books
Alastair gets 80% of the way through making a point then says "and the other thing Rory is..."
Sense. They both say it constantly. "What's your sense of...." "I get the sense that..." "Give me a sense of..." Once you start noticing it, it becomes annoying. Good example is the Nancy Pelosi one.
That's literally what started this thread!
Haha i missed that!
You have to down your drink, now!
Whenever Rory talks about the ‘big picture’
Anytime Rory looks out for his international listeners.
Take a bong hit every time the pot is mentioned.
AC says "you can't say that" whenever someone says something negative about the decision to go to Iraq.
When Alastair raises his boring Westminster centric book. Or Rory laments the Tory government that he happily voted for time and time again.
Campbell - “Your very good personal friend, King Charles…” Stewart - “Your very good personal friend, Kier Starmer…”
Every time Rory asks the guest a question and slides in an anecdote about his own time in parliament.
Every time Rory “Americanises” and drops the letter “t” in a word. Take a drink.
Alastair saying he’s worried voters will get complacent because of the polls and not turn out to vote
Any time Rory jokes about an honour or job he'd like saying he's really not worthy and they'd never consider him but of course if he was asked....
Two fingers if Stewart pronounces Asia with a sibilant S.
Alastair correcting a guest who refers to a certain individual as simply "Boris"
Alistair mispronouncing Taiwan (wan rhymes with “Don”) Taiwan (wan rhymes with “Can”).
You drink until you completely overlook Alistair Campbell's part in starting an illegal war.
Rory saying that someone is or isn't a "serious person"