Rhum and Ladder .. & Carwash

Ever heard of a board game named Rum and Ladder? No? Just as I thought.

Well basically this game is similar to the well-known board game Snakes and Ladders. The same set of rules, the same playing board, practically everything’s the same. Except for the penalty.

In SnL (not Saturday Night Live!) when a player gets bitten by the snake, he merely places his token to where the snake’s tail’s at. The same with RnL, except you have to guzzle half-glass full of the “Burgundy Juice” as a consequence. And without any chaser. Fair enough huh!? But…

Given that it is an alcohol-ingesting fête (disguised as an innocent game of SnL), there usually sits two glasses for the “tuyok” ['ikot'] (supposing that you employ the Round-Robin method). One serves as the regular tuyok glass, while the other as the penalty glass.

And what normally happens as soon as you’ve gulped down the contents of the penalty glass, your turn for the tuyok glass arrives. Thus explains the facial contortions in the photograph.

Do you want to reduce your chaser expenses and save money (for the next round of Tanduay)? Do you want to get smashed quickly? If you answered Yes, then this is the game for you and your friends. Rum and Ladder is the only sport where every contender is both a winner … and a winner pa rin!

RnL A.M. P.M. Olympics Team: Lyle, Krisan, Princess, Bunot & Cathy. Theme song: “Para sa Iyo ang Cawrash na ‘to!" Why? Secret! Nya-ha-haa! I miss you guys so darn much! “Laaaiinnn kaaaayuuu kaaa Kriii aaaii! Siii Jaaaan Reeex baayaaa kooohh… Aha ha haa…”