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"      Some rules, for Labor Day and otherwise: &amp;quot;Hey!&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;Whoo!&amp;quot;  Plastic cups are fine. Blue cups are better than red ones.  Cans over bottles.  Start with liquor. Then switch to beer. Starting with beer means a too-early bathroom scamper.  No scampering. Meandering is fine. Ambling is preferred.  The official beer of the out-of-doors is Mexican.  Caribbean is fine, too.  The official liquor of the out-of-doors is tequila.  Wheat beer is overrated.  When toasting outside, ask people to &amp;quot;gather &amp;#039;round.&amp;quot; If they remain spread out, the toast loses impact.  The term &amp;quot;gather &amp;#039;round&amp;quot; should only be used for proposing a toast with adults or reading a book with children.  Never propose a toast to children.  Sit.  Also, mingle.  Eat!  Water.  No holding your place at the picnic table with your drink while you grab the food. It&amp;#039;s like placing your kid in the line at the supermarket while you grab some Ruffles.  Outdoor games hardly affected by inebriation: bean-bag toss, horseshoes, croquet, safety lawn darts.  Outdoor games extremely affected by inebriation: ping-pong, Bocce, volleyball, badminton.  Outdoor game gravely affected by inebriation: regular lawn darts.  Don&amp;#039;t hog the game. Play three rounds of whatever it is, then hand-select your replacement, starting with the guy who&amp;#039;s been loitering.  Your drink is for the hot tub, not the pool.  Do not sit next to the pool if you don&amp;#039;t want to be sprayed when someone inevitably cannonballs.  No cannonballs.  Good music to drink to outside: Beach Boys (early); Beastie Boys (late); The Very Best of Darryl Hall &amp;amp;amp; John Oates (very late).  Bad music to drink to outside: dirges of any sort.  This is the fifth in a weekly series of instructions, or at least suggestions, regarding how to comport yourself while drinking. We call it How We Drink. Have a topic? E-mail us. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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