Last Saturday afternoon (Oct. 11), at a bar in lower Manhattan, a hoard of heavy drinkers took their spots around the table to prove themselves masters in the World’s Largest Flip Cup Tournament. Hosted by the Flip Cup Guys, the WLFCT consisted of 64 teams from 10 different states and Canada, each competing for an all-expenses-paid trip to Jamaica. After a lot of drinking, cursing and failed dreams, DC-area team, the Two Finger Fanatics flipped their way to victory and a well-worth it hang-over.

That’s the question I asked myself two weeks ago when I threw a little jammer at Black Bear in Hoboken, NJ. By party time over 85% still hadn’t confirmed or denied their Facebook invite, which is annoying as sh*t when dealing with bar management who ask every five minutes what kind of numbers you expect. Are my friends total douchebags or is the system to blame?

There are three solutions to this problem:

#1 Mark Zuckerberg should start reworking his Facebook invite system – not gonna happen.

#2 We should all be curious and confirm/deny all invites – also not gonna happen.

#3 We should all switch to Manvite.com when it’s party time.

I vote for #3, and here’s why: Manvite allows you to send email invitations for various types of “man style” events like beer drinking, a night of lap dances, watching football, weekend Vegas trips, golf, Bachelor parties, wing eating, paintball and many more.

Manvite.com is an effective way to break out of using “Facebook Invites,” and for that reason alone it’s worth taking a look at. Even if you don’t decide to use the system, the seemingly-endless list of generic man events will make you proud to be brawny.

Tailgating. It has become the most popular ‘ritual before the actual ritual’ ritual. It takes the term ‘pre-gaming’ to a whole different level. Whether it’s before a concert, graduation, Baptism, a job or even a funeral, it all has the same universal goal, laid out very simply in this sentence: “Drink to get drunk before you drink, you drunk!â€? In other words, it’s the process of getting a nice buzz going before the actual main event, in this week’s case, Opening Sunday of the NFL.

If you are one of the unfortunate cities to not have an NFL team … well, you will most likely have a less awesome time than those tailgating… unless your doing your own thing, like drinking. If you are drinking, don’t drive, unless you’re driving an SUV of course… Anyway, where was I? Oh right, drinking to get drunk before you drink, you drunk.

Depending on where you are from and the type of fans the team has will decide what kind of tailgate will be had. Bears fans from the windy city and Patriot fans holding their beers with gloves on up in the Northeast, usually have a really super tailgate… judging by the heaviness of their male population: fat people drink and eat more!

The severely deprived fans of Philadelphia have their own little slogan, “Drink to get drunk before being disappointed.â€? These fans know their teams will ultimately shit the bed, so the Philadelphia tailgate usually starts a good 7 hours before kickoff, if you are running late. (more…)