Time Waster: Drink beer and throw axes LOTR style

by Drew Olanoff Jun 17th 2008

You've seen Lord of the Rings. You've drank beer. You've thrown axes. Ok, so maybe not the last part.

Now do all 3 online for points with the Lord of the Rings Swig & Toss game! All thanks to the wonderful thing we know and love called Flash!

This is brilliant for a few reasons.

The more you drink, the harder it is to hold the axe straight, naturally.
The more you drink and the better you do, the more points you get!

This is the definition of a Time Waster.

As always, post your scores here...if you can type straight!

Tags: axes, beer, flash, game, lord of the rings, LordOfTheRings, points

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

hnkelley said 11:46PM on 6-19-2008

Having done all three, I can attest to the fact that throwing axes is the hardest. Throwing axes under the influence of beer is the most fun.

So, maybe, throwing virtual axes under the influence of virtual beer while under the influence of real beer would be so much fun my head would explode! Or, I would just feel like it the next morning. I'll have to test this out.

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