Tomorrow from 7 pm, the election results will start seeping onto every transistor radio, television screen and phone tree in the country. It’ll be thirsty work, so we’ve put together a little something to keep spirits up. With apple juice, obviously.
Take a sip when you hear/see:
“Neck and neck”
“Drag race”
“Jacindamania”
“Stardust”
“Knife edge”
“Volatile”
“Fiscal hole”
“Kingmaker”
A bad meme
Take two sips:
Gruff person wearing rosette
Field reporter fiddling with earpiece
“Captain’s call”
One of Bill English’s 9,000 children
Bad wordplay on “Let’s Do This”
“Too close to call”
Winston Peters attacks the media
Off-camera swearing
Heartwarming montage of pets at polling stations
Political. Editor. Saying. Something. Important. In. One. Word. Sentences.
Take a shot:
A good meme
“Rural-urban divide”
“The mother of all scandals”
John Campbell monologue
Hilary Barry death stare
“Incredibly explosive”
Any reference to drinking whisky with Winston Peters
Shot of pizza being delivered to party leader
Take three shots:
“The people have spoken”
Scenes from a grim loser’s party
Lisa Owen eye roll as Duncan and Paddy bantz like fourth-form ladz
Any bus-based metaphor
Winston Peters attacks the polls
“Dramatic and devastating”
Finish your drink:
A concession.
A resignation.
Reference to Bill English’s acne
Walk into the sea:
“She’s A Pretty Communist”
“This is the fucking news”
Sean Plunket flaps naked on a studio floor like a puffer fish.