A
tradition here in
Melbourne (elsewhere? I'm not sure. If anyone knows, /msg me), to punish a particularly bad loss in a game of
pool. If you lose by seven balls - that is, your opponent
sinks all of his
colours (or bigs/smalls) and the black, and you haven't
potted a single one of yours, you must perform a
pants run. The victor will pick a circuit* around the
pub or wherever else you happen to be, and the loser will have to pull their
trousers down to their ankles (
underpants can stay on, but that's up to you) and shuffle around the
predetermined route.
I have only had one experiance with the aforementioned situation, and unfortunately, I was one the receiving end. At a
ward party hosted by
Keithy G McD's parents (doctors can really party), I was despatching various people from the pool table for a good few hours of the evening. Now I consider myself an above average player - not great, but better than some. Until everything went wrong one game after another victory - I think I'd had a few too many of
Melbourne's finest,
Melbourne's better than finest, and
the only decent thing to come from South Australia. I had an easy run at least, people understood what was happening, and only one person pinched me as I did it.
Update 25/08/2002: Had to do a pants run last night at
Weekender at the
9th Ward. Hmm. Now, both times it has happened,
Pulp's
Common People was playing, and both have been something to do with a
ward.
409 tells me that in
Scotland this is called
pulling a granny, but also the the depanting is an option, and there can be other punishments (eg. Buying drink for winner).