Talk:Spin the bottle
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[edit] Rules Of Engagement
Spin the bottle has been a teenage tradition for years. The game consists of a circle of boys and girls and a bottle. The most popular version of this game is where one person spins the bottle and kisses the person that the narrow end of the bottle points at. How ever, there are different versions of this game. One is where someone spins the bottle, but the people at both ends of the bottle kiss each other. In some cases, the two people are put inside a closet for a certain amount of time; this is where Seven Minuets in Heaven is joined with spin the bottle. The kissing in the game is varied. Usually, any type of kiss on the lips is acceptable. Sometimes, you have a choice at what kind of kiss to give. Sometimes, you can only kiss on the cheek. Timed kissing has been used in spin the bottle, but is not very common. Other games can include more intimate kissing or stronger intimacy. There are different ways to decide who spins. In the case of the birthday party, the birthday girl or boy usually goes first. In other cases, some one volunteers, or is chosen by the group, to go first. It is also commonly decided by age or by elimination games such as Rock, Paper, Scissors. After a first person spins, the person they kiss spins and so on. Other times, the person to the right of the spinner then spins, and so on like that until everyone in the circle has spun the bottle.
You do not absolutely need a bottle to play; anything that can spin and has one definite end point will do fine. When playing this game, be sure that the surface that is being played on can allow the bottle to spin correctly. Tile flooring, concrete, and wooden tables are acceptable surfaces. Certain carpeting, and usually grass, will not allow the bottle to spin correctly.
This is most of what is known about the game. Many individuals have their own versions or certain rules. These rules and basic principles can changed to fit the style of the party, players, and/or supervisors.
- The games been around for decades at least. But it certainly isn't only a teenaged game; many first-time players are preteens. (An episode of "King of the Hill" even focused on the game's popularity among preteens). It's listed as a kid's game at Games Kids Play, which also list kids game such as Duck, Duck, Goose; Jump Rope Games; Jacks; and Marbles. Binky The WonderSkull 07:02, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Young
I have changed the bit that says "Young Teenagers" to "Young People" as it doesn't have to be teenagers it can be people under 13 too as I was about six when I used this as a "Make out" excuse. MJN SEIFER
[edit] Levels
First time I played I believe there was levels of some sort, first level was a peck on the cheek and then if a certain two people would keep getting each other then they would just get put in the closet... However, I wasn't really paying much attention to the game and when I did get a turn I got the ugliest girl in the room... I think I was about 7 or 8... but it was fun anyway. Asteroixiii 10:13, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Review of recently deleted material
- "The person being kissed becomes the next spinner."
Why remove this? It seems pertinent to understanding the full cycle of the game? David D. (Talk) 02:36, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
- I added it back in. You should give a full description of the game. The Legendary Ranger 22:03, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Critique!
- AFAIK the game doesn't necessarily involve kissing. The way I know it, it is played in conjunction with Truth or Dare? or as a drinking game. In my experience the kissing version is more talked-about than played, partly because you don't always have a group in which the sexes are evenly distributed, or the group doesn't have the right social makeup, etc.
- What if the bottle picks two same-sex partners? From a heterosexual viewpoint, is that part of the risk? Maikel (talk) 23:30, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
