The Antiques Roadshow Drinking Game

Josh writes:

There are doubtless many variations to be found on the Internet, but in celebration of the show's return to TV1 last night, a bunch of us played with the following rules, which we made up ourselves:


The primary part of the game is a simple guess at the valuation, with the person farthest away from the correct price drinking.

All participants drink if any of the following things occur or are said:

• A translation is given for the Asian language read from the bottom of porcelain.
• Polite British surprise expressed a la C3PO. (Polite swearing = 2 drinks)
• Open disagreement over valuation.
• Oiks with highly expensive items. (Scousers = 2 drinks)
• Extreme accents that are hard to follow (except Welsh).
• Annoying laugh.
• Served royalty.
• Item bought by a relative who was a sailor (excluding scrimshaw).
• Bought in a car boot sale.
• "That's interesting, I have another at home."
• Pre-1500 (except Peruvian).
• A personal letter to that person as a child from A.A. Milne, Beatrix Potter, or E.H. Shepard.
• Iconic U.S. toy made in Germany.
• "Did you play with it as a child?"
• Object irretrievably damaged by owner through stupidity.

These are the rules we played with last night -- suggestions for new conditions to add next time included "poorly disguised disappointment at the valuation" and "appears Japanese but actually made in China"/"appears Chinese but actually made in Japan"/"appears Asian but actually made in Britain".