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Dragons den is set to return to our screens on Wednesday 14th July and what better way to celebrate then drinking copious amounts of alcohol everytime something predictable will happen. So drink the required amount of alcohol everytime one of these events happen

Camera goes crazy on shots of Evan – 1 finger

The bad music (you know the one, the one that goes der der der der der der der) plays during a pitch – 1 finger

Pitch involves any form of costume – 1 finger

Close up shot of piles of money on a table – 1 finger

Pitcher stutters or otherwise displays nerves or becomes flustered at any point during the pitch or questioning – 1 finger

Pitcher has sold their home, re mortgaged, given up work or otherwise placed their entire future security at risk to pursue their idea – 1 finger

A dragon offers to buy someones product – 1 finger

Peter Jones says “hi I’m Peter” despite the fact that if people didn’t know who he was they wouldn’t be on the show – 1 finger

Theo refers to Mrs P or his kids inheritance – 1 finger

Shot of Duncan looking miserable or bored – 1 finger

Shot of any dragon looking confused or puzzled – 1 finger

Deborah says she likes something – 1 finger

Duncan is the first dragon out – 1 finger

James is the last dragon out – 1 finger

James makes an offer – 1 finger

Two or more of the dragons combine to make an offer – 1 finger

Bad music plays in a pitch even though nothing bad has happened – 2 fingers

An invention fails to work – 2 fingers

Theo breaks an invention – 2 fingers

Duncan gets out of his chair to try out an invention – 2 fingers

Two or more rival dragons or groups of dragons make an offer – 2 fingers

An inventor gets their figures wrong – 2 fingers

An inventor is forced to call their business partner/friend/mum from downstairs to save them – 2 fingers

A pitcher rejects all offers on the table – 2 fingers

Any dragon makes an offer for more than double the equity originally offered – 2 fingers

Any dragon undercuts another dragon – 2 fingers

A previously rejected inventor turns up with a new invention which is also rejected – 2 fingers

A previously rejected inventor turns up with a new invention and walks out with an investment – 3 fingers

Duncan makes an offer – 3 fingers

All 5 dragons make an offer (in teams or solo) – 4 fingers

Duncan makes an offer in partnership with James – down any remaining drinks

A pitcher leaves with the exact amount of money they asked for giving up the exact amount of equity they originally wanted to – down any drinks you can lay your eyes on

One of the dragons actually breathes fire – drink some coffee and sober up quick

Enjoy and remember please drink responsibly

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Just watched the first part of Torchwood: Children of Earth on BBC tonight. Was a pretty good start (if a bit slow but what do you expect in part one of a five part story). Looking forward to the remaining parts anyway

Just searched on amazon for the DVD and blu-ray release and it seems the BBC aren’t wasting any time. It’s out on 13th July which is a week today.

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