I’m contemplating getting a second plate at the Flying Saucer.
You get your plate on the wall by drinking 200 different beers, using computer-scanned receipts to record which ones you’ve already had. When you finish the 200 you get a plate party and a $100 bar tab. As you can see in the image, I completed my first plate on November 29, 2005, after two and a half years of work. Since then I haven’t bothered to start on a second one, even though I’m at the Saucer almost every day.
(Actually, it’s not a second plate, but they change your first plate to a different color. It’s yellow for the second time, green for the third and I don’t remember what comes after that.)
Up until now, I’ve thought, “My name’s on the wall, my work is done, now I can drink what I want.” But as long as I’m drinking what I want I might as well get credit for it on the second go-round. And, if I get to 200 that’ll be an extra $100 gift certificate to throw in for our next Rapscallion party.
If I do it I’m going to try to get a little something extra whenever possible: I’ll drink the $2.50 Pint Nite drafts, the $2.50 Fire Sales, the “Buy the Beer, Keep the Glass” beer when I want the glass, the Happy Hour drafts where you get an extra 7 ounces at regular price, the bonus-points beer during trivia matches. And I’m going to skip the beers which, from the first time through, I know to be disgusting. That means it’ll take me longer to finish, because I’ll have to wait for the Saucer to get new beers in and add them to the list, which they do at the rate of several a month, so it shouldn’t be a big problem.
My UFO Club card isn’t scanning any more though. I’ll have to talk to one of the managers about getting another one. Guess I’ll do that tonight, since I’m heading up there in a few minutes.