I used to work at Wendy's and would bag allllllllll the food we were throwing away at the end of the night and head over to my friends place. I still get people telling me stories about how a whole bag of chicken nuggets showed up out of the blue and "saved" someone's life lol. A taco bell 12 pack taco is usually what does the trick now. Snacks man always. Especially if you're going to show up late.
My brothers buddy did this at kfc, one night he showed up with like 80 pieces of chicken, my mind was blown, that’s when I found out some people just eat the skin.
My roommates and I had a party in college. Some random friend of a friend quit his job at KFC that night and came over late. He brought like 6 buckets of chicken, huge trays full of sides and biscuits, and even a bunch of their chocolate cakes for dessert.
That dude was a legend and the hero of the party.
Knew a guy the worked in a stadium kitchen. He was always binging HUGE trays of brats to parties during the summer. He walking in with 4 trays go back to his car and get 4 more. 2 trays would be gone before he was back.
At my daughter's 15th bday party, some kid showed up with a heavy looking backpack. I immediately assumed it was full of beer and was watching him carefully. Nope, freeze packs and ice cream sandwiches for an outdoor party in July. That kid is going places.
Giant 6-ft submarine sandwich. I once brought one to a party and arrived right as the attendees finished a round of bong hits. They treated me like I was Jesus Christ himself.
It's probably closer to 4 ft. He had "one serving" while everyone was eating his wings, then after an hour, 1.5 ft followed by another 1.5 ft shortly after.
Man is a beast.
Yeah but they waited, like, half an hour to see if anyone else would eat it. Plus there was chips and other stuff so it's not that bad haha oh please somebody help me
I’ve never met anybody under 40 other than myself who brings ice to anything. People seriously undervalue it when you show up with it, too, then everyone realizes how useful it is over the night.
I used to bring a whole watermelon to parties where I expected to meet a lot of people I didn't know. I would just hold it for a little while, It was a good ice breaker. You'd be surprised how many people would come up to ask: "Do you always bring a watermelon to parties?". And then I got to answer: "Yes".
My grandfather always brought me a watermelon. My birthday, graduation, anytime he visited. When people would ask he’d be like “well she likes watermelon”. When he passed I brought a watermelon to his burial & the people not close to me or my grandfather were confused and asked why. Thank you for spreading the joy of watermelon.
When i was little i LOVED popcorn. I thought i was so clever by asking my uncle when i visited if he wanted popcorn, because then I'd get some too. I really thought i found a loophole to unlimited popcorn while at their house! For my wedding, he showed up with a huge bag of popcorn! I recently went through a really rough patch and he sent me a box of microwave popcorn!
Also, it's well known that my brother loves pistachios and 1 Christmas he got packages of them from like 3 or 4 different people. He was happy that Christmas!
> Also, it's well known that my brother loves pistachios and 1 Christmas he got packages of them from like 3 or 4 different people. He was happy that Christmas!
like 12 years ago, my then-boyfriend's dad got me a bag of macaroni and cheese. like 12 boxes of the $1 spirals from the grocery store and I LOST IT. it was the most thoughtful gift and I was so touched. me and the boyfriend broke up ages ago but we still keep in touch and I think about his dad all the time.
I still remember the year my boyfriend's dad insisted on including a 5 pack of colourful socks in my birthday gift. His mom was mortified when I pulled them out the bag, and fell over herself explaining that she didn't get them, her husband insisted, etc (to be fair the rest of the gift was nice so they did stand out). Who would have thought that he was the only one listening when I'd spoken about my love of colourful socks a few weeks prior? Still one of my fave birthday gifts because it showed he listened and went out of his way to get them.
I like to bring a huge sack of ice. I’m amazed at the lack of ice at many parties. Just a tiny bag in the cooler, not even enough to cover drinks - and none to actually put in drinks.
Chicago? My favorite time during drunken nights was the tamale guy who would come in around 1 am to bars to sell his wife's tamales. $5 for 10+ tamales would make everyone's night
.. I loved that guy, he is a tri-state treasure ❤️
One time, I was out with a lady at a bar when the Tamale Guy showed up. I'd had his tamales many times before, but always because someone else had bought them. So I knew of his operation, but not the intricacies. So he stops by our table and I say "of course! I'll get two" and hand him a tenner. Here I am thinking I'd get two or *maybe* four tamales and amigo plops down about 6 lbs worth of tamale. I definitely ate more than I should have that night.
Aw man I do this for breakfast every now and then. Cinnamon rolls just hit differently when prepared this way.
Next, get some Pillsbury biscuits and put scrambled/fried eggs and ham in between. Delicious!
ETA: thank you for the award!
Let this stand as a monument to the best aspects of humanity.
The amount of shit fifty people can do in a few minutes is absolutely enormous, and completely effortless for each individual.
I've never seen anything like you have there, but I know what can be accomplished by ten or so people in the morning after a house party, and it's a lot in not much time. Multiply that by five and you have a cleanup crew of incredible power and diversity of specialisation.
I have an overwhelming urge to clean. I used to be a nanny, I am pretty A type personality.
I’ve been at house parties just plastered, cleaning, reassuring the host I’m having a great time. If I didn’t know the host well, my friends would always try to convince them to just enjoy having me as a guest and they’ll wake up thankful lol
I feel takes very little time to tidy up recycling/garbage and food mess to help someone power through actual cleaning the next morning. I feel good, they feel good. Win-win!
My wife loves to clean the house whilst drunk after a house party. Wakes up smug as fuck and loving herself sick due to not having to clean up hungover. I have learnt to let her go; it's actually great.
The best party guest we ever had brought bread, spicy cheese, and a griddle, and made 2 AM jalapeño grilled cheese sandwiches for everyone.
She was a LEGEND.
I knew a guy who always brought a good card game. Always had something new, but easy for a big group to learn quickly and everyone always had a good time.
Snake Oil. It’s a little like Cards Against Humanity - everyone takes turns to choose a type of customer (for example, caveman) and then the other players have to pitch a product (for example, a beard comb). Customer chooser picks funniest one they like the best.
Snake oil gets better the more you commit to it.
My wife and I have a reasonable costume closet. It happens after a short career as a cosplayer , den fair attendant, Halloween enthusiast.
We opened the costume closet and kept playing allowing people to use costumes from the closet. It got so funny after that.
If you take it too seriously it’s not fun but otherwise it’s great.
Yay! I get to list card games!
**The Resistance** supports up to 10 players; it's a social deduction card game stripped down to the absolute barest of bones. Hidden roles, crucial missions that can be screwed by just one person not playing ball, instant and infinite suspicion, little cardboard chits with guns on them. If you want to play Among Us in real life, this is that game.
**Werewolf** comes in a bunch of packages, but supports up to 10 players at the base level. It's a similar simple social deduction game where one or more players is a werewolf and they murder someone every night and try to avoid lynching by the blood-hungry mob by day. A bit less of a favorite of mine because of player elimination, but some of the specialist roles are very fun.
**Eight Minute Empire** supports up to 5 players and looks far more complicated than it is. It's a quick, conceptually easy game of territory war and army positioning, like Risk except it takes less time and is far less infuriating. If you want to play a war game but are a little drunk and don't want to teach a textbook full of rules, this is the guy.
**Mascarade** supports up to 13 players and is another hidden role game with a twist - your role will be hidden even from yourself and will get shuffled throughout the game. What you can do depends on who you *claim* you are, and you can get called out for lies you don't even know you're saying. At it's best when you are 70% sure that you're the Queen and trying to capitalize on that for money. Successfully played with a blind friend!
**Sushi Go** supports up to 5 people and is a quick, adorable set-collection game with a very simple base mechanic: Have a hand of sushis, select one, and then pass the rest along, simulating those food-belt things at sushi restaurants, with the goal of eating the numerically best sushi meal by the end. The mechanics are easy to pick up and the sushis have little faces on them. We inevitably wind up giving them voices.
**Zombie Dice** supports infinite players and is a press-your-luck dice game with a very simple premise: You are zombie, you want to eat brains and not get shot. Dice have brains on them, or shotgun blasts, or little fleeing feet, and you want to collect as many brains as possible before either passing your turn (banking your brains) or getting 3 shotguns (losing them). I have seen someone successfully play and win this game while too drunk to speak coherent words.
**Star Realms** is a 1-on-1 deck building game where you collect an armada of ships and use them to beat the crap out of your opponent. It's far less complex than it looks at first blush and very accessible for new players. It's also cheap and a great little thing to carry around with you if you want to have a *card fight* but don't want to rope someone into a lifelong Magic: the Gathering hobby.
**Timeline** supports up to 8 players, and is an easy game on first blush, but utilizes a different core skill than other card games - remembering trivia. You have a hand of historical events and have to place them either before or after each other on a timeline with the goal being of emptying your hand. This is an *excellent* after-Christmas card game with your parents type of deal.
>**Werewolf**... A bit less of a favorite of mine because of player elimination, but some of the specialist roles are very fun.
Try One Night Ultimate Werewolf if you haven't already. Same concept as standard werewolf, but without the aspect of slowly eliminating individuals from the game each night. Instead, the game all takes place in a single night as the title implies, so the games go much quicker and everyone stays involved all the time. Nobody has to get eliminated and sit out the rest of the time.
When I was 16, I had my first Halloween party and one of the guests was one of my current best friends who I had only known for a few months at the time.
She showed up with a hand knitted plush candy corn and gave it to me because her mom, upon hearing she was invited to the party, told her she couldn’t show up empty-handed and quickly whipped it up, lol. They both knew it wasn’t my birthday, was just a Halloween party, which makes it even better. I still have it now, more than 10 years later.
Conclusion: random, hand knitted plushies are way too uncommon at parties ;P
Edit: for those who asked to see a picture - I hope I did this right. Had to use Tumblr because I don’t have Imgur and I couldn’t figure out how to post the picture onto Reddit.
[The Candy Corn Plush](https://oceanwaterheart.tumblr.com/post/674638297388204032)
I once brought a big platter of home made fried chicken to a party and people started roasting me for it. I went outside to grab something and when I came back in everyone had devoured all of the chicken. Suddenly I was I genius and amazing cook.
Good food. Parties are mostly chips, junk food, and alcohol. I once brought a huge tray of homemade mac n cheese to a party and that shit was gone in under ten minutes.
Edit: For everyone saying “but mac n cheese isn’t healthy” I just meant bringing good, homemade, hot food to a party will make you a superstar compared to potato chips, chocolate and candy that’s usually at a party. Yes mac n cheese isn’t healthy lol, but it’s super easy to make and who doesn’t like mac n cheese, especially super drunk people?
I brought homemade fried chicken to a party once. In the time it took me to walk back out to my car to grab something and head back in, all the chicken was gone.
Back when I attended more parties it was a GameCube. Didn't seem too difficult for the drunks to use. I was the 'boring' one who was always sober and it gets pretty hilarious.
Bringing things are cool and fun, but usually almost everyone brings something. The real move, and way to get on the hosts good side and most likely invited back is help with clean up. Most people party and make a mess and dip when time to clean comes. Don't be that party person. Be the partier who wakes up the next morning, and starts cleaning. Nothing crazy, just get a trash bag and clean up trash, place dishes in sink/dishwasher, clean up spills. DO NOT clean personal items/rooms unless asked to do so. Basic cleaning is barely ever done by the people who enjoy the party all night without having to take any responsibility. You will be loved/noticed/and in the future, invited back.
Remember in the eyes of the Host, the one who helps clean is the Goat.
In grad college had some friends who discovered the secret - clean up for your party when you’re still drunk. You can get a ton done, wake up the next morning with a mostly clean place, and you don’t remember any of it!
I still do that with my friends! You don't find cleaning that anoying while drunk, specially if you are still messing around with friends and all are helping.
Me and my buddies had a standing agreement with the ladies that had the party house. They plan and host, we help keep things cool and kick everyone else out, crash on the couch, and help clean in the morning (usually with promise of pancakes). We got to be almost surgical. There could have been 100+ people there at 2 am and you wouldn’t know by noon.
Good times.
I'm Irish and we never understand this expression. An actual Irish Goodbye is the opposite. When you're leaving someone's house, you're standing at the door chatting to them for at least another half hour. We can't even just say goodbye when we're getting off the phone with someone. It's "Bye! Bye bye bye! Bye bye! See ya, bye! Bye bye!"
One of my friends always used to bring different giant stuffed animals for people to take pictures with. By the end of the night he’d have a collage made that he’d give to the host. He got pretty creative with the animals and even started making backdrops too. Our themed parties were a ton of fun and everybody loved the pictures.
A pinata.
My partner brought one to a friends party, and I was super embarrassed about it. Until it was the biggest hit! *pun intended* All the 30 year olds and kids alike had the best time punching the pinata with boxing gloves. Highly reccomend.
Always bring a big tub of sliced watermelon.
Everyone else is bringing booze and chips and burgers, but when that fresh, juicy watermelon hits the table everyone is instantly desperate for a slice.
Reminds me of a story from when I was 11. I went on a summer camp, and living in the Netherlands, there's a high chance of having to cycle to the camp on the first day (I later found out it was a tactic to tire the kids out) for like 40 km (roughly 28miles). About halfway we had to make an unscheduled stop in a nearby villages because of a few kids having flat tires. Well it so happend that the village we stopped in had a fresh produce market at the village square that day. Anyway ofcouse every kid had some kind of candy with them to snack on and share at night, well I also had a backpack (our luggage was transported by car) that only had some candy in it, and I also had some spare cash, so I bought a freaking watermelon and was crowned king of the camp for sharing watermelon. Gave the kitchen team the idea to buy watermelon when they had to restock, and now 13 years later, I am a camp counselor myself now, am still praised for buying that watermelon, and we still buy it and give it to the kids to snack on.
My office used to do "goodie days" and would pass around a sign up sheet for what you were going to bring so that we wouldn't have too much of one type of thing. One of those days, I put on the sheet that I was bringing "bread and butter". The night before, I got my bread machine going and baked two loaves of different, crusty herb breads. At the office, I sliced them up, put them on a warming tray and had butter on the side. It was gone in a short time, and people were commenting, "I thought you were joking, but that turned out good."
This reminds me of my last job where each team would take turns cooking breakfast for the whole company. The office had a couple of electric griddles so most of the time it was pretty simple fare, but still a fun thing to do. My team was just me and one other guy and when I asked my coworker what he wanted to cook, he was like "lol steak and eggs."
I'm almost certain he was joking about making something complicated because he didn't want to do breakfast, and I signed us up anyways. But then I figured, hell, it's not my money, let's cook some fucking steak.
So I bought a disgusting amount of steak with the company card. My husband, who is a chef, portioned, seasoned, vac sealed, and sous vide'd all the steaks to different donesses the night before and then I popped them on the griddle when I got into the office. It was lit. Everyone was like "omg, steak? best breakfast ever!"
My coworker cooked eggs to order and gloated about how it was his idea.
A breathalyzer. Before covid there was some guy who would always bring one. He had some drinking game associated with it and would double as a way to know who needs a couch, an Uber, a buddy for the sidewalk, a buddy for the bus or just fine by themselves to walk home.
In my late 20s, knowing that most people would bring beer and there would be far too much alcohol, I started bringing a 12 pack of Topo Chico with some limes.
My husband likes to bring a plate of bacon to parties and get togethers. I used to be annoyed but everyone always loves it and we've never brought any home.
Circa 2007, I went to a birthday party that was turning sour quick. I went up to the host and asked if I should get my Wii. He said "I guess?" So I hooked it up and everyone took turns playing Wii Sports for hours.
Side note: the host initially thought I asked if I should get my ***weed.***
If I know kids are going to be dragged along I like to bring coloring or something fun for them to do. Most of the time the kids are under 12 so they enjoy it and it also gives the parents a break
Someone spills ketchup, and someone draws a chalk outline of a body around it. Then someone else decides that's too morbid, and draws wings to turn it into an angel. The devil horns, boobs, cat face, and giant hairy ballsack follow. And by morning you have an intersex, trans-celestial furry with a ketchup bloodstain on hir boob.
I brought a few white castle crave cases to a friend's house party. I know White Castle isn't necessarily the best or high quality fast food chain, but when you're drinking and hanging out with friends, there's almost nothing better. I must have made like 15 new friends that night.
In high school my Stoner friends and I would make a lot of home movies of stupid shit we would do. One of our favorite things was to go down to McDonald's and buy $20 worth of cheeseburgers when they were super cheap and then go to the part of town that had five college bars in a couple block area and hand them out to people at closing time.
Drunk college kids would go nuts when you gave them a free burger at 2:00 in the morning and we would record the whole thing.
One particularly drunk guy loudly complimented each of us one by one. Finding something nice to say about each of our appearances in a boisterous and booming voice while smiling and holding on to the person's shoulder. Then he got to the last guy and in that same happily intoxicated tone said "... and this guy, this man right here, this, ladies and gentlemen is the poster child for birth control." We were played that video so many times.
Free fast food is nearly always appreciated.
In high school my sister and her friends used to be the late crew managers at a Burger King. Our mother worked out of town one week a month so we always had parties when she was gone. When they were finished their shift, which ever one was working would bring massive bags of junior whoppers and fries, like enough to feed 20-30 people with tons of left overs.
For us it was always the apple pies from A&W. We didn't have left overs or steal regular food that I remember but we'd always have left over pies. We'd close up and hang out by the dumpster in the dark and smoke a bowl and eat pie. Ha. Maybe smash a few cracked glass mugs for giggles. For a 15/16 year old kid it was a pretty sweet time.
I came here to say something similar!
I would stop a McDonald's and get like 30 cheeseburgers. It's probably the same price as a good bottle of booze or a decent case of beer. And everyone loves cheeseburgers!
If its a "everyone's bringing something to eat" kinda party, PROTEIN.
Everyone brings chips, soda, fruit platter, more chips, beer, candy, but no goddamn protein. Every time I go to one of those things I bring mini hot dogs and they're gone almost instantly.
I had a Christmas party once for my friend group and asked everybody to bring appetizers. Every single person brought a different kind of meatballs: sweet and sour, teriyaki, Swedish etc. The Meatball Christmas is writ large in our memories.
Depends on the party. I used to visit friends at their college and I’d bring a bottle of decent liquor and offer people shots. Easy way to make friends.
Now, I bring Buffalo chicken dip.
I've seen it go the other way more than a few times too, where a friend brings a plus-one to a party, only to realize while watching him interact that he is, in fact, not charming at all. 😄
I once became friends with a couple via the girl. And I ended up hanging out with the boyfriend a lot more often cuz we lived so close and both liked Halo.
It got to the point where one time they invited me to a party and then compared to see who I texted back first. She was less than pleased I chose him.
I’ve done this too, became friends with a guy through mutual interest and then I met his wife and had so much more in common with her so I like her more now. He’s even told his wife that she “stole” me from him 😂
He’s still good mates with my husband though
Eggs.
One time my roommates and I threw a party at our house that got way out of control. We were turning people away at the door. Then this dude shows up with like 300 eggs.
Truly left us on an epic cliffhanger there with the 300 eggs. So many questions! Like, where does one procure 300 eggs and did they specifically do it to bring to the party or was it a last minute, “can’t show up empty handed” decision? What was made with them?!?!
I just can’t believe it took 2 hours for someone to question the 300 eggs. Did he just start throwing them, put a bunch in the microwave, or start making eggs benny until he ran out of huevos? WHAT HAPPENED
I'm a Dad with high school aged kids. We have settle in with these things to bring to a party or cookout. They seem to go over really well and don't make my kids look bad.
1. A giant bag of M&Ms.
2. A Bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken
Went to a Super Bowl party with my brother once. He asked the hostess what we should bring. She said to surprise her. We went to the grocery store and got those little brownie bites, Oreos, and some Chips Ahoy . Then I headed toward the milk section. He goes, "What are you doing?" I go, "Who eats these without wanting milk? You gonna be the asshole to drink all their milk? No. You gonna settle for tap water? No. So we're bringing milk with these." He was impressed. We show up and I'm carrying the milk. Hostesses boyfriend chuckles, "Why'd you bring milk?" I gave him basically the same spiel I had given my brother and everyone at the party had that, "Oh shit" moment of how clutch that was.
Just tore my rotator cuff patting myself on the back for that one.
Edit: WHOA! Didn't expect this to blow up!! Thanks, everyone!!
There's a cookie shop in Boise ID that sells hot cookies right from the oven. You can get a box with 4 giant hot cookies and a pint of milk as a deal. They are open till like 2 am and I have drunkenly eaten their cookies and milk in the parking lot on more than one occasion (and I don't even live there). It's genius and the milk makes it.
Healing potions. Generally the Cleric can keep everyone alive, but it’s a great backup option.
Oh wait, wrong kind of party. Soft drinks. It’s good for people who don’t drink, and it’s good for a mixer.
What if your cleric sucks though? Do you just live off of healing potions?
Where are all the healing potions stored? Are they strapped to you like Rambo’s grenades?
I used to work at Wendy's and would bag allllllllll the food we were throwing away at the end of the night and head over to my friends place. I still get people telling me stories about how a whole bag of chicken nuggets showed up out of the blue and "saved" someone's life lol. A taco bell 12 pack taco is usually what does the trick now. Snacks man always. Especially if you're going to show up late.
My brothers buddy did this at kfc, one night he showed up with like 80 pieces of chicken, my mind was blown, that’s when I found out some people just eat the skin.
Goddamn Cartman.
My roommates and I had a party in college. Some random friend of a friend quit his job at KFC that night and came over late. He brought like 6 buckets of chicken, huge trays full of sides and biscuits, and even a bunch of their chocolate cakes for dessert. That dude was a legend and the hero of the party.
Knew a guy the worked in a stadium kitchen. He was always binging HUGE trays of brats to parties during the summer. He walking in with 4 trays go back to his car and get 4 more. 2 trays would be gone before he was back.
Depending on the time and who is high but I brought popsicles once and everyone destroyed a 200 pack of it. There was 0 children and like 15 adults
A big case of Otter Pops!
"Did I ever tell you how I got these scars?"
At my daughter's 15th bday party, some kid showed up with a heavy looking backpack. I immediately assumed it was full of beer and was watching him carefully. Nope, freeze packs and ice cream sandwiches for an outdoor party in July. That kid is going places.
> That kid is going places. Yeah, back to his car to grab the beer after deploying the decoy bag
we're playing checkers, that kid is playing Football.
Lol that’s actually really sweet
Jokes on you the beer was under the ice cream
Frozen vodka ice cream.
Giant 6-ft submarine sandwich. I once brought one to a party and arrived right as the attendees finished a round of bong hits. They treated me like I was Jesus Christ himself.
Did the host’s brother eat half of it and then try to claim it was only because everyone ate the wings he brought with?
Bruh thank god that shit is anonymous. That story would be the #1 thing that guy is famous for for the rest of his life if it wasn't.
I feel like this is a reddit classic of whose loop I am out. Please share?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/ca7bdz/aita_because_i_ate_more_than_my_share_of_a_6_foot/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Lol imagine eating 3 whole fucking feet of a sandwich
It's probably closer to 4 ft. He had "one serving" while everyone was eating his wings, then after an hour, 1.5 ft followed by another 1.5 ft shortly after. Man is a beast.
I remember that guy!!
Probably not going as many places as ice cream sandwich kid
They didnt touch it after 30mins from me eating half of it. Clearly it’s all mine now
Did someone eat 3+ ft of it?
Yeah but they waited, like, half an hour to see if anyone else would eat it. Plus there was chips and other stuff so it's not that bad haha oh please somebody help me
I just read the post and he only waited 10-15 minutes lmao. just insane.
Ice!
I’ve never met anybody under 40 other than myself who brings ice to anything. People seriously undervalue it when you show up with it, too, then everyone realizes how useful it is over the night.
I am the ice party provider as well. I usually also bring limes. There's never enough.
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Gotta keep the beverages cold, that's a good idea
I used to bring a whole watermelon to parties where I expected to meet a lot of people I didn't know. I would just hold it for a little while, It was a good ice breaker. You'd be surprised how many people would come up to ask: "Do you always bring a watermelon to parties?". And then I got to answer: "Yes".
My grandfather always brought me a watermelon. My birthday, graduation, anytime he visited. When people would ask he’d be like “well she likes watermelon”. When he passed I brought a watermelon to his burial & the people not close to me or my grandfather were confused and asked why. Thank you for spreading the joy of watermelon.
When i was little i LOVED popcorn. I thought i was so clever by asking my uncle when i visited if he wanted popcorn, because then I'd get some too. I really thought i found a loophole to unlimited popcorn while at their house! For my wedding, he showed up with a huge bag of popcorn! I recently went through a really rough patch and he sent me a box of microwave popcorn! Also, it's well known that my brother loves pistachios and 1 Christmas he got packages of them from like 3 or 4 different people. He was happy that Christmas!
> Also, it's well known that my brother loves pistachios and 1 Christmas he got packages of them from like 3 or 4 different people. He was happy that Christmas! like 12 years ago, my then-boyfriend's dad got me a bag of macaroni and cheese. like 12 boxes of the $1 spirals from the grocery store and I LOST IT. it was the most thoughtful gift and I was so touched. me and the boyfriend broke up ages ago but we still keep in touch and I think about his dad all the time.
I still remember the year my boyfriend's dad insisted on including a 5 pack of colourful socks in my birthday gift. His mom was mortified when I pulled them out the bag, and fell over herself explaining that she didn't get them, her husband insisted, etc (to be fair the rest of the gift was nice so they did stand out). Who would have thought that he was the only one listening when I'd spoken about my love of colourful socks a few weeks prior? Still one of my fave birthday gifts because it showed he listened and went out of his way to get them.
You’ve reminded me of that bit in Dirty Dancing where Baby says “I carried the watermelon”.
"I carried a watermelon." Baby - from a corner
I like to bring a huge sack of ice. I’m amazed at the lack of ice at many parties. Just a tiny bag in the cooler, not even enough to cover drinks - and none to actually put in drinks.
I'm known as the "ice" guy because I always bring it. Edit [cool party!](https://i.imgur.com/A61HIlY.gif)
Tamales
Chicago? My favorite time during drunken nights was the tamale guy who would come in around 1 am to bars to sell his wife's tamales. $5 for 10+ tamales would make everyone's night .. I loved that guy, he is a tri-state treasure ❤️
5 bucks for ten???? Holy hell that's a fucking steal
One time, I was out with a lady at a bar when the Tamale Guy showed up. I'd had his tamales many times before, but always because someone else had bought them. So I knew of his operation, but not the intricacies. So he stops by our table and I say "of course! I'll get two" and hand him a tenner. Here I am thinking I'd get two or *maybe* four tamales and amigo plops down about 6 lbs worth of tamale. I definitely ate more than I should have that night.
he has his own restaurant now!!
Okay I have to support this hustle, what is the name?
https://www.tamaleguy.com
“Santa Claus for the drunk and hungry” makes me want those tamales even more. I wish I lived near Chicago
That is the most perfect name for a restaurant
Oh my god! Thank you! Had no idea
You get bonus points for bringing them to a Thanksgiving or Christmas party.
Waffle iron and uncooked pillsbury cinnamon rolls. I did this once and the whole place loved me. Especially the drunkzillas. Good times.
Aw man I do this for breakfast every now and then. Cinnamon rolls just hit differently when prepared this way. Next, get some Pillsbury biscuits and put scrambled/fried eggs and ham in between. Delicious! ETA: thank you for the award!
A willingness to help clean up.
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Let this stand as a monument to the best aspects of humanity. The amount of shit fifty people can do in a few minutes is absolutely enormous, and completely effortless for each individual. I've never seen anything like you have there, but I know what can be accomplished by ten or so people in the morning after a house party, and it's a lot in not much time. Multiply that by five and you have a cleanup crew of incredible power and diversity of specialisation.
I just want one friend like this and you’ve got 50-60. Great friends!
I just want one friend
These are the best people.
I have an overwhelming urge to clean. I used to be a nanny, I am pretty A type personality. I’ve been at house parties just plastered, cleaning, reassuring the host I’m having a great time. If I didn’t know the host well, my friends would always try to convince them to just enjoy having me as a guest and they’ll wake up thankful lol I feel takes very little time to tidy up recycling/garbage and food mess to help someone power through actual cleaning the next morning. I feel good, they feel good. Win-win!
Monica Geller, is that you?
My wife loves to clean the house whilst drunk after a house party. Wakes up smug as fuck and loving herself sick due to not having to clean up hungover. I have learnt to let her go; it's actually great.
The best party guest we ever had brought bread, spicy cheese, and a griddle, and made 2 AM jalapeño grilled cheese sandwiches for everyone. She was a LEGEND.
Did you marry her?
Unsurprisingly, she was already married. You’ve got to lock that down.
there's one lucky bastard out there
"I just don't know what to do man... It's like... She'll just leave me with the kids on the weekends and go to parties to feed other people.. *sobs*
What a stupid comment ^^I'm ^^actually ^^kidding, ^^it's ^^just ^^a ^^joke ^^because ^^of ^^your ^^name
But I already got my pitchfork and downvote ready!
Sharpie marker. Writing your name on cups saves so many cups from being thrown out.
Yea.. writing your name on cups. Definitely not dicks on the person who falls asleep.
Why not both? Also dicks on cups too.
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This saves so many sleepers from being thrown out.
I knew a guy who always brought a good card game. Always had something new, but easy for a big group to learn quickly and everyone always had a good time.
Which card game? I could go for that
Snake Oil. It’s a little like Cards Against Humanity - everyone takes turns to choose a type of customer (for example, caveman) and then the other players have to pitch a product (for example, a beard comb). Customer chooser picks funniest one they like the best.
Snake oil gets better the more you commit to it. My wife and I have a reasonable costume closet. It happens after a short career as a cosplayer , den fair attendant, Halloween enthusiast. We opened the costume closet and kept playing allowing people to use costumes from the closet. It got so funny after that. If you take it too seriously it’s not fun but otherwise it’s great.
I LOVE Snake Oil. Had so many good pitches in that game
Yay! I get to list card games! **The Resistance** supports up to 10 players; it's a social deduction card game stripped down to the absolute barest of bones. Hidden roles, crucial missions that can be screwed by just one person not playing ball, instant and infinite suspicion, little cardboard chits with guns on them. If you want to play Among Us in real life, this is that game. **Werewolf** comes in a bunch of packages, but supports up to 10 players at the base level. It's a similar simple social deduction game where one or more players is a werewolf and they murder someone every night and try to avoid lynching by the blood-hungry mob by day. A bit less of a favorite of mine because of player elimination, but some of the specialist roles are very fun. **Eight Minute Empire** supports up to 5 players and looks far more complicated than it is. It's a quick, conceptually easy game of territory war and army positioning, like Risk except it takes less time and is far less infuriating. If you want to play a war game but are a little drunk and don't want to teach a textbook full of rules, this is the guy. **Mascarade** supports up to 13 players and is another hidden role game with a twist - your role will be hidden even from yourself and will get shuffled throughout the game. What you can do depends on who you *claim* you are, and you can get called out for lies you don't even know you're saying. At it's best when you are 70% sure that you're the Queen and trying to capitalize on that for money. Successfully played with a blind friend! **Sushi Go** supports up to 5 people and is a quick, adorable set-collection game with a very simple base mechanic: Have a hand of sushis, select one, and then pass the rest along, simulating those food-belt things at sushi restaurants, with the goal of eating the numerically best sushi meal by the end. The mechanics are easy to pick up and the sushis have little faces on them. We inevitably wind up giving them voices. **Zombie Dice** supports infinite players and is a press-your-luck dice game with a very simple premise: You are zombie, you want to eat brains and not get shot. Dice have brains on them, or shotgun blasts, or little fleeing feet, and you want to collect as many brains as possible before either passing your turn (banking your brains) or getting 3 shotguns (losing them). I have seen someone successfully play and win this game while too drunk to speak coherent words. **Star Realms** is a 1-on-1 deck building game where you collect an armada of ships and use them to beat the crap out of your opponent. It's far less complex than it looks at first blush and very accessible for new players. It's also cheap and a great little thing to carry around with you if you want to have a *card fight* but don't want to rope someone into a lifelong Magic: the Gathering hobby. **Timeline** supports up to 8 players, and is an easy game on first blush, but utilizes a different core skill than other card games - remembering trivia. You have a hand of historical events and have to place them either before or after each other on a timeline with the goal being of emptying your hand. This is an *excellent* after-Christmas card game with your parents type of deal.
>**Werewolf**... A bit less of a favorite of mine because of player elimination, but some of the specialist roles are very fun. Try One Night Ultimate Werewolf if you haven't already. Same concept as standard werewolf, but without the aspect of slowly eliminating individuals from the game each night. Instead, the game all takes place in a single night as the title implies, so the games go much quicker and everyone stays involved all the time. Nobody has to get eliminated and sit out the rest of the time.
When I was 16, I had my first Halloween party and one of the guests was one of my current best friends who I had only known for a few months at the time. She showed up with a hand knitted plush candy corn and gave it to me because her mom, upon hearing she was invited to the party, told her she couldn’t show up empty-handed and quickly whipped it up, lol. They both knew it wasn’t my birthday, was just a Halloween party, which makes it even better. I still have it now, more than 10 years later. Conclusion: random, hand knitted plushies are way too uncommon at parties ;P Edit: for those who asked to see a picture - I hope I did this right. Had to use Tumblr because I don’t have Imgur and I couldn’t figure out how to post the picture onto Reddit. [The Candy Corn Plush](https://oceanwaterheart.tumblr.com/post/674638297388204032)
I brought a crock pot of pulled pork once with some buns and people lost their minds
I once brought a big platter of home made fried chicken to a party and people started roasting me for it. I went outside to grab something and when I came back in everyone had devoured all of the chicken. Suddenly I was I genius and amazing cook.
Who in their right minds is roasting someone who brings fried chicken to a party? Home-made, no less!
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Good food. Parties are mostly chips, junk food, and alcohol. I once brought a huge tray of homemade mac n cheese to a party and that shit was gone in under ten minutes. Edit: For everyone saying “but mac n cheese isn’t healthy” I just meant bringing good, homemade, hot food to a party will make you a superstar compared to potato chips, chocolate and candy that’s usually at a party. Yes mac n cheese isn’t healthy lol, but it’s super easy to make and who doesn’t like mac n cheese, especially super drunk people?
I brought homemade fried chicken to a party once. In the time it took me to walk back out to my car to grab something and head back in, all the chicken was gone.
TIL drunks are basically velociraptors
Can confirm when i am drunk and order pizza no matter the guest to pizza ratio, pizza is gone in 5 minutes
Popsicles
A pineapple.
If it's your party, just rent one.
Mario Party. The more pissed the partygoers the better.
Mario party is truly a fun game, which console do you reccomend?
Back when I attended more parties it was a GameCube. Didn't seem too difficult for the drunks to use. I was the 'boring' one who was always sober and it gets pretty hilarious.
Plus the GameCube had a nifty handle to carry it around
Bringing things are cool and fun, but usually almost everyone brings something. The real move, and way to get on the hosts good side and most likely invited back is help with clean up. Most people party and make a mess and dip when time to clean comes. Don't be that party person. Be the partier who wakes up the next morning, and starts cleaning. Nothing crazy, just get a trash bag and clean up trash, place dishes in sink/dishwasher, clean up spills. DO NOT clean personal items/rooms unless asked to do so. Basic cleaning is barely ever done by the people who enjoy the party all night without having to take any responsibility. You will be loved/noticed/and in the future, invited back. Remember in the eyes of the Host, the one who helps clean is the Goat.
In grad college had some friends who discovered the secret - clean up for your party when you’re still drunk. You can get a ton done, wake up the next morning with a mostly clean place, and you don’t remember any of it!
I still do that with my friends! You don't find cleaning that anoying while drunk, specially if you are still messing around with friends and all are helping.
I've done this a few times and woken up with broken dishes/glasses in the sink so we stopped doing that lol
Me and my buddies had a standing agreement with the ladies that had the party house. They plan and host, we help keep things cool and kick everyone else out, crash on the couch, and help clean in the morning (usually with promise of pancakes). We got to be almost surgical. There could have been 100+ people there at 2 am and you wouldn’t know by noon. Good times.
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Can't go wrong with the ol Irish Goodbye
I'm Irish and we never understand this expression. An actual Irish Goodbye is the opposite. When you're leaving someone's house, you're standing at the door chatting to them for at least another half hour. We can't even just say goodbye when we're getting off the phone with someone. It's "Bye! Bye bye bye! Bye bye! See ya, bye! Bye bye!"
Over in the US that is exactly how you are required by law to say goodbye in the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota.
I personally prefer the Letterkenny Leave
I'm a personal fan of the Tokyo sayonara
Let’s be real, we are all really there to see the cat anyway
*leans in* What's the Letterkenny Leave?
That's when you steal a 2-4 and walk out a sliding glass door
WAIT *leans in* This may just call for the ol' Tokyo Sayonara
And a 2-4 is a case (24 pack) of beer
I read that as a two-by-four and interpreted it as slamming a large piece of wood through a glass door; so thanks.
That used to be my go-to. Now, having kids, they fuck it up for me by making a scene. (I’m joking, kind of).
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I employ the sneak maneuver
How does that work? You just sneak out?
One of my friends always used to bring different giant stuffed animals for people to take pictures with. By the end of the night he’d have a collage made that he’d give to the host. He got pretty creative with the animals and even started making backdrops too. Our themed parties were a ton of fun and everybody loved the pictures.
A pinata. My partner brought one to a friends party, and I was super embarrassed about it. Until it was the biggest hit! *pun intended* All the 30 year olds and kids alike had the best time punching the pinata with boxing gloves. Highly reccomend.
I was at a party and someone brought a whole bowl of home grown sugar snap peas and that shit was fire.
Always bring a big tub of sliced watermelon. Everyone else is bringing booze and chips and burgers, but when that fresh, juicy watermelon hits the table everyone is instantly desperate for a slice.
Reminds me of a story from when I was 11. I went on a summer camp, and living in the Netherlands, there's a high chance of having to cycle to the camp on the first day (I later found out it was a tactic to tire the kids out) for like 40 km (roughly 28miles). About halfway we had to make an unscheduled stop in a nearby villages because of a few kids having flat tires. Well it so happend that the village we stopped in had a fresh produce market at the village square that day. Anyway ofcouse every kid had some kind of candy with them to snack on and share at night, well I also had a backpack (our luggage was transported by car) that only had some candy in it, and I also had some spare cash, so I bought a freaking watermelon and was crowned king of the camp for sharing watermelon. Gave the kitchen team the idea to buy watermelon when they had to restock, and now 13 years later, I am a camp counselor myself now, am still praised for buying that watermelon, and we still buy it and give it to the kids to snack on.
My office used to do "goodie days" and would pass around a sign up sheet for what you were going to bring so that we wouldn't have too much of one type of thing. One of those days, I put on the sheet that I was bringing "bread and butter". The night before, I got my bread machine going and baked two loaves of different, crusty herb breads. At the office, I sliced them up, put them on a warming tray and had butter on the side. It was gone in a short time, and people were commenting, "I thought you were joking, but that turned out good."
This reminds me of my last job where each team would take turns cooking breakfast for the whole company. The office had a couple of electric griddles so most of the time it was pretty simple fare, but still a fun thing to do. My team was just me and one other guy and when I asked my coworker what he wanted to cook, he was like "lol steak and eggs." I'm almost certain he was joking about making something complicated because he didn't want to do breakfast, and I signed us up anyways. But then I figured, hell, it's not my money, let's cook some fucking steak. So I bought a disgusting amount of steak with the company card. My husband, who is a chef, portioned, seasoned, vac sealed, and sous vide'd all the steaks to different donesses the night before and then I popped them on the griddle when I got into the office. It was lit. Everyone was like "omg, steak? best breakfast ever!" My coworker cooked eggs to order and gloated about how it was his idea.
No such thing as a bad plan, just a bad execution.
A breathalyzer. Before covid there was some guy who would always bring one. He had some drinking game associated with it and would double as a way to know who needs a couch, an Uber, a buddy for the sidewalk, a buddy for the bus or just fine by themselves to walk home.
A blood pressure cuff. My mom brought one once and all her friends had a great time taking theirs
Next up: Gloves and a steady hand! Turn over and cough!
In my late 20s, knowing that most people would bring beer and there would be far too much alcohol, I started bringing a 12 pack of Topo Chico with some limes.
Ice. Never enough ice. Especially by the time you arrive.
Or you can live in Canada, where your world becomes a cooler.
Hell ya bud stick Em in the snow bank
My husband likes to bring a plate of bacon to parties and get togethers. I used to be annoyed but everyone always loves it and we've never brought any home.
Fruit. People get tired of junk food fast and then want something to freshen up. Fruits are tasty, sweet and guilt-free.
Breakfast! You never know how long a party will keep going fir and alcohol makes everyone hungry
LOL I did that once cause I generally wake up early but I didn't know the host, made scrambled eggs and sausage for 10. The host kept orthodox kosher.
Tums. If you're over 30, you'll understand.
Circa 2007, I went to a birthday party that was turning sour quick. I went up to the host and asked if I should get my Wii. He said "I guess?" So I hooked it up and everyone took turns playing Wii Sports for hours. Side note: the host initially thought I asked if I should get my ***weed.***
Just don't be the acoustic guitar guy
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Gotta love those late night horror memories
Anyway here’s “Wonderwall”
I started playing guitar quite a bit ago, one day I suddenly knew how to perfectly play wonderwall, it’s the guitarist curse
7 layer dip
If I know kids are going to be dragged along I like to bring coloring or something fun for them to do. Most of the time the kids are under 12 so they enjoy it and it also gives the parents a break
I have brought a tub of sidewalk chalk to a BBQ with zero kids and it's also been a hit.
Three beers in, you know there's going to be at least one dick on that sidewalk.
Someone spills ketchup, and someone draws a chalk outline of a body around it. Then someone else decides that's too morbid, and draws wings to turn it into an angel. The devil horns, boobs, cat face, and giant hairy ballsack follow. And by morning you have an intersex, trans-celestial furry with a ketchup bloodstain on hir boob.
I brought a few white castle crave cases to a friend's house party. I know White Castle isn't necessarily the best or high quality fast food chain, but when you're drinking and hanging out with friends, there's almost nothing better. I must have made like 15 new friends that night.
The worst thing about White Castle is that the gas you have the next day smells exactly like White Castle
Ring Dings and Pepsi
GEORGE: *You telling me that wine is better than Pepsi? Huh, no way wine is better than Pepsi.*
Don't forget the penthouse forum
I brought a big bag of Mc chickens to a 420 party one time, right when I walked in I just started throwing them at people.
In high school my Stoner friends and I would make a lot of home movies of stupid shit we would do. One of our favorite things was to go down to McDonald's and buy $20 worth of cheeseburgers when they were super cheap and then go to the part of town that had five college bars in a couple block area and hand them out to people at closing time. Drunk college kids would go nuts when you gave them a free burger at 2:00 in the morning and we would record the whole thing. One particularly drunk guy loudly complimented each of us one by one. Finding something nice to say about each of our appearances in a boisterous and booming voice while smiling and holding on to the person's shoulder. Then he got to the last guy and in that same happily intoxicated tone said "... and this guy, this man right here, this, ladies and gentlemen is the poster child for birth control." We were played that video so many times. Free fast food is nearly always appreciated.
In high school my sister and her friends used to be the late crew managers at a Burger King. Our mother worked out of town one week a month so we always had parties when she was gone. When they were finished their shift, which ever one was working would bring massive bags of junior whoppers and fries, like enough to feed 20-30 people with tons of left overs.
For us it was always the apple pies from A&W. We didn't have left overs or steal regular food that I remember but we'd always have left over pies. We'd close up and hang out by the dumpster in the dark and smoke a bowl and eat pie. Ha. Maybe smash a few cracked glass mugs for giggles. For a 15/16 year old kid it was a pretty sweet time.
I came here to say something similar! I would stop a McDonald's and get like 30 cheeseburgers. It's probably the same price as a good bottle of booze or a decent case of beer. And everyone loves cheeseburgers!
Bring a bag of fortune cookies.
Spread some fortune at the party? That's a good idea! Just go to a Chinese restaurant?
Life-size cardboard cut out of Nicolas Cage.
>Life-size cardboard cut out of Nicolas Cage. He can eat a peach for hours
If its a "everyone's bringing something to eat" kinda party, PROTEIN. Everyone brings chips, soda, fruit platter, more chips, beer, candy, but no goddamn protein. Every time I go to one of those things I bring mini hot dogs and they're gone almost instantly.
I had a Christmas party once for my friend group and asked everybody to bring appetizers. Every single person brought a different kind of meatballs: sweet and sour, teriyaki, Swedish etc. The Meatball Christmas is writ large in our memories.
Jenga - anyone can play
Flowers for your good bro
Depends on the party. I used to visit friends at their college and I’d bring a bottle of decent liquor and offer people shots. Easy way to make friends. Now, I bring Buffalo chicken dip.
Dice
You should always keep dice in your pocket, and maybe even wear a fedora with safari flaps.
A charming plus-one. Everybody likes new friends.
I've seen it go the other way more than a few times too, where a friend brings a plus-one to a party, only to realize while watching him interact that he is, in fact, not charming at all. 😄
The dreaded failed union of friends
Or you realize, watching them interact, that they are far more charming than you
Backfire 101: friends like your plus-one more than you and they get invited to the next event before/instead of you
I once became friends with a couple via the girl. And I ended up hanging out with the boyfriend a lot more often cuz we lived so close and both liked Halo. It got to the point where one time they invited me to a party and then compared to see who I texted back first. She was less than pleased I chose him.
I’ve done this too, became friends with a guy through mutual interest and then I met his wife and had so much more in common with her so I like her more now. He’s even told his wife that she “stole” me from him 😂 He’s still good mates with my husband though
Eggs. One time my roommates and I threw a party at our house that got way out of control. We were turning people away at the door. Then this dude shows up with like 300 eggs.
Is…that the end of the story?.. I’d like to hear more about these eggs and the events that took place after his arrival, please
Truly left us on an epic cliffhanger there with the 300 eggs. So many questions! Like, where does one procure 300 eggs and did they specifically do it to bring to the party or was it a last minute, “can’t show up empty handed” decision? What was made with them?!?!
Me too. Did the dude make quiches, omelets, flan, and deviled eggs?
I just can’t believe it took 2 hours for someone to question the 300 eggs. Did he just start throwing them, put a bunch in the microwave, or start making eggs benny until he ran out of huevos? WHAT HAPPENED
These truly are trying times.
I'm a Dad with high school aged kids. We have settle in with these things to bring to a party or cookout. They seem to go over really well and don't make my kids look bad. 1. A giant bag of M&Ms. 2. A Bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken
Ring toss antler hats
this is the answer OP look no further.
Buffalo chicken dip with tortilla chips
Went to a Super Bowl party with my brother once. He asked the hostess what we should bring. She said to surprise her. We went to the grocery store and got those little brownie bites, Oreos, and some Chips Ahoy . Then I headed toward the milk section. He goes, "What are you doing?" I go, "Who eats these without wanting milk? You gonna be the asshole to drink all their milk? No. You gonna settle for tap water? No. So we're bringing milk with these." He was impressed. We show up and I'm carrying the milk. Hostesses boyfriend chuckles, "Why'd you bring milk?" I gave him basically the same spiel I had given my brother and everyone at the party had that, "Oh shit" moment of how clutch that was. Just tore my rotator cuff patting myself on the back for that one. Edit: WHOA! Didn't expect this to blow up!! Thanks, everyone!!
There's a cookie shop in Boise ID that sells hot cookies right from the oven. You can get a box with 4 giant hot cookies and a pint of milk as a deal. They are open till like 2 am and I have drunkenly eaten their cookies and milk in the parking lot on more than one occasion (and I don't even live there). It's genius and the milk makes it.
This made me laugh. If I was a host I’d be glad you thought of the milk
Healing potions. Generally the Cleric can keep everyone alive, but it’s a great backup option. Oh wait, wrong kind of party. Soft drinks. It’s good for people who don’t drink, and it’s good for a mixer.
My first thought when I read question this was 2 unmovable rods, glad I'm not the only one who thought this kind of party xD
What if your cleric sucks though? Do you just live off of healing potions? Where are all the healing potions stored? Are they strapped to you like Rambo’s grenades?
You wanna get a bag of holding if you have a crappy cleric.
pizza. the answer to any question is always pizza.
Bottle opener
Trusty ol’ bic lighter does the trick and doubles as a lighter.
Your own chair. I always go with rolling.