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7. NO THREE IN A ROW
If three guys are going for a drink, two may sit and the other must stand between them, creating a triangle of conversation. When three guys sit in a row at the bar, one is forced to crane his neck to hear what’s going on and another often has his back to a dude. You”€™ve been sitting at a computer all day. You can stand for a couple hours. 

8. TIP BIG ON FREE DRINKS
Freedom isn”€™t free and neither are free drinks. The custom is a dollar a drink on free drinks and that includes buybacks. If you know the bartender and she starts throwing out free drinks like a drunken maniac, you should tip $2 to $3 a drink. If a male bartender gives you change where it’s awkward to tip well, fuck him. If a female bartender gives you a $10 and a $1, you should ask to have the $10 broken to give her a better tip.

9. MEN SHOULD NOT ORDER WINE
Today I saw a dude drinking a wine and a water. He might as well have been raping a baby and holding a Klan rally. Wine is for dinner parties and women and fancy restaurants. Pubs are places where Robin Hood’s merry men get wasted and fight. You can”€™t do that while holding a glass stem in your hand like it’s a goddamned rose.

10. STOP SHOWING THE BARTENDER PICTURES OF YOUR KIDS
Every time I go on a business trip, the hotel bar is crammed with dads showing the spinster bartender a picture of their kids. She doesn”€™t give a shit, dude. In fact, you”€™re depressing her because her roadie boyfriend is never going to be a dad. If you”€™re so drunk that you think everything you find interesting is also interesting to us, you need to go up to your room and sleep it off.

11. SLURRING IS A SERIOUS ACCUSATION
If your buddy says you”€™re slurring, you are. The only way to tell when someone is wasted beyond a shadow of a doubt is when they adamantly deny it. The second someone mocks your slurred speech, try to take it down a notch. Also, here’s a bonus tip: If you”€™re about to meet your wife or a business associate and you”€™ve had too much, stretch your cheeks by inflating air in them. I don”€™t know why this works, but it does.

12. DON”€™T ASK IF YOU CAN CHARGE YOUR PHONE
Asking a bartender to charge your phone is like asking him to change your diapers. If you”€™re in a situation where your battery keeps cutting out, get a Morphie. If not, let your phone die. Bars lived without cell phones for thousands of years and they should continue to do so for thousands more.