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So, just to verify that any Todd is three-quarters “odd,” I present our latest household diversion: Drinking with Giada (also known as the Giada De Laurentis drinking game).

Back-story, you inquire? Fine.

2007 has been a year that has seen the missus and I clock more time in the exercise room than ever before: weights, treadmill, crunches, sweating… trying to stop sweating. We’d go absolutely mad without some sort of opiate to dull the pain and monotony of, you know… like, working.

Enter the Food Network!

While doggedly working to burn the calories we’ve consumed throughout the day, we watch “celebrity chefs” make all sorts of delicious-looking (and absolutely counter-productive) delicacies. Hey, it works for us.

Anway, one of our favorite shows is “Everyday Italian” with Giada De Laurentis, the perky, pearly-toothed, high-forheaded (and curiously hot) granddaughter of Italian filmmaking legend Dino De Laurentis. She makes good stuff. And now you can participate in the fun with the unofficial companion drinking game. Here’s the dirt…

The Giada De Laurentis Drinking Game

• Every time Giada pronounces an Italian word dell’Italia (with an exaggerated Italian accent), drink.
• When Giada says “slightly sweet,” drink.
• If Giada makes a complicated version of some run-of-the-mill alcoholic beverage (”mix the star fruit with the juice of fifteen fresh limes…”), toast along with her and drink.
• Whenever Giada’s vapid husband Todd says anything drain your glass.

Of course, we drink water. Martinis don’t fit in the treadmill’s cup-holder, and I’ve fallen off of enough gym equipment as it is.

The missus points out that, over the course of a typical 30 minute episode, the items above should provide ample opportunity to get you good and sauced. If that’s your thing, of course.