jinx, double jinx, and more

All,

Mini-survey question here. In the U.S., most people know the word
"jinx!", used when two people say the same thing at the same time. For
those who don't know what it is, it is mainly used among kids as a kind
of "power play" or something. You're talking to someone, and in the
course of the conversation, both people say the same word or phrase at
the same time. The first person to say "jinx!" is given some sort of
power over or concession by the other person. If both people say
"jinx!" at the same time, then "double jinx!" comes next.)

So, my question is about the fate of the person who isn't quite fast
enough. In my experience, the person who gets "jinxed" is not allowed
to talk again until the other party (reluctantly) says "unjinxed" or
something. But at work a while ago, a colleague said something that I'd
never heard (and which I got no google hits for): "Pig, poke, you owe
me a Coke!" I *did* get some hits for "Pinch, poke, you owe me a Coke",
which I'd also never heard
(http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000235.html).

The whole Coke-owing thing is new to me, so I'm wondering who has heard
(or said...) what, and I'm curious to see if there is any geographic
patterning to it. I'm from Maryland originally, and the Coke thing is
totally alien to me. The "Pig, poke..." speaker lived in various
places, but said she remembers it from Colorado (northern).

This could be interesting...

Cheers,
Keith
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