Rules for Drinking at a Bar (male edition)

[fairweatherfan]

being 19 and all. I will stick to my house parties for now. I mean come on, $10 for an endless stream of alcohol. cant be beat.

There is no party like a house party. game over. end of story. You got all the people you like there. if someone you dont like shows up. you kick them out. try that in a bar.

Frats are good, but you get a lot of stupid drunks there and people that are straight up weird. Although the girls there are almost always hot.

Never been to a bar. sounds like a good time. but with no ruit, kings or quarters wheres all the fun at? Sure you can catch the game. but you can do that at home and get all the guys over.

Im looking forward for the rules to a house party haha

Hey Break, no rules here but here's a great house party trick the brain teaser thread made me think of:

Propose a bet to someone - you may want to act a little tipsy and overconfident because the bet will sound so ridiculous they might get suspicious.  You can bet money, have them do something embarrassing, whatever.  The bet goes like this: "I bet you I can drink 4 full glasses of beer before you can drink 4 shots of (whatever liquor's around)".  The guy will of course think that's insane and probably take you up on it. 

Say "There are 2 stipulations.  One is that you can only have one drink in your hand at once - no double fisting.  Set each drink down when you're done with it and then pick up the next.  The second is that neither us nor anyone else can touch the other person or their glasses at any point until the bet is settled." 

Now, all you need is the ability to chug one beer before they finish all 4 shots.  Drink one beer very quickly, turn the glass over and put it over top of one of their full shots - make sure not to touch the shot glass.  Now, they have a shot that they can't get to - they can't touch your glass or get any one else to do it, or they lose.  You have as long as you want to finish your remaining 3 beers and collect. 

[BigThreePeat]

being 19 and all. I will stick to my house parties for now. I mean come on, $10 for an endless stream of alcohol. cant be beat.

There is no party like a house party. game over. end of story. You got all the people you like there. if someone you dont like shows up. you kick them out. try that in a bar.

Frats are good, but you get a lot of stupid drunks there and people that are straight up weird. Although the girls there are almost always hot.

Never been to a bar. sounds like a good time. but with no ruit, kings or quarters wheres all the fun at? Sure you can catch the game. but you can do that at home and get all the guys over.

Im looking forward for the rules to a house party haha

Hey Break, no rules here but here's a great house party trick the brain teaser thread made me think of:

Propose a bet to someone - you may want to act a little tipsy and overconfident because the bet will sound so ridiculous they might get suspicious.  You can bet money, have them do something embarrassing, whatever.  The bet goes like this: "I bet you I can drink 4 full glasses of beer before you can drink 4 shots of (whatever liquor's around)".  The guy will of course think that's insane and probably take you up on it. 

Say "There are 2 stipulations.  One is that you can only have one drink in your hand at once - no double fisting.  Set each drink down when you're done with it and then pick up the next.  The second is that neither us nor anyone else can touch the other person or their glasses at any point until the bet is settled." 

Now, all you need is the ability to chug one beer before they finish all 4 shots.  Drink one beer very quickly, turn the glass over and put it over top of one of their full shots - make sure not to touch the shot glass.  Now, they have a shot that they can't get to - they can't touch your glass or get any one else to do it, or they lose.  You have as long as you want to finish your remaining 3 beers and collect. 

What movie was this in?  I know i've seen it

[BigThreePeat]

being 19 and all. I will stick to my house parties for now. I mean come on, $10 for an endless stream of alcohol. cant be beat.

There is no party like a house party. game over. end of story. You got all the people you like there. if someone you dont like shows up. you kick them out. try that in a bar.

Frats are good, but you get a lot of stupid drunks there and people that are straight up weird. Although the girls there are almost always hot.

Never been to a bar. sounds like a good time. but with no ruit, kings or quarters wheres all the fun at? Sure you can catch the game. but you can do that at home and get all the guys over.

Im looking forward for the rules to a house party haha

Hey Break, no rules here but here's a great house party trick the brain teaser thread made me think of:

Propose a bet to someone - you may want to act a little tipsy and overconfident because the bet will sound so ridiculous they might get suspicious.  You can bet money, have them do something embarrassing, whatever.  The bet goes like this: "I bet you I can drink 4 full glasses of beer before you can drink 4 shots of (whatever liquor's around)".  The guy will of course think that's insane and probably take you up on it. 

Say "There are 2 stipulations.  One is that you can only have one drink in your hand at once - no double fisting.  Set each drink down when you're done with it and then pick up the next.  The second is that neither us nor anyone else can touch the other person or their glasses at any point until the bet is settled." 

Now, all you need is the ability to chug one beer before they finish all 4 shots.  Drink one beer very quickly, turn the glass over and put it over top of one of their full shots - make sure not to touch the shot glass.  Now, they have a shot that they can't get to - they can't touch your glass or get any one else to do it, or they lose.  You have as long as you want to finish your remaining 3 beers and collect. 

What movie was this in?  I know i've seen it

I think it was Poolhall Junkies ... Oh and you're supposed to ask for a head start.   You say something like "To be fair... you gotta let me at least finish one before you go for your first shot.  When I place my first beer down, you can go"...

Then you just drop the glass on his first shot

... Unless it's a chick.  In which case, just let her win.   It'll all work out in the end.

[D Dub]

I got a couple rules..

-  If someone buys you a drink, you must buy them one back.  Ordering one drink at a time is for alcoholics and bar slugs.
-  Tip big up front.  Don't skimp with the dollar tips all night with plans to hook the bartender up later.  Hook him up on on the first drink, then they are likely to remember you and give you better service (ie: free drinks) later in the night.  A five dollar bill early in the night can go a long way somtimes...
-  Order tequilla shots if you are picking up chicks - and if you can find one that likes to burn, offer that up at the end of the night and she is on her way home with you.  Much better approach than, 'so.. ya wanna check out my place'..... 

cheers

[cdif911]

being 19 and all. I will stick to my house parties for now. I mean come on, $10 for an endless stream of alcohol. cant be beat.

There is no party like a house party. game over. end of story. You got all the people you like there. if someone you dont like shows up. you kick them out. try that in a bar.

Frats are good, but you get a lot of stupid drunks there and people that are straight up weird. Although the girls there are almost always hot.

Never been to a bar. sounds like a good time. but with no ruit, kings or quarters wheres all the fun at? Sure you can catch the game. but you can do that at home and get all the guys over.

Im looking forward for the rules to a house party haha

New girls.

I rest my case.

Definitely new girls.  Also a lot of bars have much better and more organized beirut tournaments than normal house parties.  You can win some cash or cool prizes at them.  I like both parties and bars, but if I had the choice I'd probably go to a bar.

How old is too old to be in a beirut tournament. I need answers, now.

I'll give you two answers:

1) if you're asking, you probably are....

2) as long as the players are all of age, I think its ok!

- also sidenote, how does a bar beiruit tourney work? sounds illegal

[Schupac]

being 19 and all. I will stick to my house parties for now. I mean come on, $10 for an endless stream of alcohol. cant be beat.

There is no party like a house party. game over. end of story. You got all the people you like there. if someone you dont like shows up. you kick them out. try that in a bar.

Frats are good, but you get a lot of stupid drunks there and people that are straight up weird. Although the girls there are almost always hot.

Never been to a bar. sounds like a good time. but with no ruit, kings or quarters wheres all the fun at? Sure you can catch the game. but you can do that at home and get all the guys over.

Im looking forward for the rules to a house party haha

New girls.

I rest my case.

Definitely new girls.  Also a lot of bars have much better and more organized beirut tournaments than normal house parties.  You can win some cash or cool prizes at them.  I like both parties and bars, but if I had the choice I'd probably go to a bar.

How old is too old to be in a beirut tournament. I need answers, now.

I'll give you two answers:

1) if you're asking, you probably are....

2) as long as the players are all of age, I think its ok!

- also sidenote, how does a bar beiruit tourney work? sounds illegal

Never too old for beirut!  Sport of Kings, I say.  I am pretty bad at Beirut (which I still call beer pong even though "technically" blah blah blah) but I am good at one very important aspect of the game:  Trash talk.

I tend to keep it humorous but I've been known to really really aggravate people when I try.  My personal favorite are people who try to argue with "house rules".  I will laugh these fools to the corner.

[cdif911]

rare thing happened at a bar tonight, girl bought me a drink with no need for reciprication

[Edgar]

after all if a good looking girl look at u
who cares
we are now moving on............

[Chris]

-  Tip big up front.  Don't skimp with the dollar tips all night with plans to hook the bartender up later.  Hook him up on on the first drink, then they are likely to remember you and give you better service (ie: free drinks) later in the night.  A five dollar bill early in the night can go a long way somtimes...

Woah, are you saying a dollar per drink is not a sufficient tip?  Are we talking beer, or mixed drinks? 

[MBz]

I always tip a dollar, you tip a dollar every beer, it adds up pretty quick.  If it's mixed drinks, a little more may be used, but it's not hard to take a beer out of the cooler and take the cap off.  In Boston bars, I don't think tipping big will help you get a free drink or anything with the bar tender.  There are so many people, I really just don't see it happening.  Also, half the time, the bartenders in Boston don't even see who tips them.  You pay, get your drink and before you drop the tip hes on to the next person.

[Amonkey]

- also sidenote, how does a bar beiruit tourney work? sounds illegal

A bar, or any establishment, cannot motivate anyone to drink in any way.  Playing beirut would be something that would make the person drink without his/her own pace.  Therefore what bars do is just play beirut with water.  They make sure that theres no beer placed on the cups.

There's a place in Dennisport, Cape Cod, where they have beirut all the time.

[indeedproceed]

- also sidenote, how does a bar beiruit tourney work? sounds illegal

A bar, or any establishment, cannot motivate anyone to drink in any way.  Playing beirut would be something that would make the person drink without his/her own pace.  Therefore what bars do is just play beirut with water.  They make sure that theres no beer placed on the cups.

There's a place in Dennisport, Cape Cod, where they have beirut all the time.

THe bar in my town uses beer. I don't think its illegal at all?

[ma11l]

- also sidenote, how does a bar beiruit tourney work? sounds illegal

A bar, or any establishment, cannot motivate anyone to drink in any way.  Playing beirut would be something that would make the person drink without his/her own pace.  Therefore what bars do is just play beirut with water.  They make sure that theres no beer placed on the cups.

There's a place in Dennisport, Cape Cod, where they have beirut all the time.

THe bar in my town uses beer. I don't think its illegal at all?

Yeah the bars around my school do too.  Don't all bars motivate people to drink?  Isn't that the point?

[Roy Hobbs]

- also sidenote, how does a bar beiruit tourney work? sounds illegal

A bar, or any establishment, cannot motivate anyone to drink in any way.  Playing beirut would be something that would make the person drink without his/her own pace.  Therefore what bars do is just play beirut with water.  They make sure that theres no beer placed on the cups.

There's a place in Dennisport, Cape Cod, where they have beirut all the time.

THe bar in my town uses beer. I don't think its illegal at all?

Yeah the bars around my school do too.  Don't all bars motivate people to drink?  Isn't that the point?

I'm pretty sure that drinking games are illegal in Massachussetts bars (they definitely are in Boston, anyway), as well as several other states (Virgina, Pennsylvania, and others).  I don't think it's a consensus nationwide, though.

Anyway, in researching that briefly, I came across this quote.  Cracked me up:

Still, there's no guarantee that simply taking the beer out of beer pong will have the sobering effect that college deans intend. Last year, Dartmouth College banned water pong ... because of the risk of water intoxication — it's no joke, as an H2O overdose can be fatal. "I know that [water pong] seems like a good balance between the Dartmouth drinking culture and just trying to have fun," Kristin Deal, a Dartmouth community director, wrote in an e-mail to students announcing the prohibition. "However, it can be just as dangerous, if not more so."

Haha.  Really?  Playing beer pong with water is "as dangerous, if not more so" than playing it with beer?

Do people even think before they speak?  Beware, the threat of water intoxication!

[fairweatherfan]

Anyway, in researching that briefly, I came across this quote.  Cracked me up:

Still, there's no guarantee that simply taking the beer out of beer pong will have the sobering effect that college deans intend. Last year, Dartmouth College banned water pong ... because of the risk of water intoxication — it's no joke, as an H2O overdose can be fatal. "I know that [water pong] seems like a good balance between the Dartmouth drinking culture and just trying to have fun," Kristin Deal, a Dartmouth community director, wrote in an e-mail to students announcing the prohibition. "However, it can be just as dangerous, if not more so."

Haha.  Really?  Playing beer pong with water is "as dangerous, if not more so" than playing it with beer?

Do people even think before they speak?  Beware, the threat of water intoxication!

Actually water intoxication has killed several people in semi-prominent cases in recent years - I've heard of at least one woman who died during a marathon from drinking too much water while running.  I also saw a news show do a piece on a prosecution where fraternity brothers made pledges chug gallons of water, under the same "it's chugging without the beer, so it's safe" idea - one of the pledges died from water intox as well.  Though beer has water in it too of course, the alcohol effects will make you stop drinking well before the water catches up to you. The frequent urination probably doesn't hurt either.

It's a pretty nasty way to go, too - basically, the increased water content causes your sodium levels to get severely diluted, which causes water to osmose through cell membranes, swelling them up until they burst in massive numbers.  The brain is particularly susceptible to this, and you can imagine the consequences of huge numbers of brain cells literally rupturing. 

Remember kids, just say no to Demon Water - choose beer, for safety's sake, or at least Gatorade with some gin in it. 

/The More You Know...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication