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[theinevitable]

well, see, that is the thing. The party starts off with a horrifyingly unhealthful competition which I will probably have to endure mockery for not competing in. I am a small guy, I dislike almost all beer, I don't like competing, I hate situations where I feel pressure to drink, I would end up vomiting, it isn't worth it to me on any level. All of these cute little freshmen girls are competing, and I am anticipating disaster. Of course, the station does this every year, so... maybe they know what they are doing?
They don't know what they are doing.

[Doc]

cute little freshmen girls are competing

I think they know what they're doing.

Something that took me a while to figure out (I didn't drink beer for years, only spirits) go out of your way and pick yourself up a six pack of a *nice* beer. (First hint: if it's in a can try again) Something light and tasty like a decent pale ale or a nice pilsner. After you find there is actually enjoyable beer out there you have something good to drink when other people are swilling keg shit and find it easier to stomach mediocre beer because you are aclimatised to the taste. Not that you should drink just because everyone else is doing it but sometimes you feel like a beer and there's only crap available.
Or just stay sober, it can be entertaining to be the sober one around a bunch of drunks but this can get old fast. Of course if being around a bunch of idiot drunks is annoying me I would usually choose leaving over getting as drunk as the people around me.

I'm sorry, what were we talking about?

Also: The concept of a case race is abhorrent to me also. These things are meant to be enjoyed people, at least a yard glass has tradition behind it.

[side_show]

Case race?  That sounds terrible.  I'd never heard of it before.  At first I thought it was where you debated in teams of 4 - making a case for the existence of "race," and I thought "Oh man, inev would totally lose at that."  So four people drink and entire case of beer?  What size of case is the station pushing?  A twelve among four people isn't so bad, except it takes me about an hour to finish one beer, so no one would want me on a team.

I do like the concept of hosting a party where people come in teams though.  It's an interesting concept.  You could make partying a sport.  Call fouls for double dipping chips, earn points fo witty quips.  That sounds like a good deal to me.

[Golfhaus]

All of these cute little freshmen girls are competing, and I am anticipating disaster.

I agree with Doc. I know you're the Nice Guy and all, but damn, when someone sets up the rack, you gotta take the break. Pick one that's only moderately drunk, and limit yourself to second base. Then invite her out two days later and go for the kill.

[theinevitable]

damn, dude, there is no way I am doing that. I will feel a lot better if I tell myself that I could have, and don't. it doesn't help that the one time I did something like that, it ended up being a thing where... the other day I saw the chick, and she looked at me like a I was human garbage before completely ignoring my presence.
also, fuck, staying up that late writing a paper has removed all desire I have to do anything today that isn't "sleep."

edit: I also have no conception of what "moderately" drunk is, which is part of my problem with drinking in general.

[lprkn]

What size of case is the station pushing?  A twelve among four people isn't so bad, except it takes me about an hour to finish one beer, so no one would want me on a team.

In the parlance arond these parts, a case is definitely 24 beers.

edit: I also have no conception of what "moderately" drunk is, which is part of my problem with drinking in general.

Canned because of empathy.

[jaydub]

edit: I also have no conception of what "moderately" drunk is, which is part of my problem with drinking in general.

Moderately drunk is the state of inebriation where your consumption of new beers has dropped to the point where you replace what you have left when it gets warm, you're in no danger of hurling, it seems perfectly reasonable to close your eyes and hear the babble of your friends carrying on around you while you listen closely to the lyrics of whatever song is playing at the moment - yet you're ready to spring into action and participate when someone proposes tossing the keg down the staircase.

[Arachno-capitalist]

In the parlance arond these parts, a case is definitely 24 beers.

My case races always involved 30 pack cases.

[littlefallsmets]

Yeah, in the depths of the Adirondacks, a case was assumed to be twenty-four.

If you were looking for thirty beers, you'd use the modifier "thirty case" lest you end up a six-pack short of your goal.

Similarly for an "eighteen case".

I was a huge fan of the Saranac Winter Mix, a twelve pack of bottles of seasonal flavours that they only put in the Winter mix pack, such as the Stout they used to make their Black-and-Tans, only separately bottled for the Winter pack.

I loved how everyone just called it "The Twelve Beers of Christmas".

[theinevitable]

Moderately drunk is the state of inebriation where your consumption of new beers has dropped to the point where you replace what you have left when it gets warm, you're in no danger of hurling, it seems perfectly reasonable to close your eyes and hear the babble of your friends carrying on around you while you listen closely to the lyrics of whatever song is playing at the moment - yet you're ready to spring into action and participate when someone proposes tossing the keg down the staircase.

Wow, that has never happened. Oops.

[AugustWest]

Inev, do they still do Tang at Wash U?

[KeithHernandez]

A thirty pack is a cube.  Duh.


One of my good friends got a keg of PBR, so I am going to go drink that and see where it leads.

[jaydub]

Wow, that has never happened. Oops.

It takes practice.  And lots of overshooting the mark - ending up facedown in the shower with the water running.  If you're fortunate, no one will remember the Sharpie you keep in your desk.

[theinevitable]

Tang? No, I do not know what that is.

And yeah, I tend to overshoot slightly? Not by too much, though. The times it was bad, I was being really stupid.

[AugustWest]

Tang? No, I do not know what that is.

And yeah, I tend to overshoot slightly? Not by too much, though. The times it was bad, I was being really stupid.

Tang was an university sanctioned organization which sponsored an annual team speed beer chugging competition.  So I'm not really surprised that it's not around anymore.