# I'm Shocked, SHOCKED to find that drinking is going on in this establishment! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 19, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972 "2005-10-19T20:23:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/21 "2005-10-20T12:32:15Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Beer poong (or, IMO, mroe accuratly called Beruit) is VERY popular in college. Many college kids are 21, and many that aren’t have fakes, or go to bars where they are more lax on checking IDs. Or even _more_ accurately called “Beirut”. Now I just have to sit back and wait for Gaudere to kick me in the ass… ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/22 "2005-10-20T14:06:25Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > “Quarters?” Is that something like “Shitty nickels?” Well, I dunno what “shitty nickles” is, so I’ll tell you how I learned to play quarters: everyone sits around a table (a round one works best), with a shot glass filled with beverage of choice in front of them (and I’ve _never_ seen that beverage be _water_ :dubious: ). Whoever is “it” gets the quarter, and tries to bounce it into someone else’s shot glass. If the quarter lands in your shot glass, you have to drink what’s in the glass. The person who bounced the quarter also gets to make a “rule”. Some popular ones are “you can’t use anyone’s name” or “no saying drink, drank, or drunk”. If you break a rule, you have to drain your glass. It was an amusing way to get completely blasted, back in the days when I used to set out for an evening of fun intending to get blasted (and that was a _loooong_ time ago). ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/23 "2005-10-20T14:34:52Z")
> [@BooBoo316](#): > > Beer and tomato juice cocktail? Where the hell is the barfing smiley when I need it? That is the nastiest mix I’ve heard of in a _long_ time. It’s better with V8 Juice and a couple shots of hot sauce. We call 'em “Bloody Bubbas.” ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/24 "2005-10-20T15:04:18Z")
> [@BooBoo316](#): > > Beer and tomato juice cocktail? Where the hell is the barfing smiley when I need it? That is the nastiest mix I’ve heard of in a _long_ time. That is called a red-eye and it is fairly common. ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/25 "2005-10-21T01:26:17Z")
Hmmm…seems like it’s a fairly common mix. I might give it a try someday when I’m feeling a bit more adventurous. Any suggestions on ratio of beer to V8? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/26 "2005-10-21T01:39:27Z")
My dad drank those on the farm in Kansas. We called it “red beer” and it was a 50/50 mix, IIRC. Gross misuse of beer if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/27 "2005-10-21T01:56:21Z")
> [@melondeca](#): > > That is called a red-eye and it is fairly common. The hardcore also cracka raw egg in the mix. It’s supposed to be a hangover cure, though I speculate that it’s more of a hangover _deterrent_. “Shit, _raaalf_ I’m never _ugh-ugh-ugh-eeerrrkkk_ going to _eeegggkkk_ get this _ooooffkkkkcaalll_ drunk again _eegha-eegha-eegha_!” Yeah, like that works. I’ve been fortuante enough–I’d like to say wise but more likely just well-trained to not exceed my limits–not to have had the occasion to try such a concoction. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/28 "2005-10-21T02:07:16Z")
I wasn’t aware of beer pong until fairly recently; blame it on going to a college without frats or sororities. We did play quarters, though, and they are similar. A friend of mine does coding for Autodesk (makers of AutoCAD) - he and his coworkers play beer pong after work on Fridays. Oh, yeah, and obligatory laughter at the article ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/29 "2005-10-21T03:52:25Z")
> [@iamthewalrus(:3=](#): > > It’s possible I’m being whooshed, but the ball doesn’t actually have to _sink_ in the liquid. You just have to toss it in. > > Are you really unfamiliar with the basics of beer pong? Perhaps we should organize a humanitarian mission to bring the game down under. I hear there’s some good brews there. It definitely says “sink”, my quote was taken straight from the linked site: " Players on one team try to sink a ball into another team’s liquid-filled cups." No other drinking game could possibly compete with Zoom. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/30 "2005-10-21T11:00:37Z")
They make it sound so bad. In reality, the cups are never all the way full because you need room for the ping pong ball. The ball doesn’t have to sink in the liquid, it just has to stay in the cup. So for those who don’t get how this works, most beer pong games are played with a 10 cup triangle at each end of a table, either a special beer pong table or a regulation ping pong table will do. Each player attempts to get their ball to land in the opponent’s cup. You can play either one-bounce where your ball has to bounce on the table and into the cup or no-bounce where you just try to throw it in. First person to be out of cups loses and has to drink the winner’s cups also. Around here it’s most often played at parties and is not a team sport. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/31 "2005-10-21T13:55:44Z")
quarters is the at home version of Anchorman re: sinking the ball, the lingo is most likely a carry over from basketball/pool, i.e. “sink a shot,” as explained, you try to get your ping pong ball into one of your opponent’s cups at the other end of the table like sinking a shot. Trust me, the ball doesn’t sink in the beer. I am stunned so many have never heard of this game. Maybe it’s regional. As for “red beer” I understand it is very popular in the Dakotas. So much so that when beer is ordered, the patron is asked “red or regular” ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/32 "2005-10-21T18:09:18Z")
Quarters? Back in my day it was called Caps. Care to guess why? If you’re drinking the beer we know you got a cap (this was pre beer tin popularity when beer still came in stubby bottles. Hey, what am I, like a thousand years old or what?). Rules? If the cap goes in the glass of beer you must empty the glass, there wasn’t even a regulation distance for the glasses of beer to be apart. Leave it to the younger generation to make it all logos and rules, pffft. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/33 "2005-10-21T19:28:41Z")
I’ve played beer pong with water before. Well, okay, you still had to drink when the other team made a shot, but the beers were set off to the side. That way nobody had to drink a beer that just had a dirty ping pong ball floating in it. (We were outdoors playing on a picnic table; the ground was muddy.) What I never quite understood about drinking games of this nature is that they are generally played at parties or other events where the attendees are actively trying to get drunk, yet it always seems to be the loser that drinks. If everyone wants to get drunk, why is beer the punishment instead of the reward? ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/34 "2005-10-21T19:33:00Z")
> [@neutron star](#): > > If everyone wants to get drunk, why is beer the punishment instead of the reward? Who wants to drink a beer that just had a filthy ping pong ball floating in it? Besides, it’s not like you aren’t drinking while playing the game. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/35 "2005-10-21T19:46:29Z")
> [@BooBoo316](#): > > Beer and tomato juice cocktail? Where the hell is the barfing smiley when I need it? That is the nastiest mix I’ve heard of in a _long_ time. Beer and TOMATO JUICE is the nastiest mix you’ve heard of?!? Did you miss the “grenadine” in the quote? Aaaagh. Oh yeah, the OP. Anheuser-Busch was all but winking at the camera in that article whilst parading their plausible deniability around. Wankers. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/36 "2005-10-21T20:24:14Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > … 10 cup triangle at each end of a table, either a special beer pong table or a regulation ping pong table will do… Or _any_ table. Hell, I’ve even played on a kitchen counter once. ---
**Author:** ![larsenmtl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@larsenmtl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/larsenmtl)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/37 "2005-10-21T20:35:05Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > They make it sound so bad. In reality, the cups are never all the way full because you need room for the ping pong ball. The ball doesn’t have to sink in the liquid, it just has to stay in the cup. > > So for those who don’t get how this works, most beer pong games are played with a 10 cup triangle at each end of a table, either a special beer pong table or a regulation ping pong table will do. Each player attempts to get their ball to land in the opponent’s cup. You can play either one-bounce where your ball has to bounce on the table and into the cup or no-bounce where you just try to throw it in. First person to be out of cups loses and has to drink the winner’s cups also. > > Around here it’s most often played at parties and is not a team sport. In college, we called the above game Beirut. Beer Pong was played with a regular ping pong table with a cup full of beer directly in the center on each side. The game played like regular ping-pong except if you sunk the ball in your opponents cup, you got 5 points and they had to down the beer. ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/38 "2005-10-24T11:23:40Z")
[QUOTE=iamthewalrus(:3=] [Anheuser-Busch pulls ‘Bud Pong’ promotion, concerned that some people have been using _beer_ to play the game instead of water](http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2005-10-19-bud-pong_x.htm?csp=34). QUOTE] You mean there’s a DIFFERENCE between Bud and water? ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972/39 "2005-10-24T11:36:00Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Beer and TOMATO JUICE is the nastiest mix you’ve heard of?!? Did you miss the “grenadine” in the quote? Aaaagh. Dude, it’s Bud. There’s not a think you could add to it that could make it worse. Soy sauce, sausage gravy, racoon semen, anything would improve or at least not degrade the taste. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-shocked-shocked-to-find-that-drinking-is-going-on-in-this-establishment/326972.md?page=1)