Leave the bottle... how does that work

[LSLGuy]

You’re a far more professional barfly than I. I’d never heard of that bet. Live and learn.

If we’re talking 1 oz shots then that’s 60 shots = 60 oz = 5x12 oz beers. Getting fully through 5 cans/bottles of generic American lager sure sounds doable at first glance. But after a bit the boredom sets in and with no chance to move around since every 45 seconds it’s time to down the next one, I can sure see how the wheels fall off at about 35-40 minutes. Even sooner of course for amateurs & women.

Then again there’s this long-ago post of mine:

@LSLGuy

A bar adjacent to the college I used to live near had a promotion called “Bladder- Buster Thursdays”. This was in the early 1990s, before college-age drinking turned into a hue-and-cry-driven political and liability taboo it is today.

This was the deal …

Starting at 5pm, a table of patrons could get unlimited pitchers of the local swill for 50 cents each … until anyone got up from that table to use the facilities. At which time the promotion ended and pitchers reverted to the normal price of, IIRC, $6.00.

It was great to watch the kids try every trick you can imagine to keep the price down. The waitresses were very aggressive about policing up empties, lest they be mysteriously refilled. In the early stages of a bout, if a gal walked up to join the table she was chased off by the rowdies. Even at college age they just don’t have the bladder staying power of the guys, os so it was thought.

One time I decided to show them how it was done, so I got several of my other mid-30s types who’re good at this sort of thing, and we put the kids to shame.

Never send amateurs to do battle with pros. It isn’t pretty.

Then again, I’m older now and would suffer grievously the next day. I guess it all evens out in the end.

Still, it was a hell of a promotion. I miss that place.