January 2010
Happy Birthday Canned Beer!
“Schlemiel, schlimazel, hasenpfeffer incorporated!”
I’ll give you five dollars if you can tell me where these lyrics are from and who sang them. OK, actually, I probably won’t because it’s too easy. Of course, the lyrics are from “Laverne and Shirley”, which is definitely an iconic television show from the 70’s. What the lyrics actually might mean is another story altogether.
“Laverne and Shirley” was set in Milwaukee, WI, which is pretty much famous for one thing only: beer.
The 100 Club
Who says college isn’t fun? I graduated quite a while ago, but still remember the good old days of watching the near-by guys religiously become members of “The 100 Club”, which was most definitely a rite of passage for many of them, even those who never joined the Greek system.
The idea behind “The 100 Club”, which now has its very own Facebook Group dedicated to the idea, is to drink 100 consecutive shots of beer, one every minute, for one hundred minutes without vomiting or running to the toilet. It is definitely debatable whether this is a positive drinking experience for most of the participants- my guess is that half of them can’t even remember it.
The Beer-Tasting Challenge
When I was a kid, my mom gave us the Pepsi challenge. I was sure that I would pick Pepsi since I was a member of the Pepsi generation, but strangely and embarrassingly enough, picked RC cola over either Pepsi or Coke.
In preparation for an upcoming party, I decided that I definitely needed to have another challenge. Since most of my friends prefer beer to pop, I thought a beer challenge would definitely be the way to go.
The Coolest Playing Cards Ever
Drinking and cards go hand in hand. Whether you are playing drinking games and accidentally end up wearing a chicken hat, or whether you are playing for a high stakes poker game while pretending that you are in Las Vegas, you’re going to want cards that do not get wet on the table.
These cards are not only clear (as in you can see through them), they are plastic and incredibly cool. They are made by “Bicycle”, which as far as I know has no correlation with bicycles.
Pictures after the jump.
What Do You Do When You Accidentally Crash a Dinner Party?
I crashed a dinner party on New Year’s. Pretty impressive, huh? It wasn’t on purpose and I did apologize as I sat on the couch nibbling on the left-overs while watching six 20-somethings eat and make polite conversation while they pretended to either be from the movie Barcelona or “Sex and the City”.
It happened like this.
Our friend was here from out of town and our mutual friends came over to drink some with us. Two beers turned into three, and three beers turned into four, and suddenly one of our friends felt sorry for us invited us to her friend’s dinner party. We protested, but not really that much, imagining that a dinner party was supposed to be casual, which by very definition it is not.