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phatj wrote:Continuing the beer pong discussion from the COVID thread, in the mid-90s at Lafayette College, the game called "beer pong" was a modified version of ping-pong, played with paddles. You had one or two players per team, with one cup per player. The cup was filled with one 12-oz (cheap) beer at the start of each game. If a cup was hit during play, and the team whose cup was hit could not return it, they would have to take a drink. If the ball landed in a cup, they would have to finish the beer.

The game that most know as "beer bong" we called Beirut.

Even at that time it seems Lafayette was an outlier.

this is exactly how I played it. And we also called the other thing Beirut.

Bill McNeal wrote:They’re magically delicious

You mean how they taste great but transform into a stimulant laxative?

Hello

Uncle Milty wrote:

Bill McNeal wrote:They’re magically delicious

You mean how they taste great but transform into a stimulant laxative?

YMMV

Bill McNeal wrote:

Uncle Milty wrote:

Bill McNeal wrote:They’re magically delicious

You mean how they taste great but transform into a stimulant laxative?

YMMV

well it's either we give kids this, or lsd. Baby steps

Since Saturday morning seem peak infomercial time I landed on H&I with the original Batman TV series on in the background. Underrated as the acting clinic the stars and guests put on. I digress.

After that show of shows The Greatest American Hero aired. Who da thunk out of everyone on that show Michael Paré (Tony Villicana) ends up with the most prolific career according to IMDB.

1 wrote:We always called what is commonly known as beer pong Beirut too

Same. Beirut is what we called it. The standard where I played was 12 cups vs 12 cups. You got 1 rerack.

I may have played Beirut against Phat J due to the Steve Gillberg (rip) connection.

Bill McNeal wrote:I may have played Beirut against Phat J due to the Steve Gillberg (rip) connection.

Wow, really? Did you visit him at Lafayette?

phatj wrote:

Bill McNeal wrote:I may have played Beirut against Phat J due to the Steve Gillberg (rip) connection.

Wow, really? Did you visit him at Lafayette?

Also, moz (aka Wolfgang) was a contemporary of Gillberg as well.

:bsgmissedconnections:

phatj wrote:

Bill McNeal wrote:I may have played Beirut against Phat J due to the Steve Gillberg (rip) connection.

Wow, really? Did you visit him at Lafayette?

It’s funny, Steve and I grew up on the same street, we did a bunch of kid stuff together, manhunt in the summer, built a luge track in the winter, played MtG after school and we both played trumpet in the band. He was a year older and we lost touch when he graduated. I wound up going to East Stroudsburg and one night a girl I was hooking up with’s roommate was trying to get with some dude at Lafayette and she had a car so I went with them. Long story short, I played some beer pong, made some friends, one of which asked if I wanted some herb. I said yes, and wound up in a room with a dude packing the bowl on a 6’ bong. That dude was Steve. I had to stand on a chair to clear that bad boy. I later pissed on the side of a Wawa in Easton that I would wind up frequenting some years later when I moved there.

RIP Steve.

Bill McNeal wrote:

phatj wrote:

Bill McNeal wrote:I may have played Beirut against Phat J due to the Steve Gillberg (rip) connection.

Wow, really? Did you visit him at Lafayette?

It’s funny, Steve and I grew up on the same street, we did a bunch of kid stuff together, manhunt in the summer, built a luge track in the winter, played MtG after school and we both played trumpet in the band. He was a year older and we lost touch when he graduated. I wound up going to East Stroudsburg and one night a girl I was hooking up with’s roommate was trying to get with some dude at Lafayette and she had a car so I went with them. Long story short, I played some beer pong, made some friends, one of which asked if I wanted some herb. I said yes, and wound up in a room with a dude packing the bowl on a 6’ bong. That dude was Steve. I had to stand on a chair to clear that bad boy. I later pissed on the side of a Wawa in Easton that I would wind up frequenting some years later when I moved there.

RIP Steve.

Love this story (except for the part where Steve has passed).

As a Lafayette grad - I can say phatj's description was my experience. Beer pong had paddles and was an intense competitive experience. Interestingly I always played better the more I drank. Beirut was a less popular game on campus but obviously had the longevity.

stevemc wrote:Interestingly I always played better the more I drank.

And let me guess, also the more you drank the more beautiful the uggos got.

My college ex went to Lafayette for a year or two when phatj and mozart were there.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Two police officers in Tulsa, Oklahoma, were shot and wounded on the city's east side Monday morning and police were searching for a suspect who is described as armed and dangerous, authorities said.

armed and dangerous?

ken and karen from STL > this dude

Looks like he should be the lead singer of a blink 182 cover band

Bill McNeal wrote:Looks like he should be the lead singer of a blink 182 cover band

Think I've seen his band outside McFadden's.