Rep Retirement Lodge 93: Midseason Excellence

[A Shot and a Goal]

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Christmas riddle.

Why did the reindeer cross the road? (answer later)

 

[bostonewe]

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Morning, kids! Back at the office, but uh, a bit late.

Les - Thoughts are with you and yours, particularly during the holiday season.

'diva - I think it should be played that way. 99% of the time the floor is disgusting and the ping pong ball is wet (presumably having recently been in someone's beer cup) and picking up all the germs, dust, dirt, bugs, etc that are on the floor and then being tossed into a beer cup that someone drinks from. It's repulsive.

 

[Greyeagle]

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Christmas riddle.

Why did the reindeer cross the road? (answer later)

- To ensure the drunk cheesehead knew he was alive?
- It had called a press conference to announce an affair with Tiger?
- To avoid Freddy Meyer?

 

[bigblue_dl]

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So, my sister tells me that at a certain downstate MI university that doesn't have hockey and should move up to D-1, they play beer pong using cups of water and a side beer. When the cup is made, you just move it aside and drink from your side beer. Makes sense on the germ-prevention end, but just seems bizarre to me.

Sounds like students from that university should clean the sand out.

'diva - I think it should be played that way. 99% of the time the floor is disgusting and the ping pong ball is wet (presumably having recently been in someone's beer cup) and picking up all the germs, dust, dirt, bugs, etc that are on the floor and then being tossed into a beer cup that someone drinks from. It's repulsive.

That is why you have a water cup on the side, to wash the ball before every toss...so as long as you have a clean table top, the ball stays clean.

 

[A Shot and a Goal]

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Christmas riddle.

Why did the reindeer cross the road? (answer later)

- To ensure the drunk cheesehead knew he was alive?
- It had called a press conference to announce an affair with Tiger?
- To avoid Freddy Meyer?

In fact he didn't make it all the way across the street. He froze in the headlights. Tough break.

 

[Bakunin]

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Christmas riddle.

Why did the reindeer cross the road? (answer later)

To perform an inter-species erotica show with someone named kinky kelly?

 

[REDRocket]

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Mornin' Loj!
Way to go lil' G!
Bummer Wally.
Sorry Les.
Hooray Beer!

There. I think I've covered everything.

 

[bostonewe]

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Sounds like students from that university should clean the sand out.

That is why you have a water cup on the side, to wash the ball before every toss...so as long as you have a clean table top, the ball stays clean.

Right - and so the ball gets dunked into the same water cup repeatedly throughout the game to get "clean", but which you mean repeatedly dunked in dirty water with all the previously listed particulates which end up sticking to the ball's surface anyway?

If we're going to have to play drinking games, I prefer either flip cup or "Beer" (as coined by shrader).

 

[bigblue_dl]

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Right - and so the ball gets dunked into the same water cup repeatedly throughout the game to get "clean", but which you mean repeatedly dunked in dirty water with all the previously listed particulates which end up sticking to the ball's surface anyway?

If we're going to have to play drinking games, I prefer either flip cup or "Beer" (as coined by shrader).

We always replaced the water regularly....

People worry about germs too much. I believe that one of the main reasons why I very rarely get sick is because growing up I was exposed to so many of them. I was always outside in the dirt and mud, always around livestock, ate with dirty hands, etc. Now I have a killer immune system, so it seemed to work out fine for me.

I hardly ever played beer pong, because I don't drink beer, I played with shots of whiskey once, that lasted one game.

 

[bostonewe]

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We always replaced the water regularly....

People worry about germs too much. I believe that one of the main reasons why I very rarely get sick is because growing up I was exposed to so many of them. I was always outside in the dirt and mud, always around livestock, ate with dirty hands, etc. Now I have a killer immune system, so it seemed to work out fine for me.

I hardly ever played beer pong, because I don't drink beer, I played with shots of whiskey once, that lasted one game.

I, too, grew up on a farm and spent a lot of time trailing my dad around the hospital when I was little, so I've had plenty of time being exposed to germs and the outdoors. That's a bit different than drinking booze laced with dirt from the floor of a frat house.

Either way...not in college anymore, so it's not something I have to worry about.

 

[Beer Pong Horn]

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Am I the last one to discover that Beer Pong was banned at RPI this fall? I assumed they meant the game. But, uhhhhh . . . was it you?

No.

Not yet.

We always replaced the water regularly....

People worry about germs too much. I believe that one of the main reasons why I very rarely get sick is because growing up I was exposed to so many of them. I was always outside in the dirt and mud, always around livestock, ate with dirty hands, etc. Now I have a killer immune system, so it seemed to work out fine for me.

I hardly ever played beer pong, because I don't drink beer, I played with shots of whiskey once, that lasted one game.

I've seen it played with animal crackers instead of ping-pong balls. Saves you from having to find the ball, and introduces a new sort of challenge (they also tend to hook the rims of the cups a bit better, so you don't get as many bounce-outs.) And animal crackers soaked in beer... they're not half bad.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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I, too, grew up on a farm and spent a lot of time trailing my dad around the hospital when I was little, so I've had plenty of time being exposed to germs and the outdoors. That's a bit different than drinking booze laced with dirt from the floor of a frat house.

Either way...not in college anymore, so it's not something I have to worry about.

Yeah, I don't want to get in an argument over something so dumb.
And I don't really worry about it either, because I don't see myself playing beer pong again.

I've seen it played with animal crackers instead of ping-pong balls. Saves you from having to find the ball, and introduces a new sort of challenge (they also tend to hook the rims of the cups a bit better, so you don't get as many bounce-outs.) And animal crackers soaked in beer... they're not half bad.

That sounds disgusting, and like a waste of good animal crackers, when they fall on the floor!

 

[hockeybando]

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'diva - I think it should be played that way. 99% of the time the floor is disgusting and the ping pong ball is wet (presumably having recently been in someone's beer cup) and picking up all the germs, dust, dirt, bugs, etc that are on the floor and then being tossed into a beer cup that someone drinks from. It's repulsive.

That is why you have a water cup on the side, to wash the ball before every toss...so as long as you have a clean table top, the ball stays clean.

What he said. We always had two cups of scalding hot water before the start of every game, and they were changed before the start of the next game.

I hardly ever played beer pong, because I don't drink beer, I played with shots of whiskey once, that lasted one game.

A friend of mine played with scotch, and then he learned that that was a Very Bad Idea.

 

[Beer Pong Horn]

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A friend of mine played with scotch, and then he learned that that was a Very Bad Idea.

DormRat played Rum Pong the day that he ended up puking in Cossetta's and stripping at that evening's Final Five game.

 

[Greyeagle]

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I'm glad to beyond the stage in life where I drink to get drunk.....Hey! Get the hell off my lawn!......I now enjoy sipping on a nice single malt, Irish, or bourbon.

 

[Chickens@NU]

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Maybe this is just me but should the Freddy Myer is a hack slogan change since Gryba just broke his school record for PIM's? Morning tLodge!

 

[Gonzo]

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I'm glad to beyond the stage in life where I drink to get drunk.....Hey! Get the hell off my lawn!......I now enjoy sipping on a nice single malt, Irish, or bourbon.

I'm with you. When Oldest Son was a senior at Madison, We were visiting and hitting the bars one night (when in Rome... ) He and his friends knew we were covering the tab and began ordering a series of exotic shot concoctions for us to try. I did a couple and then said "no" to subsequent rounds. After their insistence that I continue with the shooters became more than I could bear, I finally said "I've done this before. It seems like a good idea, and it's a lot of fun while you're doing it, but there's always a price to be paid. I don't want to feel like shiat tomorrow on the drive home. I don't want to feel the bed spinning. I've done that, and I'm over it. One more word and the tab is closed!" That stopped the berating.
I continued drinking beers, and I felt fine the next day.

Speaking of scotch, and I'm no authority, but have you tried this one? It's maybe the first scotch I've really enjoyed.

 

[A Shot and a Goal]

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The Shots' calendar of Christmas activities picks up speed beginning this evening. I'll be taking my wife to dinner at one of our favorite downtown cafes before we head to an eight o'clock performance of a musical version of Little House on the Prairie [Melissa Gilbert and her son are in the cast].

Tomorrow we're going to a Christmas dinner party at a good freind's home. On Saturday evening Mrs. Shot and her best friend will be getting together for dinner and exchanging Christmas presents. On Sunday morning after church we'll be hosting a Christmas brunch for twenty-five family members.

In and around it all I'll be finishing my Christmas shopping and dwrapping presemnts to put under our Christmas tree. Lots going on at this time of the year.

 

[hockeyplayer1015]

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Just took my statistics final (yet another class I will most certainly use while being an officer on a ship, right?).. that could be anywhere from a 40 to a 90. Who knows. I felt pretty good about most of the questions, but I did before and got 60's. Eck.

Also, played as the Islanders last night in NHL10, Freddy got a few penalties.

 

[JF_Gophers]

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The Shots' calendar of Christmas activities picks up speed beginning this evening. I'll be taking my wife to dinner at one of our favorite downtown cafes before we head to an eight o'clock performance of a musical version of Little House on the Prairie [Melissa Gilbert and her son are in the cast].

Tomorrow we're going to a Christmas dinner party at a good freind's home. On Saturday evening Mrs. Shot and her best friend will be getting together for dinner and exchanging Christmas presents. On Sunday morning after church we'll be hosting a Christmas brunch for twenty-five family members.

In and around it all I'll be finishing my Christmas shopping and dwrapping presemnts to put under our Christmas tree. Lots going on at this time of the year.

Interesting that you would have none of those plans if not for having a wife.