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[IlliniRacer]

NO @#$@!!!!

Drinking Game Promo Canned (http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/19/news/fortune500/anheuser_busch.reut/index.htm)

The STL Post-Dispatch had this quote:

The Times' story quoted Chris Shannon, 22, a senior at Drexel University in Philadelphia, as saying of beer pong: "It's awesome. If you win, you win. If you lose, you drink. There's no negative."

Ahhh, College Daze, how I miss thee.

[Sean O'Gorman]

Who the hell would want to play beer pong with water?

[Ankf00]

I dunno, I kinda like beer pong with water. s'how we do.

http://www.bpong.com/tables/pictures/0001.jpg

viva pool pong.


This probably came out b/c of the NYTimes story a few days back about it, had no clue companies were actually selling tables for $150... what a rip, Home Depot, $50, and you've got an authentic Texas Memorial Stadium football field to play on

[RichK]

bad ratio there, ank

[Ankf00]

that's a random pool pong photo from google, our table was the field at DKR, but yes, I agree, bad ratio :D

[B3RACER1a]

LOL

[coolhand]

we call it beruit

[Ankf00]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/national/16games.html


This past summer, Anheuser-Busch unveiled a game it calls Bud Pong. The company, which makes Budweiser, is promoting Bud Pong tournaments and providing Bud Pong tables, balls and glasses to distributors in 47 markets, including college towns like Oswego, N.Y., and Clemson, S.C.

Bud Pong may soon expand into more markets, said Francine Katz, a spokeswoman for Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc.

"It's catching on like wildfire," Ms. Katz said. "We created it as an icebreaker for young adults to meet each other."


yes... you created it :rolleyes:


But Ms. Katz said Bud Pong was not intended for underage drinkers because promotions were held in bars, not on campuses. And it does not promote binge drinking, she said, because official rules call for water to be used, not beer. The hope is that those on the sidelines enjoy a Bud.

I've got the deed to this bridge in Brooklyn, perhaps you would be interested in purchasing it.


The recent tournament in Philadelphia was sponsored by Bing Bong, a company that sells portable beer pong tables for $150. In the past year, Bing Bong has sold more than 2,000.

"It was something a lot of people needed," said Tom Schmidt, the 27-year-old chief executive. He added that he wanted to turn the game into a socially acceptable barroom sport, like darts.

"I realize that beer pong was born out of binge drinking," Mr. Schmidt said. "But I want to make sure it's not synonymous anymore with binge drinking. Without the proper rules and regulations, we could get banned."

yes, because you started selling overpriced tables and printed your own rules manual, you are now gong to reinvent beer pong :rolleyes: