This method of the static drinker is just another example of PC taking the fun out of the game.
The blood alcohol content of the riders directly affected the outcome of the race. THAT WAS THE POINT. Ed From: tbsam...@verizon.net [mailto:tbsam...@verizon.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 1:42 PM To: power_lou...@hotmail.com Cc: cavera...@aol.com; texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: RE: [Texascavers] BOG weekend One of my high school's National Merit Scholars was a math whiz and a HUGE guy. He was the passive "drinker" for his team and they won every year. T Oct 25, 2011 01:39:01 PM, power_lou...@hotmail.com wrote: The idea of the "Beer/Bike Race" was to chug a beer and bike around the course as fast as possible. Part of the winning strategy was being able to chug a beer faster than the other racers. Each college had a team and each team had a strategy for chugging. The most popular one involved sticking a large funnel into the mouth of the racer and then poking a hole in the bottom of the open beer can so that it all came out in one big gulp. Later, because of some really gory accidents, the teams had drinkers and riders. The riders couldn't leave the starting gate until the empty beer can had been discarded. The drinkers "practiced" all year long so that they could open up their throats and the beer would go right through without drowining them. _____ To: tbsam...@verizon.net From: cavera...@aol.com CC: texascavers@texascavers.com List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:23:09 -0400 Subject: Re: [Texascavers] BOG weekend Yes, but it is just called "Beer/Bike" in my memory. And then there is "Club 13," a very early example of a flash mob, perhaps, in which students of both sexes streak the campus on Friday the 13th (any month) covered (when they begin) with shaving cream. This foamy coating is used to make body prints on campus walls and windows. Roger -----Original Message----- From: tbsamsel To: caverarch Cc: texascavers Sent: Tue, Oct 25, 2011 2:23 am Subject: Re: Re: [Texascavers] BOG weekend Rice may yet still practice The Elephant Bladder Contest. It involves beer & bicycles. I saw it once in the 1960s when I was visiting a friend there. T Oct 24, 2011 04:25:02 PM, cavera...@aol.com wrote: Bill, the place to buy beer around Rice is on the campus, at the entirely volunteer-operated Valhalla, the non-profit Graduate Student Association pub under the stairs to the old Chemistry Building. Beer was $0.35 when I was in grad school there. That was a long time ago, admittedly, but I think it has only risen to $0.75 per cup now. Just look for the red lights by the stairs. The cavern-like atmosphere alone is worth it. Roger Moore -----Original Message----- From: Mixon Bill To: Cavers Texas Sent: Mon, Oct 24, 2011 9:41 am Subject: [Texascavers] BOG weekend I'd like to agree that the arrangements for the NSS BOG meeting and associated parties were very good. Thanks especially for Louise and Paul for the party site and serving breakfast on Sunday to some of us who crashed at their house. Cavers (and the mosquitoes of the Houstopolis area) were well fed during the party. Rice campus very nice. I'd never been there. They evidently got started with enough land, and didn't get hemmed in like the UT Austin campus. Lots of green lawns, huge parking lots around the stadium, etc. Glad, though, that the Posse doesn't charge as much for beer as the Ginger Man, a similar near-campus pub, does. I've attended very few BOG meetings since I was actually on the board, but I imagine this one was one of the most successful in years in terms of getting to meet local cavers. There were hardly any Texas cavers in the audience at the meeting itself. I don't especially blame them, but they missed Bill Liebman accidentally voting against one of his own motions. And another of his motions going down 1 for and 15 opposed. --Mixon ---------------------------------------- I believe there are 15,747,724,136,275,002,577,605,653,961,181,555, 468,044,717,914,527,116,709,366,231,425,076,185, 631,031,296 protons in the universe and the same number of electrons.— Sir Arthur Eddington ---------------------------------------- You may "reply" to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com <http://texascavers.com/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
