April 25, 2004
Green with Ivy
Another reason to envy the Ivy-Leaguers: while the shameful drinking habits of the undergrads at my alma mater might periodically get local media attention, the ambitions of Princeton inebriates get nationwide celebrity attention. Thanks to Paul Newman, Princeton students may be cutting back on their drinking. A great man, that Newman. From The Hustler and The Color of Money to Cool Hand Luke and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (okay, Road to Perdition sucked...), he has taught us how to be badass while pool sharking, chain-ganging, and rejecting Elisabeth Taylor. Now, he's teaching Princeton students how to say No to 24 beers in 24 hours. God bless you, Brick.
Hmm...24 beers in 24 hours.... Sound either doable or really freaking dangerous. One would think the body would be able to recover within an hour and remain relatively sober, but when you continue to drink over such a long period of time, things probably start to malfunction.
Of course, one could just get smashed the night before, have some beer to nurse the hangover in the morning, and get smashed again the next day. Ooch.
Either doable or really freaking dangerous? Is that the sort of logic they teach in Germany Skool? Anyway, it seems like it would just be a matter of endurance more than actual drunkenness. If you had three beers in each of your first two or three hours, I think you would have trouble completing the task. If, on the other hand, you had a nice sleep the night before, got an early start, and stayed disciplined (funny in the context) about only one per hour, I think you could get it done.
Of course, Scott would be showing his penis by hour two.
Gaaah! My frickin EYES!