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Kraetos
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Boston-ish
 
2007-01-16, 18:13

The resurrection of the soda vs. pop thread has caused me to recall another age old naming debate: beer pong vs. beirut.

I am aware of the fact that some people consider beer pong to be a game involving paddles, but in this case, I am only referring to the game we all know and love.

Personally, I call it beer pong. In NY, that seems to be the consensus. However, in MA my hometown friends like to call it beirut and laugh at me when I refer to it as beer pong. That is, until I kick their asses several times in a row, and they become too drunk to argue.

But what do you call it?

[EDIT] Aww raspberries, I meant to add a poll. Can one of the admins add one for me?

Logic, logic, logic. Logic is the beginning of wisdom, Valeris, not the end.
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ironlung
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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2007-01-16, 18:22

At college we used to use the two phrases interchangeably. Personally I prefer beirut.
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World Leader Pretend
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Boston, MA
 
2007-01-16, 18:26

I only have heard "beer pong"
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Robo
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Portland, OR
 
2007-01-16, 18:32

This thread brings back awful, awful memories of the film Beerfest.

I wanted to rent Little Miss Sunshine, but nooo...
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adamb
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Northern Ireland
 
2007-01-16, 19:04

Beer Pong here.

Great game. Ahh the memories, and lack of memories
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Moogs
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: NSA Archives
 
2007-01-16, 19:17

I would've loved to play this game in college (I would've seriously kicked ass as I've got the finessin' skills), but apparently it had not yet been invented. All we played was quarters and bullshit. Here is M. Night Shyamalan reffing a game in his youth!



Check out the wiki entry. It's practically endless and very professional looking. The fact that the beerpong entry looks like a thesis and more serious topics look fragmented and half-baked says a little something about our culture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_pong

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MBHockey
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: New York
 
2007-01-16, 19:35

People who call it Beirut are pretentious. We all know it's called good old beer pong.
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Kraetos
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2007-01-16, 19:46

Quote:
Originally Posted by MBHockey View Post
People who call it Beirut are pretentious. We all know it's called good old beer pong.
THANK YOU.
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Wrao
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2007-01-16, 20:04

I've always called it Beer Pong, but a friend of mine used to play 'beer pong' with actual paddles while 'beirut' was played just with tosses, thus accounting for a difference(there were also slightly different rules pertaining to bounce plays and the likes)
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thuh Freak
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Join Date: May 2004
 
2007-01-17, 12:27

I thot they was two similar but distinct games. Someone mentions one, someone else mentions the other, and we end up playing pool anyway.
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Majost
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2007-01-17, 19:57

I've played beer pong many times, but never even heard of beirut. Sounds really pretentious for such a stupid game. I'm with ya MB.
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Kraetos
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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2007-01-17, 20:03

Hey Brad, can we get a poll?

(Adding Beer to this one might not work )
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