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The new rage in college campuses is a drinking game called "beer pong". To play, two teams are created. The members stand at the end of a small table in front of a triangle of cups partially filled with beer. Players throw the ball into the other team's cups. When a player sinks the ball, the other team must inhale the beer and remove the cup from the table. When a side runs out of cups, it loses.
Anheuser-Busch sells beer, so it is marketing its own "Bud Pong" to cash in on the games. Everyone knows this and can accept that the role of a beer company is to make money. Well, except for Anheuser-Busch spokesidiot Francine Katz who tried to obfuscate. She told The New York Times:
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.
Are we really supposed to beleive that Bud is promoting drinking games so college kids can drink water? Come on Franny, you sound like you have your mouth hooked up to the funnel.
Personally, I don't like drinking games. They use peer pressure to make students imbibe dangerous amounts of booze. This can lead to alcohol poisoning and death. Strict laws and rules, however, will not stop the games. The best we can do is to be honest and call it what it truly is - a recipe for alcohol abuse. One can only wonder what the Bush twins have to say about this subject. Meanwhile, if W. has another war to sell before he goes back to Texas, he can always hire Franny, who would comfortably fit into the president's spin room.
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