Wow, Larry, your innocence surprises me, and charms me as well.  I am taken
aback, aghast even.

A beer bong is a common device at the late night binge drinking celebrations
(!??) of our young wards: it is useful for forcing large quantities of
liquid into one's belly.  Beer bongs are usually plastic, with a large
funnel-like container attached to a hose;  the container of liquid is held
above one's head.  The best popular depiction I know of is from the classic
film OLD SCHOOL -- it is what Will Farrell uses to get hammered at the
beginning of the film, just before disrobing and running naked through the
streets, where he encounters his new bride with a bunch of her friends.  A
tragic tale of contemporary higher education, I'm afraid.

That is an explanation that one rarely sees on such a LIST as this one.


-hb



On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Larry Howe <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hal--
>
>
> What's a beer bong?
>
> --LH
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>


-- 
Harold K. Bush, Ph.D
Professor of English
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, MO  63108
314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h)
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