Second annual bring your own drinking container party Tuesday, Nov 27 2007

Few weeks ago, Stephen and Stacey held their second annual “Bring your own drinking container” party which was, as before, a ton of fun. If you are not familiar with the party here is the short version:

They provide the booze (two kegs this year) and all you have to do is show up with a drinking container. The word “container” is used rather loosely here because the big twist is: it has to be something you wouldn’t normally drink out of (like the mannequin Stephen butchered and than groped throughout the night).

The high point of the night is always the container contest which breaks down into four categories: biggest, smallest, grossest and most creative. The contest is judged by the audience and decided by their cheers.

Laura won in the biggest category, because size DOES matter (Stephen’s actual words). Keith won for the grossest. Nate gave him a pretty good run for his money but in the end the dirty old tighty-whities persevered. This guy beat me by the slimmest margin since the 2000 Presidential election, and got the most creative award. Now that I think about it, I have no idea who won for the smallest (someone please let me know). Update: Per Keith’s comment below, Sarah won for smallest with a 10 microliter (1.0 x 10^-5 liters or 0.003 ounces) measuring cup. Small indeed.

You can also view all of the images I took here.

As a bonus I’m posting a pic of the inside of my Deus Ex Machina drinking container, which required you to pour in water in order to be able to drink vodka and cranberry juice out of it. As you can see when poured water into the funnel, it filled the white container. The weight of the container would cause it to descend and the scooper at the other end of the see-saw lever to be pulled up. With each scoop from the main (second) container a portion of the drink would be poured into a third container not shown here. It was located right in front of the scooper. Once the top was mounted a tube ran into the third container so that drinking was possible. Two wires also ran into it and whenever liquid was present, an LED would glow as a result of the closed circuit. The container that received the water initially had holes in the bottom which let the water out slowly. Once its weight returned to normal, it would be pulled up by the now heavier scooper. Pour water. Repeat process. There were many other interesting back-ups and safety systems but I don’t feel like going into detail I’m sure you’ve already fallen asleep twice.