Reply #12: I was introduced to it about 15 years ago. The method you describe...

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...is exactly what my friend showed me: Stooping over, taking deep breaths then standing up quickly and pressing on your own neck. I tried it half-heartedly and was like "Ok, that's pretty much what I expected." I did it once or twice though my friend at the time loved doing it, especially if he'd had a little NightTrain (mmmmm, fortified wine). I remember he did it once, passed out and just clocked his head on a low coffee table right before hitting the floor. He was very tall and so it was quite a sight to see him go down. I remember helping him up, explaining to him that we needed to get into the bathroom because his nose was bleeding and how we both chuckled, drunkenly, at the idiocy.

Ah, mis-spent youth!

I believe it was Jackie Gleason who made the astute observation: "Youth is wasted on the young."

PB