Anheuser-Bush Pulls 'Water' Drinking Game (Some were playing with BEER!)

[matcom]

:eyes: DUH!

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ST. LOUIS --Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. said it will quit marketing a drinking game called "Bud Pong" after discovering that some people were imbibing beer during the game instead of water, as directions specified.

The nation's biggest brewer rolled out "Bud Pong" in July, sending kits to beer wholesalers in 18 states. The bar game is played by bouncing ping pong balls into cups of liquid, with participants taking a drink if they lose a point. Anheuser-Busch suggested players fill the cups with water. A New York Times article Sunday described players using beer instead.

"It has come to our attention that despite our explicit guidelines, there may have been instances where this promotion was not carried out in the manner it was intended," Anheuser-Busch spokeswoman Francine I. Katz said in a statement Tuesday.

While it might seem odd for a brewery to market a water-drinking game, Katz said in an e-mail statement that Anheuser-Busch attached its name to "Bud Pong" in the same fashion the company sponsors NASCAR races or Major League Baseball games.

"The intent of this program was to provide adults who socialize in bars with a fun activity," Katz said in a statement. The company said it was pulling the promotion, and did not want perceptions of the "Bud Pong" game to conflict with a $500 million campaign to promote responsible drinking, Katz said.

It is irresponsible in itself to suggest that water be used during a bar game, said Glynn Birch, national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

"I don't put any credence in it," Birch said. Such games can be especially dangerous for younger drinkers and college students who get wrapped up in the competition and drink unhealthy amounts of alcohol, he said.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/10/20/anheuser_busch_pulls_water_drinking_game?mode=PF

[meganmonkey]

1. Shocking!

I can't imagine it!

[SteppingRazor]

2. The minute MADD speaks out against something, I immediately assume:

1) said activity is probably a hell of a lot of fun.

2) said activity is probably not nearly as dangerous as it's made out to be.


It's getting to the point where I'm ready to second-guess drunk driving (not really, but you get the idea)

[matcom]

3. yup. they are the PETA of booze

idiots

[Taverner]

6. Well I do think the penalties are too stiff for Drinking and Driving

Personally I think the penalty should be

1 - impound vehicle for one night

2 - $1000 Fine

3 - Released provided the perp has transport home (taxi, friend, etc.)

[SteppingRazor]

10. I think both the penalties are too stiff and the limit is too low...

.08 BAL, the limit iin almost every state, means two drinks in one hour. To say someone is drunk after two drinks in an hour is absolutely absurd.

Also, yes, the penalty can be pretty harsh. I think that's more a result of mandatory minimum laws -- something I am vociferously, utterly against -- than the DUI laws themselves

[skygazer]

4. A drinking game where you drink water

Yeah, okay. What's the point of that?

"The intent of this program was to provide adults who socialize in bars with a fun activity,"

Um, adults who socialize in bars aren't usually drinkiing water. And how is taking a drink of water any kind of penalty?

I have nothing against drinking games, mind you, but don't pretend it's not a drinking game when it so obviously is one.

[Mutley]

5. Did they really think people were going to play that game with water?

:eyes:

[nickgutierrez]

7. No, they just didn't think they would get called on it.

:eyes:

[WindRavenX]

8. i love beer pong!!

GREAT game!

[youngred]

9. Beer Pong is one of the greatest games known to man

see also Liquor Pong and Wine Pong.

Why anyone would use horse-piss bud though... :shrug: