Keg stand

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Keg stand (sometimes known as 'getting vertical' ) is a drinking ritual or game using a beer keg. It is often played in a college or fraternity setting. The objective is for the player to drink as much as they can, for as long as they can, without stopping. An American college student interviewed by Time Magazine defined a keg stand as, "two friends suspend you by your ankles over a keg, and you guzzle as much cheap beer as quickly as you can."^[1] Onlookers generally count out loud the number of seconds the person drinks for before having to stop. If in a competitive setting, an agreement is made beforehand about the pressure of the beer coming out. The general pressure setting is for it to be like a "firehose", or a high-pressure stream. A low pressure pour from the keg can yield highly distorted results. Similar to most drinking games, players who are larger in size and/or girth have a distinct advantage in performing keg stands, as they have more space to retain the beverage.^{[citation needed]}

A newer version of this game is the can stand, which is played the same way as the keg stand. Player is held upside down and sucks the beer out of the can with a straw while holding themself up by their hands.

[edit] Procedure

1. The player puts both hands on the keg.
2. Friends pick up the player by the legs and tip them upward, as if they were doing a handstand on the keg.
3. The player wraps their lips around the tap, opens it, and drinks.
4. The surrounding audience and awaiting participants chant the number of seconds for which the person is drinking.
5. The player shakes their leg to signal to friends when they can't drink anymore and need to get down.
6. Repeat.

[edit] Inverted keg stand

A variation of the keg stand, is the inverted keg stand, which is the same thing but the participant's head and body faces up torwards the ceiling, instead of down.^{[citation needed]} This tends to result in more of a blood rush to the head, and can increase the sensation of dizziness, yielding to a lower drinking time.

[edit] References

http://www.espr.co.nz/kegstand

1. ^ Jodie Morse. "Women On A Binge", Time Magazine, April 1, 2002, pp. 56.