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[bzarcher]

A poster seen on campus on my walk home from work:

4 beers = 569 calories
30 minutes of half-court basketball = 569 calories
Think about what you're doing.

A message from the Substance Abuse Awareness Committee

So....what? Are you trying to tell us to be prepared for basketball if we want to drink? Should I consider a trip to the bar a risk of being forced to get my game on?

Comments

[loopychew.livejournal.com]

Actually, what they're asking is that, after a long, hard half-hour of basketball playing, why not knock back a can of beer or four?

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh. In that case, I understand, now...

[jwhorfin.livejournal.com]

It comes down to time management, Matt.

30 minutes of half-court basketball consumes 569 calories.

Drinking 4 "mystery" beers generates 569 calories.

It takes me a while to really sit down and enjoy a beer. Sure, you can concievably chug 4 beers in 30 minutes, but why would you? Are you really drinking that beer, or are you just pouring something down your throat? Do you remember the bitter sting? Do you pause to consider the warmth moving through your body when you swallow? Do you contemplate the gradual, warm descent into a mild altered state, or are you just trying to get drunk?

To me, the act of drinking four beers is empty. They describe events in a purely mechanical way. It's what surrounds those four beers that creates the value. It takes me a lot longer than 30 minutes to really sit down and enjoy that many beers.

[sehkmet.livejournal.com]

No, no.

Have four beers and then try to play basketball!

It'd be great fun, at least for the spectators.

--S.

[demeterschild.livejournal.com]

...If you must drink four beers at a sitting, I believe they suggest you not limit your activities to solely drinking beer. Anyway, I agree with the general consensus that beers taste better after exercize.

*grin*

Activites such as mowing the lawn on a hot day and light beers like Blue Moon (a Belgian wheat ale) seem made for each other.