Funneling

Funneling is a term for the act of using a large funnel (in this case coloquially referred to as a beer bong) to consume large amounts of an alcoholic beverage very quickly, the point being to increase and speed the intoxication process. It is a popular pastime on American college campuses.

Contents

1 Materials 2 Procedure 3 Records 4 See also

Materials

To do this, one requires a funnel. A long piece of tubing (generally at least a meter in length) must be firmly secured to the funnel. The volume of the funnel and the tubing should be enough to accommodate the beverage(s) which are to be consumed.

The size of the funnel and length of the tubing vary widely. Generally, a meter of tubing is good for ordinary funneling, although extremely long funnels can be used in situations where the funnel can be held from high above, such as at the top of a staircase, balcony, frat house, etc.

The ultimate funnel has a valve of some sort inline at the drinking end of the tube, to cut down on spillage.

Procedure

The drinker begins by stopping the drinking end of the tube with either his or her thumb or by using the valve. The funnel and tube are held up, and the liquid is poured into the apparatus. The drinker then quickly unstops the tube and inserts the drinking end of the funnel into his or her mouth, and falls to his or her knees. The other participants must then hold the funnel up to make the tube as vertically oriented as possible. The effects of gravity will cause the beer or other beverage to be ingested extremely quickly.

Records

The fastest funnel ever recorded was performed in 3 seconds, and the record-holder has earned the clever nickname of "Three-second Spev".

See also

• Drinking culture
• Drinking games
• Shotgunning