This just in: According to a recent article by the Associated Press, dirty beer pong balls may transfer harmful bacteria.
Duh. In other news, the sky is blue and water is wet.
The article is based on a study by a group of ClemsonUniversity students, majoring in Pointless Studies, who found bacteria such as salmonella, listeria, e. Coli and staph on balls being used in beer pong games around campus. According to the report, the students found more than 3 million tiny bacteria on balls being used outdoors, compared to 200 indoors. Unbelievably, when these balls were transferred to the cups of beers, the bacteria was transmitted as well.
You don’t say.
Obviously, ClemsonUniversity students need to do a better job of washing their hands. And really, folks, that goes for everyone reading this. When did washing our hands become such a task? You go to the bathroom, you do your business, and you wash your hands. It takes 10 seconds. I can’t even count how many times people go to the bathroom during the World Series of Beer Pong and don’t wash their hands, and then go right out and play a game. Do you want someone’s pissy hands in the precious few cups of beer you get to drink each game? I don’t. Occasionally, you may see someone do a “guilt rinse” under the sink, just because he sees you standing there, but those times are few and far between.
The Pong Flu is not a myth, guys. It is a cruel, incurable disease which afflicts hundreds of us each January. We must do more to protect ourselves, and that includes washing our hands.
Excluding the World Series of Beer Pong, though, I can’t remember the last time I regularly played with beer in my cups. Taking that into consideration, this study doesn’t really mean anything to me.
Even our own Billy Gaines, the Godfather of Beer Pong himself, was quoted in the article.
“‘Maybe there is something there [regarding the Pong Flu],’ Gains [sic] said. ‘But I think it is nothing to do with being sick. I think they are partying all night and get worn down.’”
Amen, brother. But at the same time, everyone should do each other a solid and wash their hands.
If washing your hands is too much to ask, you can always just head over to the BPONG store and buy some new balls.
If you want to check out the original article, click here: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/beer-pong-games-carry-risk-salmonella-e-coli-germs-article-1.1317048#ixzz2QjBRe1Ku
” dirty beer pong balls may transfer harmful bacteria ”
never stopped anyone at a frat party before
Jeff, you make yourself sound dumb just b/c your defending the game. If washing your hands was the main culprit then the numbers would be similar no matter indoors or out. Could it be one of the reasons? YES, of coarse it can. But the main reason is where the ball goes during the coarse of the game. Meaning the floor. Think about it.
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