Reminds me of the CLASSIC beer (and soda) “rule:” punch a “hole” in the lower bottom side of the “can,” then “pop” the top, and, then, hope you can chug it FAST!!!! Dan aka…
Fortunately for me, I never go to a bar. Well, HARDLY ever… and certainly not just to drink (I think we’ll have dinner next week at The Saloon. ) So I’ll very likely never have this happen to me. Or from me. At least not on purpose.
I was a therapist during my career, and at one job I took, all of the therapists were given a little gold starfish along with a card telling the story when we started. It was to remind us that our work made a difference to each patient. It was a wonderful idea. I still have that little pin somewhere.
Everything is connected. Everything we do changes the whole world a little bit. Due to “the butterfly effect,” everything we do can have consequences far beyond immediate results (it doesn’t require time travel). I’m convinced that things I have done since a child have contributed to the end of the world as we know it. You’re welcome.
When I was in college some, er, 4x yrs ago, we did this all the time. Occasionally a bottle would break, but mainly because the person hitting top moved too quickly before the person getting tapped could move his bottle out of the way.
The ones that change my world steer clear of politics and social issues and make me momentarily forget about the troubled world in which I live. A good laugh is much appreciated!
A friend did this to a bottle of beer I was holding once. The bottom of the bottle fell out in a perfect circle. Needless to say, there was no foaming action. I wish now I had kept the bottle.
BE THIS GUY over 1 year ago
Just what we need: A world covered with beer foam.
ronaldspence over 1 year ago
I don’t know if it is possible, but wouldn’t it be great to at least try?
DanielRyanMulligan1 over 1 year ago
Reminds me of the CLASSIC beer (and soda) “rule:” punch a “hole” in the lower bottom side of the “can,” then “pop” the top, and, then, hope you can chug it FAST!!!! Dan aka…
BasilBruce over 1 year ago
Do you then get three wishes?
sirbadger over 1 year ago
Don’t try this at home if your dad has anger issues.
Erse IS better over 1 year ago
Fortunately for me, I never go to a bar. Well, HARDLY ever… and certainly not just to drink (I think we’ll have dinner next week at The Saloon. ) So I’ll very likely never have this happen to me. Or from me. At least not on purpose.
hariseldon59 over 1 year ago
Will you help him change the world?Can you dig it? (yes, I can).
Imagine over 1 year ago
There is going to be a lot of spilled beer by the end of the day. And probably the one or the other fight. More than usual, that is.
John Smith over 1 year ago
Mr Pastis’ idea of using his “celebrity” for the good of all mankind.
Kurtass Premium Member over 1 year ago
If someone is holding a beer bottle and you strike the top with yours just right, it will blow out the bottom.
juicebruce over 1 year ago
Alcohol Abuse ! Thou Shall Not Waste Good Booze ! …. Croc Power !
markkahler52 over 1 year ago
It all makes a difference to somebody. Time and tide. Ask the starfish!
jel354 over 1 year ago
Spilling the beer is more dangerous than spilling the tea around rat.
Ignatz Premium Member over 1 year ago
If you asked Sparky, he would probably say “no,” but he proved that it could.
chris_o42 over 1 year ago
I was a therapist during my career, and at one job I took, all of the therapists were given a little gold starfish along with a card telling the story when we started. It was to remind us that our work made a difference to each patient. It was a wonderful idea. I still have that little pin somewhere.
DaBump Premium Member over 1 year ago
Everything is connected. Everything we do changes the whole world a little bit. Due to “the butterfly effect,” everything we do can have consequences far beyond immediate results (it doesn’t require time travel). I’m convinced that things I have done since a child have contributed to the end of the world as we know it. You’re welcome.
Ellis97 over 1 year ago
Animation can change the world. Too bad Hollywood can’t see that.
MS72 over 1 year ago
Milk used to be bottled in glass, gallon containers. Clank 2 of them together and see what happens.
Cider in the back of a station wagon does the same thing.
Don’t ask how I know.
Goat from PBS over 1 year ago
I’d like to think Peanuts, Calvin and Hobbes, and The Far Side have done that in spades.
Znox11 over 1 year ago
This trick works great with Bud Light…
…too soon?
Plumbob Wilson over 1 year ago
Another little-known beer fact: beer bottles spark.
Rotary12 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Too late.
ladykat over 1 year ago
Don’t do that with the beer bottles. They could break and the glass could go all over the place. Not to mention the waste of beer.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 1 year ago
Anyway, back to the cartoon, some beers are only worth wasting. What was Goat drinking?
LaughterIsJoyMuliplied over 1 year ago
The “whole world”? Now, that’s syndication.
MeGoNow Premium Member over 1 year ago
Don’t look for too many more of these strips. A consortium of barkeepers is raising money to hie a hitman.
uniquename over 1 year ago
When I was in college some, er, 4x yrs ago, we did this all the time. Occasionally a bottle would break, but mainly because the person hitting top moved too quickly before the person getting tapped could move his bottle out of the way.
mrsalex over 1 year ago
Just what the world needs — more useless information.
alkabelis Premium Member over 1 year ago
The trick is to tap the other beer without breaking the top……so I heard.
WCraft Premium Member over 1 year ago
The ones that change my world steer clear of politics and social issues and make me momentarily forget about the troubled world in which I live. A good laugh is much appreciated!
zwilnik64 over 1 year ago
It could lead to a productive discussion of the properties of dissolved gasses, but mostly you’re wasting beer.
moondog42 Premium Member over 1 year ago
I knew this about beer 20+ years ago. I should’ve taken it to the world instead of keeping it to myself….
Count Olaf Premium Member over 1 year ago
Thus why Andy Capp drinks his pints out of a glass rather than a bottle. Dilly! Dilly!
zeexenon over 1 year ago
Doesn’t work at all with my 20 pound sledge hammer. ’Tis more like a Gallagher result.
christelisbetty over 1 year ago
Too many Rats in this world,want to change the world, but not by making it better.
Foe over 1 year ago
Wait was Goat drinking that beer??? O_O
Bilan over 1 year ago
Don’t try this at home? If you try it at the bar, you’ll be thrown out.
David D Smith Premium Member over 1 year ago
A friend did this to a bottle of beer I was holding once. The bottom of the bottle fell out in a perfect circle. Needless to say, there was no foaming action. I wish now I had kept the bottle.
willie_mctell over 1 year ago
Thomas Nast was a high achiever in comics.
gigagrouch over 1 year ago
Rat considers Goat a “friend?”
TaliesinWI over 1 year ago
Not gonna lie, I didn’t know about that trick until the Miller Lite “Man Law” commercials a number of years back.
hitman4cookies over 1 year ago
I won’t try it here at home. It would be a waste of beer.
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 1 year ago
Especially if you want to keep your friends. Unlike Rat.
Sisyphos over 1 year ago
Fortunately, Cartoon-Boy warns us of the dangers of trying to play Rat’s game at home! Thank goodness. Also, thank you, Cartoon-Boy….
onespiceybbw over 1 year ago
You also don’t want to drop your beer on your grandmother’s dining room table when she has her nice tablecloth on it, even if you DON’T spill it.
Ender.exe over 1 year ago
WHY WOULD YOU DO THATTTTT
Guywithnohead over 1 year ago
Huh. I did not know that. World changed!
Scott S over 1 year ago
Or you set your beer down when it’s your turn to shoot, & while your back is turned some drunk a**hole staggering by uses it for a spittoon.