Posted 26 April 2007 - 11:32 PM
I don't want to start something up, but drinking soem alcoholic drinks through a straw, such as beer, does get you drunk faster.
The vacuum created when drinking through a straw lowers the boiling point of alcohol (usually about 80 degrees C). Alcohol vapours are created in the straw and are inhaled into your lungs, and the alcohol enters your blood stream much faster.
With beer, through a straw it enters your mouth in a very narrow stream, and as a result, there is a larger surface in the oral cavity. As a result of this more alcohol can evaporate before it is swallowed. The palate (with a loot of blood circulation inside) already absorbs part of the alcohol vapours. Also this is a shorter way for the alcohol to get into the blood and to make you drunk faster.
All that said, anyone drinking beer through a straw is probably already drunk.
How about drinking beer that has had cigarette ash added to it through a straw? :?