Drinking alcohol through a straw gets you drunker/drunk faster....

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What is the thought behind this - I would say that it is total gonads. Using a straw can't make you drunker as you're ingesting the same quantity of alcohol. The only caveat might be that drinking with a straw could mean you drink faster, and therefore may appear to get drunk *quicker*.

I'm fairly certain that there would be no difference in the intoxication amount or the speed of intoxication when consuming an alcoholic beverage both with and without a straw over the same time period.

Any ideas learned chums?
 
It won't make you get drunk faster unless you actually take more drink in than you would do normally. The whole lack of oxygen effect has its merits until you actually look at how much difference it would make and it is negligible at best.

I can tell you with absolute certainty the quickest way to get drunk is tequila slammers and absinthe down a nasogastric tube.
 
You drink cocktails and spirits with mixers through straws. Correlation but the wrong conclusion.

You really would have to be stupid to say that it is to do with straws.
 
I've heard the same rumour and thought it had something to do with drinking through a straw meaning you taking in a different amount of air?

No idea if it's true though.
 
When I challenged this in the past I was told that its because it moves around differently in your mouth, so alcohol is taken on through the gums.

Yeah, I thought that rubbish too.
 
Drinking through a straw is generally faster, so you drink more alcohol in a given period of time. However if you drink three pints through a straw it will have the same effect as drinking three pints normally other than you looking stupid whilst doing it.
 
stick the straw in your bum and it works.

I'd assume drinking through a straw makes you taste the drink less as it won't swish around your mouth and likely goes straight down barely touching your tongue etc which could make drinking faster for *******
 
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