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

[robfosters]

Surely all your'e doing is filling up your gob then swallowing as usual.

Can't see how it would get you drunk quicker.

 

[Energize]

This is as ridiculous as the myth that mixing drinks gets you drunk faster.

 

[Freefaller]

I guess people thought the process of sucking through a straw draws more blood to the mouth and surrounding tissues accentuating the alcohol effect or allowing it to be absorbed more quickly? That's the only thing I can possibly imagine as anything remotely tangible.

 

[Agent_Smith357]

Strawpedo !

 

[Sliver]

Just another urban myth. Bit like the one about the baby jebus.

 

[Dj_Jestar]

The only difference is you usually drink more quickly through a straw. Most people take a few gulps in a row then put the drink down, yet when drinking straight from the glass it is typically one gulp. Nothing to do with absorption through gums or any other whack.

 

[DoneADougalOnSofa]

Urban myth. Complete bollards.

 

[Pestilence]

Imbibe through your anus instead.

 

[Cosimo]

Don't use a straw drink your beer with a spoon.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

I thought you were off the booze Quink OP?

 

[haaammit]

^^ Still am - it came up in conversation yesterday

 

[FishFluff]

The only time I can see this being true is if you're drinking a spirit/mixer combo and all the spirit is at the bottom of the drink where the straw is.

 

[cjgardens]

Its just a saying....

Because your drinking it faster with a straw you will get drunk quicker.

 

[Richdog]

The faster you drink (as you often do with a straw) the more drunk you get. It's not rocket science.

 

[UTmaniac]

But do you get drunk even quicker by popping a paracetamol and then drinking alcohol through a straw a few minutes later? A variation on the old student attempt to get drunk cheaply.

 

[jcr]

I drank my strawberry milkshake through a straw. Didn't even get tipsy

 

[Tomsk]

My sister ordered an Irish Coffee once and it came with a straw.
On the first suck she got a shot of neat whiskey, so with that drink she got drunk faster.

 

[krooton]

Shots of wine gets you hammered!

 

[ElliorR]

Mods, can we have a straw poll?

 

[asim18]

I would have thought that passing fluid through a thinner vessel means relatively less fluid ingested over time. This means if you drink the same amount but slower, the same amount of alcohol is able to pass through at a slower rate meaning more of it has a chance to be absorbed into the blood stream.

Scrunch up two paper towels into a ball, then throw a cup of water on one and on the other one slowly pour a thin stream of water. You will see that there is a lot of wasted water around the first towel, this is because the rate of absorption was slower than the speed of the water. But the towel you're slowly pouring on will absorb all of the liquid because the rate of absorption was faster than the speed of water. Now when you drink fast, you're drinking faster than the rate you can absorb nutrients, it will absorb some of the drink, and once you're saturated it will flush out the rest.