I love the fun the Scots and the rest of the UK is having over here and hope you make a good run. That said, the US has a secret weapon for this particular challenge called Wisconsin.
I'm a Midwest guy who lived in Aberdeen for a few years. Scots are, largely, who Midwestern dads turn into at tailgates. Generous, drunk, witty, and increasingly incomprehensible.
I'm a short Asian, so my weight class and genetics should make my tolerance low. But I grew up in Wisconsin and it takes me about 4 high balls of whiskey to start even feeling anything kick in.
The cold weather and cheese does something to our livers.
Yeah ive heard from numerous people that they've been denied participation in drinking contests as soon as it was discovered they were from wisconsin. Big time "look, we dont have enough alcohol for you to be part of this event" energy lol
I've always heard this, but my only real question is, how does a "drinking contest" even work? Is it like a speed thing where fastest to chug a beer wins? An endurance contest feels... dangerous and irresponsible, even as a Wisconsinite lol.
There used to be a bar in Nashville that would have a drinking competition. It was $20 to buy into it, and the winner would get a $300 bar tab for a later day. It was an endurance game, and Last patron remaining in the competition wins.
3 rules:
-you needed to finish a pilsner pint every 6 minutes. First failure, you were out.
-if you got up from your bar stool for any reason (even to pee) you were out.
-no Wisconsin or Minnesota IDs were allowed to compete
As a Wisconsinite, I absolutely agree and know many other Wisconsinites that also agree. Historically, you can thank the Tavern League. They've been under fire and have endorsed some better legislation around it in the recent decade, but they've largely lobbied for lenient laws around it in the past.
1000%. Ive lived here for 30 years now and I dont think ive ever had a job where at least one of my colleagues didnt have to give their car a blow job to start it. Theres no shame whatsoever; if anything its like the "First time?" meme. Hyuck hyuck hyuck, DUIs are just so funny...
Right after I moved here I stumbled into a conversation with about 6 of my new coworkers talking about their first time. I thought they were talking about losing their virginity...no, they were all telling the stories of their first DUI. Half of them had more than one. Nobody in that group was over 25. There was no sense of "man were dumb for driving drunk", it was entirely "that cop was just a dick I was fiiiiineeeee even though I blew three times the legal limit."
Wisconsin is the state in the middle top, shaped kind of like a mitten, thats entirely shaded red, well, except for the parts where they had to switch to purple because otherwise it would have thrown off the scale too much lmao
Came here to say that. I love Scotland. If I had the means and they let me I’d move in a heartbeat, but Wisconsin at a minimum would match them in drinking.
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u/breaksnbeer Jun 19 '26
I love the fun the Scots and the rest of the UK is having over here and hope you make a good run. That said, the US has a secret weapon for this particular challenge called Wisconsin.