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Glass Shapes Can Make Us Drink Too Much

Posted by Zonk on from the i-only-drink-from-steins dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Some people think that a glass is half empty while others see it as half full. But one thing is sure: some glasses are fuller than others. According to the British Medical Journal (BMJ), researchers from Cornell University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have shown that short glasses are more likely to lead to over-indulgence. In fact, people pour 20-30 percent more alcohol into short, wide glasses than into tall, narrow ones of the same volume. The researchers obtained similar results with students and professional bartenders. So, as New Year's Eve is coming, remember to use only tall glasses for your party!!!"

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  1. Why the hell... by psykocrime · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do you mean by "drink too much??"

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    1. Re:Why the hell... by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Funny

      I believe you know you've had too much to drink when you can no longer distinguish the difference between the words "Why" and "What".

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  2. Glass shapes? by andreMA · · Score: 5, Funny

    Silly me. I thought it was the alcoholism.

  3. Re:It all depends! by MarkusQ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Use short glasses when someone else is buying the liquor, tall when you are.

    Use short for your date, tall for you.

    --MarkusQ

    P.S, To my wife (who also reads /.): I'm just kidding of course. I never did that. Especially since I met you.

  4. Georgia Tech by metlin · · Score: 5, Funny


    Heh, given the lack of women here at Georiga Tech, it is no wonder that the only possible research is in analyzing alchohol and alchohol glasses.

    The only other possible research alternative would have been to analyze network cable lengths, but then you get into cliched-joke territory.

    Funny anecdote - a graduate student here asked a prof for a good hangout, and he recommended a place right across our research lab. Dude took his girlfriend there, only to realize that it's a strip club. Hilarity ensued. And of course, the same prof usually offered free beer and pizza if you came to his saturday meetings.

    Now you know why they do research into alchohol glasses here at Tech.

  5. After extenshive testing... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    After extenshive testing I haff determined that the shshshort glasshes are the besht for extenshive testing porpuses.
    Now where the hell did I put my pants?

    Faversham, Mr. Domo.

  6. Martini glasses by pthisis · · Score: 5, Funny

    One of my friends has taken to ordering Jack Daniels, chilled, in a martini glass. Most bars charge you for one shot but pour at least two--even bartenders who can pour a good 4-count will pour it, take a look, think it looks empty, and double it.

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