hmiles619
11-01-2006, 03:18 PM
http://www.murphguide.com/images/pitcher-of-beer.gifRing Dunking
Ring Day is almost upon us... Tomorrow, many of the Class of 2007 will receive their Aggie Rings after at least 95 hours of hard work. First of all, congrats to everyone getting theirs. You've worked hard to earn it, but as all good Aggies know, you can't wear your ring with pride until it has been "dunked".
For you non-Ags, tradition says that before an Aggie ring may be properly worn, it must be dropped into a pitcher of beer, which is promptly chugged to completion. At the end of the "chugging" the ring is caught by the ring dunker in his or her teeth, and may then be proudly worn as an Aggie ring.
The tradition has grown recently to include old Ags (the parents or even grandparents of current students), who come into town and re-dunk their rings with their students.
But recently, some Ags, I'll call them two-percenters, have decided they want to change tradition and dunk in something other than beer. They've decided that they can't handle beer, and would rather dunk in something like coke, water, or even milk. Others place their ring at the end of a few shots of liquor and "dunk" it that way.
This is where I must protest... Ring dunking isn't meant to be a fun, feel good, experience. It's meant to be an initiation or a rite of passage for the ring dunker. While you may get a little sick, it's certainly not because of the beer that you ingest. You will not be drinking anywhere near dangerous levels of alcohol by doing this. One pitcher is only 4 beers or less. The sickness comes from the sudden expansion of the stomach and the large amounts of liquid poured into it. This could happen with beer, water, coke or milk.
So please, take it upon yourself and encourage your friends to fill their pitchers full of a beer like Bud Light, or whatever is their alcoholic brew of preference, and dunk their ring the Aggie way. If done right, an Aggie can look back on his or her Aggie ring dunking experience with pride in knowing that he or she didn't wuss out or take the easy way out.
Ring Day is almost upon us... Tomorrow, many of the Class of 2007 will receive their Aggie Rings after at least 95 hours of hard work. First of all, congrats to everyone getting theirs. You've worked hard to earn it, but as all good Aggies know, you can't wear your ring with pride until it has been "dunked".
For you non-Ags, tradition says that before an Aggie ring may be properly worn, it must be dropped into a pitcher of beer, which is promptly chugged to completion. At the end of the "chugging" the ring is caught by the ring dunker in his or her teeth, and may then be proudly worn as an Aggie ring.
The tradition has grown recently to include old Ags (the parents or even grandparents of current students), who come into town and re-dunk their rings with their students.
But recently, some Ags, I'll call them two-percenters, have decided they want to change tradition and dunk in something other than beer. They've decided that they can't handle beer, and would rather dunk in something like coke, water, or even milk. Others place their ring at the end of a few shots of liquor and "dunk" it that way.
This is where I must protest... Ring dunking isn't meant to be a fun, feel good, experience. It's meant to be an initiation or a rite of passage for the ring dunker. While you may get a little sick, it's certainly not because of the beer that you ingest. You will not be drinking anywhere near dangerous levels of alcohol by doing this. One pitcher is only 4 beers or less. The sickness comes from the sudden expansion of the stomach and the large amounts of liquid poured into it. This could happen with beer, water, coke or milk.
So please, take it upon yourself and encourage your friends to fill their pitchers full of a beer like Bud Light, or whatever is their alcoholic brew of preference, and dunk their ring the Aggie way. If done right, an Aggie can look back on his or her Aggie ring dunking experience with pride in knowing that he or she didn't wuss out or take the easy way out.