Did You Know the Solo Cup is also a Measuring Cup (for Booze)?

Discovery.com ^ | Wed Jun 13, 2012 02:10 PM ET | By Alice Truong

[Red Badger]

UPDATE: A Solo rep has reached out and provided us with a new graphic. Turns out, while surprisingly accurate, those lines were not intended to measure spirits.

College students are familiar with Solo red cups. But they probably couldn’t tell you what the lines mean.

The party cup actually doubles as a measuring cup — except for liquor instead of milk. The first line above the base is the one-ounce marker, or a serving of liquor. The second denotes five ounces, useful for measuring wine. And the third one signifies 12 ounces, perfect for beer (the cheaper, the better) — probably the only acceptable liquid for a Solo cup.

Good to know for the next kegger.

[Red Badger]

[TurboZamboni]

proceed to party...

[cuban leaf]

Only the red ones.

[Red Badger]

If I drank 60 ozs of water a day, I’d have to live in the bathroom................

[cuban leaf]

—proceed to party...—

Not gonna happen with that “great” Shirley Temple.

[tacticalogic]

AKA the “Pelosi shot glass” ?

[JRandomFreeper]

I drink about a half gallon to a gallon of water every day, and I spend a LOT of time in the back yard. ;)

/johnny

[Drew68]

I believe the 12 oz line but I don’t believe the other two lines are 5 and 1 oz respectively. Just doesn’t look right. I’d have to measure this myself. Seems both of those measurements should be higher up.

[afraidfortherepublic]

We mix polymers in those cups at work. I’ll have to see if those lines are useful for our purposes.

[Uncle Ike]

Boy, things must have changed since my college days — I mean, *Measure* booze, wine, or beer???????????????

Wimps!!!

[Da Bilge Troll]

Seems both of those measurements should be higher up.

They should move up as the evening progresses, eh?

[11th Commandment]

Seems both of those measurements should be higher up.

Or maybe you just like a strong drink..... nothing wrong with that.... :)

[cuban leaf]

I've been on a diet that required 64 oz a day and, yes, you wear a path to the bathroom. Or, get one of these at your desk:

[Red Badger]

I take Lisinopril for BP which also has a diuretic in it. If I so much as look at water I have to go............

[EEGator]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKZqGJONH68

some language

[Nifster]

My red solo cup.

I fill you up.

[Mad Dawgg]

This thread gets a "thumbs up" from Toby: Red Solo Cup

[Red Badger]

Oh! They gave me one of those at the hospital after may last operation!

I thought it was a free wine decanter...............

[cuban leaf]

--I take Lisinopril for BP which also has a diuretic in it. If I so much as look at water I have to go...--

Really? Isn't this a beautiful photo? Feel free to post when you get back. :-)

[cuban leaf]

You can use it for a lot of things, but I’d wash it between uses. Personally, I don’t like salty wine.