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Is this normal?

Terrorist Cakes
08-01-2006, 00:59
While sorting cans at a bottle drive today, I noticed that all the Guiness cans had pingpong balls in them. Nobody I know drinks Guiness, so I've come here for answers. Do all Guiness cans have pingpong balls? If so, then why?
Keruvalia
08-01-2006, 01:04
It's a widget ball to simulate draught in a can. The widget ball contains nitrogen (N2). When the can is opened, the valve inside the widget is broken and nitrogen gas is released into the beer, forming a finely-bubbled, beautiful head.

It's also in Kilkenny.

When you open a can of draught, inhale deeply right at the mouth opening and get a little extra buzz for your buck. :D
Cannot think of a name
08-01-2006, 01:05
While sorting cans at a bottle drive today, I noticed that all the Guiness cans had pingpong balls in them. Nobody I know drinks Guiness, so I've come here for answers. Do all Guiness cans have pingpong balls? If so, then why?
It's a widget deally to remix the ingredients that may have settled in the bottle. At least that's what I gathered from the ads.
Terrorist Cakes
08-01-2006, 01:10
It's a widget ball to simulate draught in a can. The widget ball contains nitrogen (N2). When the can is opened, the valve inside the widget is broken and nitrogen gas is released into the beer, forming a finely-bubbled, beautiful head.

It's also in Kilkenny.

When you open a can of draught, inhale deeply right at the mouth opening and get a little extra buzz for your buck. :D

Thanks. No I will no longer need to stay up all night pondering it. :)

And thank you, Cannotthinkofaname. I'm too lazy to quote you too.
Cannot think of a name
08-01-2006, 01:19
Thanks. No I will no longer need to stay up all night pondering it. :)

And thank you, Cannotthinkofaname. I'm too lazy to quote you too.
Well you shouldn't, I wasn't really right.
Terrorist Cakes
08-01-2006, 01:20
Well you shouldn't, I wasn't really right.

Oh. But you got the name right, and that counts for something.
Fass
08-01-2006, 01:22
It's a widget ball to simulate draught in a can. The widget ball contains nitrogen (N2). When the can is opened, the valve inside the widget is broken and nitrogen gas is released into the beer, forming a finely-bubbled, beautiful head.

It's also in Kilkenny.

When you open a can of draught, inhale deeply right at the mouth opening and get a little extra buzz for your buck. :D

I had no idea about any of this. Not drinking beer has proved to be detrimental to my knowledge of trivia. I knew it would.
Ifreann
08-01-2006, 01:25
I had no idea about any of this. Not drinking beer has proved to be detrimental to my knowledge of trivia. I knew it would.

The only solution is to go out right now and drink lots and lots of beer
Fass
08-01-2006, 01:32
The only solution is to go out right now and drink lots and lots of beer

Or, I could just continue to drink hard liquor, like I do, and be happy I now know there are marvels of modern ping-pong ball chemistry inside beer bottles! :)
Keruvalia
08-01-2006, 01:48
Or, I could just continue to drink hard liquor

Jameson goes best with a Guinness Draught. ;)

happy I now know there are marvels of modern ping-pong ball chemistry inside beer bottles! :)

Ain't technology grand? Better living through science.
Fass
08-01-2006, 01:51
Jameson goes best with a Guinness Draught. ;)

Or, like, you know, on the rocks, in a room that has a bar globe.

Ain't technology grand? Better living through science.

It makes my life as a homemaker a whole lot easier.
Frogness
08-01-2006, 01:56
mmmmm...pingpong balls.... :p
Briantonnia
08-01-2006, 02:09
Yup, perfectly normal to have a 'pingpong ball' or widget in a can of Guinness.

The real question should be is it normal to drink Guinness?

Anyone who says no goes on the 'list'...:sniper:
Terrorist Cakes
08-01-2006, 02:11
Yup, perfectly normal to have a 'pingpong ball' or widget in a can of Guinness.

The real question should be is it normal to drink Guinness?

Anyone who says no goes on the 'list'...:sniper:

Not as far as I can tell.