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Having Officially Run Out Of Solids To Snort, Celebrities Turn To The Liquid 'Gas Chamber'
Posted by Molly Friedman at 9:29 AM on March 8, 2008
What exactly is a star to do when they've run out of things to snort up their much-abused noses? The Nesquik-laced coke trend had some buzz for awhile but quickly got old. Then Keith Richards tried an even more inventive trick by blowing rails constructed from his daddy's ashes. And let's not forget Steve-O, who decided snorting wasabi would make for a grand old time. But the award for most logical next snortable substance of choice must go to Amy Winehouse (surprise!), who recently kickstarted a brand new trend in nose candy parlor games with Kelly Osbourne in London this week. Details on the rules and regulations for a fun little lethal game called Gas Chamber after the jump.
According to Showbiz Spy, Amy and Kelly were hanging out with Kimberly Stewart and Winehouse producer Mark Ronson at London's Bungalow 8, where the crew quickly grew tired of same-old same-old rounds of shots (20 of them? Yawn!). So what to do next? According to a source, Amy "covered one nostril, tilted her head back and sucked the vodka shot down her open nostril through a straw. 'She threw back her head and reeled in shock and everyone around her looked stunned.'" (We don't think the UN will be too pleased upon reading this, eh?) But before you rush home to play with your friends, be wary of Showbiz Spy's helpful warning: "The game is particularly dangerous because it gets alcohol absorbed directly into the bloodstream." Not to worry though, we're pretty sure that's the point!
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DMD
Posted March 10, 2008 1:57 AM
New trend my ass.
We used to snort alcohol years ago, and it's not the whole shot either. Doing a Gas Chamber (or as we called it 'Crazy Ivan') was a three step game, like Tequila Slammers.
1. Throw back most of the shot of vodka and hold it in your mouth
2. Put a straw in the remaining vodka in the shot glass and snort it
3. Swallow vodka in your mouth.
Guaranteed to get you pissed in a hurry, but without the painful side effects of imbibing Passion Pop.
Sleepyhead
Posted 11:11 AM 8/3/08
Wouldn't this get the vodka directly into your lungs, and thus, I don't know, make you choke and gag and sputter? I don't get it.
Sleepyhead
el smrtmnky
Posted 11:11 AM 8/3/08
i highly doubt there's much blood left in her system by this time
el smrtmnky
Wendy_Kroy
Posted 11:11 AM 8/3/08
Prince Harry was photographed snorting vodka a couple of months ago, so I'm guessing it's a British thing. Conveniently, this way they avoid having any shotglasses bang up against their rotten teeth.
Wendy_Kroy
SuperUnison
Posted 11:42 AM 8/3/08
@Sleepyhead: It only works if you've done so much blow that all the passages are sort of eroded together like a fibrous bunny rabbit tunnel, caked at the edges with ash and with bits of dessicated cartlidge hanging around like starved bonsai trees.
SuperUnison
rtisovec
Posted 11:42 AM 8/3/08
It was either that or a champagne enema. Maybe that's why Paris doesn't wear underwear...
rtisovec
TheStarterWife
Posted 11:42 AM 8/3/08
My avatar is offended by this wasteful practice.
(That's diet tonic in the glass, in case you care.)
TheStarterWife
aspiringexpatriate
Posted 12:40 PM 8/3/08
@TheStarterWife: Indeed. And it'd burn. I'd rather waste alcohol by lighting a shot of sambuca on fire and then trying to put it out with my mouth. And failing that, burn my cheek and singe my eyebrows and chest hair. [yes, I have done this. I was young and in Moscow]
That really does sound like a fun crowd to hang out with. If you can understand what they're saying.
Though, I tend to understand everyone's random accent after I've had a few.
aspiringexpatriate
It'stheRooo
Posted 12:40 PM 8/3/08
@SuperUnison: "fibrous bunny rabbit tunnel"
Please drape yourself with awesomeness.
It'stheRooo
Mr-Busy
Posted 1:09 PM 8/3/08
However she does it - as long as it doesn't interfere with her clean virginal girly looks.
Mr-Busy
sundaeg1rl
Posted 3:07 PM 8/3/08
@rtisovec: Oh, sweet champagne enemas! Where have you been hiding? So old-school glam!
I've snorted vodka before, just a little bit and definitely not a whole shot's worth. I stood up, I blacked out, I sat back down again.
sundaeg1rl
Tiger_Tanaka
Posted 4:05 PM 8/3/08
This is why you send your kids to college. To learn proper drinking games, like beer pong and quarters. That's how you put the fun in bingeing.
Tiger_Tanaka
raincoaster
Posted 5:30 PM 8/3/08
@aspiringexpatriate: She put a cigarette out on her cheek a week or so ago, so a little lung burn I am sure wouldn't bother her in the least.
raincoaster
raincoaster
Posted 5:30 PM 8/3/08
@Wendy_Kroy: Huh? He's been in Afghanistan for ten weeks!
raincoaster
Beppo
Posted 7:53 PM 8/3/08
Shouldn't the Antabuse prevent her from getting a buzz?
Beppo
heidiho
Posted 8:19 PM 8/3/08
This girl is going to live to be 120, whether we all like it or not.
heidiho
Calraigh
Posted 1:45 AM 9/3/08
Give me a break.I've been snorting vodka for years, so have lots of kids.It's pretty much the oldest trick in the book for getting pissed quickly on no money and cheap booze.And you missed the best part of the article which actually originated from the always reliable UK rag, the Mirror:
''And her outlandish antics didn't end there. The five-times Grammy winner - who only came out of rehab last month - knocked back cocktails before begging a pal to teach her the dangerous "duttywine" dance, which can cause serious neck injury and pain.''
Now, I don't know about you guys but if I'm looking to live life on the edge,you know, really say 'to hell with it!',throw caution to the wind and take my life in my hands, then I look no further than the good ol' dancefloor, where I shake my ass til I endanger my life.
For fuck's sake people!!
Calraigh
DrFeelgood
Posted 9:41 AM 9/3/08
Sounds like fun.
Gonna try it right after I finish hitting my penis with a steel hammer.
DrFeelgood
Tippi from Toronto
Posted 10:41 AM 9/3/08
@Calraigh: Reckless dancing deaths are on the rise, aren't they?!!??!
Tippi from Toronto
Calraigh
Posted 2:56 PM 9/3/08
@DrFeelgood:
Just spit coffee and sandwich all over myself and sort of peed and
@Tippi from Toronto:
I know!It's a shocking indictment of these hedonistic times; I mean one only has to look out the window, night or day, to see yet another, innocent, duttywine victim crawling home because he/she(who can tell anymore?!) has broken his/her arse.
It's 3 a.m. Do you know where your arse is?
Calraigh
regisgoat
Posted 10:45 PM 10/3/08
It really relieves the impetigo symptoms, though.
regisgoat
Hart88
Posted 2:25 AM 11/3/08
Even Keith Richards says "wow, that's fucked up".
Hart88
Wendy_Kroy
Posted 5:14 AM 11/3/08
@raincoaster: The shots were pre-Afghanistan.
[www.foxnews.com],2933,300131,00.html
Wendy_Kroy
Cutting Makes You Sexy
Posted 8:46 AM 11/3/08
@Wendy_Kroy: Nono. It's an international thing. After watching a few friends play Guitar Hero for an entertaining 2.3 hours, one went to the kitchen and came out with a straw in a shot glass, "You wanna snort some vodka?"
No. I'm fine. I'll just stick to my Cocaine, thank you very much.
Cutting Makes You Sexy
Reggie Cameron
Posted 10:46 AM 11/3/08
At least vodka's legal. I'd probably quickly pass out, but Amy is a champ. I bet after taking the snooter of booze she stood up and let out a roar before ripping a couple phone books in half.
Reggie Cameron
Miss d
Posted 2:16 PM 11/3/08
Teaspoon, cheap nasty vodka, availble nostril. Nothing like punk party games when you're fresh out of spit...
Good times...
but when I read "Gas Chamber" I did have an awful mental image of Amy dutch-ovening Kelly... (and nothing worse than junkie farts...)
Miss d
sawzy
Posted 6:41 AM 12/3/08
Isn't it a bit awkward to be Kelly Osbourne (the BFF) and watch Amy do this kind of shit right after getting out of rehab? There must be a secret celebrity drug that numbs the pain of watching your friend self-destruct all over again.
BTW, Antabuse is a drug that causes projectile vomiting when even a tiny bit of alcohol is ingested. It's only used by people who are serious about rehab.
sawzy