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Speed Coke: A Drink Chugging Contest For The Ages

We drink cans of Coke as quickly as possible because a British man told us to.

My teeth feel like they're coated in a sickly film. That's probably because I don't normally drink regular Coke at any speed, let alone under nine seconds. But that's how we spent our morning here at Giant Bomb as we recorded our response to Paul Barnett's video of Warhammer Online maker Mythic employees having a speed contest for fastest Coke drinking time. For reference, here's Paul's video:

  


After putting me on to the challenge this morning via Twitter, Ryan and I stopped off to get some Cokes on our way into the office. The following video was shot at 10:45 this morning.

  


Having used a funnel-type device for quickly drinking beers before, I understand the throat pain that comes with quickly drinking carbonated beverages. But the extra-fizzy nature of a can of Coca-Cola makes it way tougher than gulping down two cans of Coors Light. I'm currently using some popcorn to soak up the fluid in my tummy, and hope to make a full recovery.

Oh, and don't try this at home... at least... not yet.
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kind of like the ten pop challenge

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11 seconds. Oh god, the horror.

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Haha,That was awesome! This is why Giantbomb is awesome.

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I can only imagine instances of mentos-spiking.  Probably qualifies as attempted murder.

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Vinnie=Epic Fail.  However, Jeff just showed that Americans in America are better than Americans in Britain.  I also loved Jeff at the end: "Let's go play Street Fighter IV".  Giant Bomb is truly the best video game site out there.

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God, that's terrible. I can scull (chug) a pint of guiness/beer in something like 10 seconds, but coke?? I'm suprised your stomachs didn't explode.

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That was pretty great, maybe a community challenge is a coming??

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Hahaha, love Ryan's reaction, looks like he enjoyed it.

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This was hilarious.  To make it interesting you should do it again with one of those wonderful energy drinks you guys are always tast testing.

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"Alright, let's play Street Fighter."

Haha, you guys are too awesome.

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Imma try this before going to work tomorrow. Probably a bad idea, but it'll make those Wii Fit-buyers feel like it was waiting to happen to them. >:[

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"Mean" Joe Greene would be proud of you guys.

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nice

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beautiful, I'm a coke addict anyways!

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Does anyone know the quantity of beverage in those cans?

I recently spent sometime in Southeast Asia and their standard coke cans are 330ml, however down here in Australia our standard size is 375ml.

As someone who may just be interested in competing in the great 'chug-a-coke 09 challange'...
Can someone tell me the standard coke can size over in the U.S?

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ryan was in some serious pain... i dont think he will try this again... lol

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I like how Ryan's hugs his little lion like a Blanky.

Luchdeer could have done a better job than Vinny.

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lolololol :^P

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Vinnie you pansy!

I'm definitely competitive with the intern, but 8 seconds is probably out of my league.

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Pepsi and Mountain Dew cans are widemouths here.  Any confirmation on whether the Coke cans that either Mythic or Bomb used were widemouths?

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lol nice one

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The standard soda can here is 355ml, and it appears that both major brands have replaced their standard cans with widemouths.  The widemouth can is approximately the same width as two standard DVD cases stacked together.

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That was the mother of all belches, Jeff.

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I was waiting for someone to explode...

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I think they should film another segment in which Brad is forced to ingest as much Coke as those three gentlemen combined as fast as he can, just for sissing out on this challenge.

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I got halfway through the can in about 5 seconds, and then felt like my stomach was going to explode.

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I didn't realize the original 8.6sec drink from Mythic was for DIET.  That's gotta be easier.  Regular Coke just feels thicker and richer, so you gotta have a point spread or something here.
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Funny stuff!  Those belches were rough.  Hah!

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Awesome. The American guy in the Mythic vid had opened his can before the timer start, then began to drink. Cheater! If Jeff did the same, he would have got the best time!

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I don't know what to make of it. I'd hate to find out somebody finds a new way of dying by drinking a coke to fast & boring a hole through their stomach...

:)

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Ohhhhh Giant Bomb.... God bless America.

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Try it with a bendy straw!

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That was hilarious. As soon as I watched it I went to go try it out myself, with poor results. I dont drink pop so it was pretty tough!

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If only I had a can, I would beat you all away :P. I'm probably gonna pick up a few litres anyway tommorow for some gaming sessions.

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LOL.  That's about the funniest I've seen in a long time.  This is why I love Giant Bomb!

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Wow this is intense. Jeff drank two in the time it took for Vinny to drink most of one.

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Sweet stuff, that dude from Mythic was amazing. Well done to you four at Giant Bomb as well, especially Ryan and extra-especially Jeff, you were a machine man! P.S. Please let us know when Ryan is out of shock, I have images of him sitting in your office rocking back and forth, holding the tiger doll and not being able to speak for days.

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shits dangerous, dont try this at home kids.

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I can't believe Jeff drank two...

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LMAO ! That shit looks like it burns! Awesome!

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wow jeff, looks brutal

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best. video. ever.

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Just awesome!  nice jorb guys... funny ass vid.

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Hmm, just spotted this today, and it strikes a chord with what happened to me today:

Running around "getting stuff done", and on the way out to the Metrocentre (local mall for us) Emily my 5 year old managed to swipe the last 1/4 of my wifes bottle of coke (the caffeine free, gold label stuff). She starts saying she feels sick on the way there, and we point out why that is - she's not used to fizzy drinks.

She's over it by the time we get there, and so I wander into Dixons (electrical retailer) in the naive hope that they may have a reasonably priced external drive for my laptop. Emily and I get about 10 paces inside the front door of the shop and Emily suddenly shouts "I feel sick", before projectile vomiting across the floor of the shop. I managed to flag down a couple of members of the staff from behind a till, one if which goes off to find something or one to clean up with. Another stands a few feet away, complaining about his 'natural gag reflex' before just plain dissapearing. So I'm just kind of stood there with my daughter next to this huge slop of vomit, trying to stop people from walking through it.

I phone my wife, who eventually comes back and then wanders a couple of steps off with Emily to get her a bit of air. I'm kind of left there standing by the sick, wondering if it would be bad form just to do a runner as well, but there's no sign of any staff around all of a sudden. I almost had to grab some lady who was walking thrgough the shop not paying attention and almost waded right into it. She looks startled, she looks down at the floor.  Then she looks back up at me with the most dissaproving stare she can muster, and clearly thinking it was me who was sick after a few too many beers last night tuts and wanders off in a different direction.

Anyway, on an unrelated note:

Does a modified can count as cheating? I remember something we used to do in my school days with coke - you had to turn the can upside down, stab a pen into the side of the can right near the bottom (or the top as you are now holding it. You then cover the hole with your finger turn it right way up then open it. Once you start to drink you move your finger from over the hole and you can then suck the coke out of the can faster than itg would normally flow.

Well, the gauntlet is down. Anyone going to man up and put that on tape? I reckon you could smash the 8 second barrier.

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Haha, Ryan.
"Oh God, that's all inside of me now!"

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Pictoben said:
Does a modified can count as cheating? I remember something we used to do in my school days with coke - you had to turn the can upside down, stab a pen into the side of the can right near the bottom (or the top as you are now holding it. You then cover the hole with your finger turn it right way up then open it. Once you start to drink you move your finger from over the hole and you can then suck the coke out of the can faster than itg would normally flow.

Well, the gauntlet is down. Anyone going to man up and put that on tape? I reckon you could smash the 8 second barrier."

Shotgunning is not permitted. You'd probably be able to get under 4 seconds if you were doing that.
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I don't know how you guys can do it.... I still think only women should be able to let it go down their throat like that..... not trying to be offensive to the women out there :P

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haha lol 8 seconds AWSM!!!