Why are we sucking Kirin Lager Biru through a straw? Because I had five minutes left before catching my United Airlines flight to San Francisco (of course, I was booked to Los Angeles, and we had been in the airport for 4 hours, but the hugely winning team at United Airlines couldn't find the plane...), and there isn't a faster way for four guys to drink one beer.

Left to right: JOHN TWYNAM, ME, ALAIN BIEM, M.C. DERMOTT...

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