Yesterday morning, I was just about getting ready to
leave town sitting on my seat in the train 952 while thinking about the new
focus for my Master’s Thesis project, a flash of uncertainty came suddenly to
my mind. I'm just reading my notes from the previous presentation I just had
half an hour ago with my thesis supervisors but then a question comes
disturbing my mind. Who was the first Flip cupper in history?
Many people may know about Flip Cup, that awesome
sport that has crossed an unimaginable numbers of borders starting from the new
continent and now has spread almost to the whole world (the drinking youth
world). But the question is, do people really know the history of Flip Cup? Do
they really know when did it start and where? Who was the pioneer of flipping
the Cups?
Well, I started to do some research and I think I
managed to get to a conclusion about this majestic topic.
But first, let's talk about a bit about Flip Cup
for the people who might not be so familiar with that discipline.
Flip Cup is way more than just a sport. Flip Cup is
a discipline, a status, a religion, a cause. Flip Cup can be a meaning of life
for many lost youngsters who are desperate to find a path to follow in society.
Flip Cup is now practiced by athletes all over the world.
It is a team based drinking game sport.
Two teams of an equal number of players athletes stand on
opposite sides of a table field facing each other. In front of
each teammate there is a disposal plastic cup filled with set amount of
beverage. At the start, the first member of each team has to drink the beverage
from his cup. When finished, the cup must be placed at the edge of the table
and the player who drank the beverage attempts to flip the cup using his
fingers. It is forbidden to use both hands, or blow the cup to guide it. If the
player is unsuccessful then the cup is reset and re-flipped. Only after the
first teammate manages to flip the cup, the next person on his team has to
proceed. Whichever team finished drinking and flipping all of its cups first
wins.
So, now knowing what the discipline of Flip Cup is,
let’s go back to the research question. Who was the first flip cupper? Well,
according to the empirical evidence found in a short research, the following
conclusions are stated.
Evidence #1: According to the Bible, the first
miracle Jesus did was to convert water into wine at the Wedding of Cana (John
2:1-11). If there is something you need in order to have flip cup is precisely beverages. So he managed to save the wedding party by accomplishing this first miracle.
He was never afraid of passing by the learnings of
a good flipcup match.
Evidence #2: Jesus was a party monster. Jesus was
33 when he decided to have a dinner with his 12 mates. It must have been a hell
of a party because almost 2000 years after we still remember that night (John
13:21). And yet Christians celebrate it once a week, which takes me to evidence
a bit forward.
He will always look after you. He is a good Bro.
Evidence #3: There is one very famous work of art,
a painting, made by Leonardo da Vinci between 1495 and 1497. In the painting
you can see Jesus sitting in the middle of the table acting as a judge (you can
see his arms stretched indicating from which side the round will begin). You
can also see the 12 apostles divided into 2 major groups, six in one side and
six in the other side of the table. Within those groups smaller subgroups of
three are formed: Bartholomew, James and Andrew; Judas, Peter and John; Thomas,
James and Philip; and Matthew, Thaddeus and Simon. That means that probably
they were having a 3 member’s team tournament that night.
Jesus in the middle of the table yelling
"Starting from this side".
Evidence #4: According to Christian culture,
families should gather on Sundays in the local church to honor The Lord. In the
church the main thing that happens is that the Priest executes the Mass
according to a certain protocol. There is one moment during that protocol when
the Priest offers a zip of whine to the community using a golden cup. Those
persons who are clean of sin, that means they confessed their sins and where
forgiven previously, have the right of communion with Jesus Christ, so they
have to zip a bit of whine (Alcohol). After sharing alcohol with the people,
the priest then proceeds to have his own zip (usually more than the zips
shared) at the altar (and in front of an image of Jesus) and then he flips the
cup.
As you can see by the ammount of cups in the altar,
some priest take the Flip Cup teaching very seriously.
Another cool miracles Jesus did but not related
completely to flip cup:
- He cured Lazarus terrible 4-days hangover just by saying "Lazarus, come out bro!" (John 11:1-46).
- He managed to calm drunk people having strokes and epileptic seisures due to high amount of alcohol in blood. He later teached them the right way to drink (Mark 1:21-28; 1:32-34; 3:20-30) (Luke 4:31-37; 4:40-41; 11:14-23) (Matthew 8:16-17; 9:32-34; 12:22-28).
- He cured a few people's blindness because they didn't know exactly what they drank the night before. He later teached them the right way to drink (Matthew 9:27-31) (Mark 8:22-26) (John 9:1-12).
- He cured a man with a withered hand. He probably got that injure because of an excess in flip cupping in prior days (Mark 3:1-6) (Luke 6:6-11) (Matthew 12:9-13).
- He managed to wake up after a 3 days hangover recovery (Matthew 28:1-7; 28:9-10; 28:16-20) (Mark 16: 1-7; 16:9; 16:12; 16:14-19) (Luke 24:1-7; 24:13-31; 24:36-50) (John 20:1-18; 20:19-31; 21:1-22). People say that he managed to go to hell just to kick Lucifer's ass with his voice (Peter 3: 18-20).
Sources:
P.S. I will probably go to hell for this...
- The Bible
P.S. I will probably go to hell for this...
Cheers!
Jonathan
