The Carousal

	The father and promoter of the Carousal, Pete B., defines this annual event of camaraderie, mirth and excess as only he can.
This is the place to go to get all the dirty details of each of the previous Carousals.
	Although drinking is our main activity, we're not that shallow. Golf, scuba diving and hangovers also grace our list of activities.
Here's a list of all the Carousers, categorized by the number of Carousals they've each attended. Check out their individual web pages and meet the MEN behind the Carousal.
	If you're shopping for Bruno Magli shoes, talk to O.J., because our offerings are heavily weighted towards clothing, golf accessories and drinking paraphernalia.
Visit the Carousal Links and you'll find your way to many fun and interesting sites.
	Get the latest scoop on what's happening with the Carousers the rest of the year.
Check out the list of past winners of the Carousal trophies.

carouse [v. kuh-ROWZ]: To carouse is to engage in boisterous, drunken revelry: "We drank round after round of that excellent brew, and caroused until daybreak." The word looks like it might be related to "arouse" or "carousel," but actually it comes from a much different source. In German, when a mug of beer is completely empty, it is "gar aus," and there is the expression "trinken gar aus" (to drink until the mug is empty). The contraction "Garaus" was used in much the same way that we might say "Bottoms up." When the expression first entered English, it was only used as an adverb: "Those poor sots drank carouse and made utter fools of themselves." Later the word became a verb, and it also became possible to have a carousal (rowdy drinking session).

carousal:
SYLLABICATION: ca·rous·al
NOUN : 1. A riotous drinking party. 2. Boisterous drunken merrymaking or revelry.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

carousal:
NOUN:1. A drinking bout: binge, brannigan, carouse, drunk, spree. Slang: bat2, bender, booze, jag, tear1.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.

"Why do grown men want to spend a weekend alone? It's not normal."
-anonymous Carouser spousal unit

"Turn the corner and open the door, enter our world where beer is food, beer is mama, beer is courage, beer is lust (she's a twelve-packer), beer is laughter, beer is broken bones, beer is tears, beer is trusted and beer is life".
-Howard

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