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Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 06-03-2002, 11:03 PM:
It is my impression that the reason why the bung hole on a barrel is placed so far from the edge is because when the barrel is drained of its contents, the sediment stays in the barrel as waste. I heard there was a design specification as where the bung is supposed to be placed. Although I have not seen the specification sheet, there has to be one.....I presume that idea was for the gravity draining wine barrels, etc. But it now is a industry standard. All barrels seem to have the same distance from the bung hole to the edge of the barrel. It even applies to the 5 gallon bucket of Brenkert oil I use as a telephone desk for my red telephone.
I know...I have too much time on my hands. 
Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 06-04-2002, 12:47 AM:
How about clearence distance for any spigot that may be screwed into the bung hole? If the barrel should tip or roll, there needs to be some space between the spigot and the floor so it doesn't get busted off so easily.Just a guess...
Posted by Adam Wilbert (Member # 1184) on 06-04-2002, 03:15 AM:
not that this adds to the question, but I just realized that "Bung Hole" was a real term, looked it up in the dictionary and everything. I had always thought it was just slang. Thanks Paul!
Posted by Pete Naples (Member # 761) on 06-04-2002, 03:15 AM:
You lot need to get out more!
Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 06-04-2002, 10:22 AM:
Yeah! A wrench used to unscrew a bung from a bung hole is called a bung wrench! A hammer used to pound it back in again is called a bung hammer.The reason it's called a bung is because that's the sound it makes when you hit it with the hammer... BUNG!!!
Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 06-04-2002, 01:56 PM:
Pete,This is what happens when you lock some poor sod alone in a small dark room and subject him (or her) to years of exposure to:
- Various levels of EMF at AC, audio, and RF frequencies.
- Various levels of flickering broadband visual stimuli peaking at 24 and 48 Hz (the lucky ones get 72 Hz, the unlucky ones get 25/30 or 50/60).
- Various levels of broadband auditory stimuli of the pink or white persuasion peaking at 24, 48, and occasionally 96 Hz.
- Various levels of recorded dialog, repeated ad infinitum until the subject can recite said dialog, even years after exposure ceases.
- Various levels of ozone (the lucky ones get a wiff of carbon soot) combined with the smell of popcorn oil and/or hot dogs (the good ones get a wiff of FilmGuard as well).
- Various quantities of triacetate, polyester, emulsion (the lucky ones get IB-process dyes), various lubricants and toxic cleaning solutions.
- Various quantities of carbonated beverages, nitrated meats (for the lucky ones), and various corn-based foodstuffs fried in various oils.
- Various restraining devices, like straps and clamps, or bungs.
- Various sharp instruments.
After a while some people become adapted to such an environment. Some become so accomodated that they exhibit signs of neurosis when removed from such an environment. Fortunately for such folks there is no known cure. Might as well let them stay in their little dark rooms, where they can be happy with their lot in life and a good fast internet connection. Cheers!
One of the Non-Weenie Wielding Paul's
"How do I get this Hayes off my port glass?"
"Hmmm, port glass. Time for another Port and Guiness!" 
Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 06-04-2002, 11:38 PM:
Hehe, he said BUNG hole. Heh. Heheh.Are you threatening me!?
Posted by Fred Georges (Member # 505) on 06-05-2002, 01:54 AM:
All I know is the Producer I'm currently working with has said that it's my turn IN the barrel!
Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 06-05-2002, 02:32 AM:
Hey...some of you guys read me wrong. I was talking about Bungholes, not Bung Holes. I accidently forgot to make a complete single word out of it. Sorry.... Here is the definition: "Bung·hole (b¾ng“h½l”) n. The hole in a cask, keg, or barrel through which liquid is poured in or drained out." Hmmmmm.....Microsoft can't convert the text right, or I just don't know how to do it. Oh, well.
John Pytlak, Oh Master Human of links, please direct us to a site of bung hole specifications. 
No, Randy. It sounds like "KA-BUNG!" 
Paul Meyer - I am out of my mind. I'll be back in five minutes.....gotta have a first. The carbon Arc smoke finally got to me. 
Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 06-05-2002, 09:31 AM:
Some links to proper use of bungs:
http://www.lion.com/Reference_Library/KB/DOT/D1310071.htm
http://www.russell-stanley.com/technical_closing_main.htm Please do NOT confuse a bung with a bong (maybe Paul did):
http://groda-lotsapot.virtualave.net/bongs/dispbongs.html
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Posted by Charles Everett (Member # 889) on 06-05-2002, 09:36 AM:
All this time I thought "bunghole" was a word coined by Beavis and Butt-head.
Posted by Jerry Chase (Member # 660) on 06-05-2002, 09:38 AM:
Paul, looking at your picture, reading your posts, and trying to decipher your state of mind, I am concerned. May I repectfully recommend that while you are in this mental state you not try to stick your weenie in a bunghole?
Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 06-05-2002, 11:22 AM:
Jerry, I blame the United States Navy, the old carbon arc projection booths, and all the RF burns I received from the radio transmitters. I stood out in the sun to long, too. I have proof of that.
John, you came through again...
Posted by Gerard S. Cohen (Member # 994) on 06-05-2002, 02:46 PM:
Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 1 (Gravedigger Scene)Hamlet:
To what base uses we may return, Horatio! Why may
not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander
till he find it stopping a BUNG-HOLE?
--William Shakespeare, 1603
Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 06-05-2002, 03:02 PM:
Why am I not surprised to find that the US government has laws pertaining to bungholes? 
One of my projectionists is in Hamlet this month at the community theater. I shall point out that reference to him!
Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 06-05-2002, 05:12 PM:
Speaking of cartoon characters, I think the prisoner in the comic strip Wizard of Id is named "Bung", isn't he?Anyway, some of us had fun with this tread. I had a few laughs out of it.
About 30 years ago, I saw an article about a study by the United States Government to determine if the placement of bungs in the barrels should be changed. It cost close to $100,000 if I recall correctly. After the study, the conclusion was to leave the bung where it was because the extra product salvage in the barrels was not worth placing the bungs closer to the edge of the barrel. Knowing how the government operates sometimes, I honestly don't know if it was a spoof article or not, It probably has a 50/50 chance of being correct.
This one I know is true. You fellows in the Pacific Northwest probably heard of it, and if I recall correctly, Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin issued a Golden Fleece Award for this one.
Seems as though a grant was given to a college in the Seattle area to study the reactions of a person if he or she came home after work one night and discovered a Hippopotamus in their back yard. It cost about $50,000 to fund that study.
I am not kidding! What the government will waste the taxpayer's money on is disgusting at times.