In Athens, Ohio, “The Shuffle” refers to hitting every bar, from the Cat’s Den on Union Street all the way up to… whatever The Greenery is today on Court Street, in a single night. If I remember correctly, that was about 24 bars, and you had to have a drink in every… single… bar. One of the gimmicks of performing a shuffle was to name your shuffle (i.e. “The DaydreamTV Shuffle”) and have a commemorative t-shirt signed at each bar.
The vast majority of people who complete (or even attempt) a shuffle end-up getting carried-off to home, vomiting the entire way. That’s just way too much liquor for most people to drink in a 6-8 hour period. But, there are a lot of poseurs out there who just like to wear the t-shirt and claim they completed a shuffle.
We didn’t like these people at the Burrito Buggy.