I am all in favour of "hanging out at the beach". My belly will certainly be doing that if current progress is maintained.

I agree with Pudge Princess that it would add a lot to the site to be able to show appreciation of all posts.

Thanks for the well written story and I wish you well coping with your Mother's health. We will patiently wait for the next installment when you are able to get back to it.

I'm pleased it was useful. I found it the other day and it follows my home-made bong device pretty much. It has been great fun experimenting. What I was trying to do was to consume at least 3 pints of beer in a very short time (less than 10 seconds) and I did achieve that. The only problem I had was that the pressure was quite high (with a head of about 1 metre) and my mouth did not seal too well on the threaded end of the pipe on my tap. Things were delightfully messy!

Thanks a lot.

This might sound silly - I'm sure the answer must be simple - but can anyone tell me how to change my profile pic?

Having made a couple of beer bongs myself, I would suggest the method shown here:
I used a 2 litre plastic bottle with the bottom cut out instead of a funnel and used clothes hanger wire to make a hook so I could hang it up. Having a tap is a great idea if you want to funnel feed yourself (although having someone feed you is better of course).

I used to enjoy padding when I was young and had a fast metabolism. I now prefer getting a fatter belly for real!

I have found that the delay between stopping the cream and gaining a few lbs is around 2 weeks for me. Keep going though, a week is not long in the gaining game.

The tubing was large enough to go over the neck of the bottle and I used what we call a "Jubilee Clip" in the UK. Otherwise known as a hose clip like those used on car radiator hoses.

Because the hose and valve are large, flow rate is excellent.