[johnsanders]

Pretty sure this was a thing in Victorian England. It's in Jack the Ripper stories and possibly where the word "hangover" came from I think.

[gnicholas]

Possibly apocryphal: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hangover-drunken-sailors-r...

[tim333]

I refuse to believe it's a thing until I see someone do it on youtube.