The rambling thread. No set topic. Just whatever comes to mind after reading the previous post.

Reminds me of a story. I have wealthy relatives, and one has chosen that our annual family gathering involves an open bar somewhere in the cities. Being the good nephew that I am, I made my way down to said even one night, and elected to excercise the open bar. 4 beers in, I am ABSOLUTELY hammered. I can't figure out why. Sure it was 4 beers in like... 2 hours, but i'm ripped? Dafuq? And it wasn't like bourbon stouts or anything, it was macros. Leinenkugels I think. Then I did the math. The 4 beers each represented a litre stein. Meaning by my math, I had consumed 132 oz of beer in 2 hours, or slightly over a gallon. That made a lot more sense to me.

I saw a guy try to drink a gallon of milk in under an hour... twice.

He didn't make it either time. Hilarity did ensue.

The same guy ate a ghost pepper on a dare. I got video of that one.

(On his phone, I wish I could post it.)

The_Jed wrote: The same guy ate a ghost pepper on a dare. I got video of that one.

I'd do that. I've been told my tolerance for spicy is abnormally high.

Not mine. berkeley that. Sriracha sets my mouth on fire.

I don't even want to imagine anything hotter!

I have a jar of ghost salsa in my fridge right now. It tingles a bit.

The_Jed wrote: I saw a guy try to drink a gallon of milk in under an hour... twice. He didn't make it either time. Hilarity did ensue.

I've done the gallon of milk in an hour. Not that hard, or at least it wasn't in high school.

I'd be worried about it burning down the basement door on the way out.

mtn wrote:

The_Jed wrote: I saw a guy try to drink a gallon of milk in under an hour... twice. He didn't make it either time. Hilarity did ensue.

I've done the gallon of milk in an hour. Not that hard, or at least it wasn't in high school.

Huh. You're not that big of a guy either, right? This guy is 6'2" 300+. I really thought he could do it... so did he.

I saw a guy attempt a 5 lb bag of peanut M&M's. The challenge was that he had to eat them all during the normal work day. He chose a 2L of Pepsi to help wash them down. He started off strong and it seemed like he would breeze through it, but he hit a wall. Ended up not quite getting them all down. Not sure if the ones he did get down stayed down or not.

I watched a guy attempt the triple chipotle- 3 burritos in 30min... he got 2.5. Volume I can't do, spice, I haven't been defeated yet.

The_Jed wrote: I'd be worried about it burning down the basement door on the way out.

You get used to it after a while. Hardest part is I've developed some stomach issues from some of my meds for migraines and man the heartburn....

The_Jed wrote:

mtn wrote:

The_Jed wrote: I saw a guy try to drink a gallon of milk in under an hour... twice. He didn't make it either time. Hilarity did ensue.

I've done the gallon of milk in an hour. Not that hard, or at least it wasn't in high school.

Huh. You're not that big of a guy either, right? This guy is 6'2" 300+. I really thought he could do it... so did he.

5'10", 200. At the time I did the gallon of milk, I was about 5'10", 170. I did this after a day of caddying--36 holes, double bagging. I came home after having had nothing but water and a small hot dog all day, and poured a glass of milk, then another, then another, and in about 5 minutes had done almost a half gallon without realizing it. I thought, hey, lets see if I can do the whole thing! I ate a piece of bread, then slowly drank the last half gallon over the next 50 minutes. But that was a different time in my life--see below.

mndsm wrote: I watched a guy attempt the triple chipotle- 3 burritos in 30min... he got 2.5. Volume I can't do, spice, I haven't been defeated yet.

I used to regularly have 2 chipotle burritos for a meal after hockey practice in high school, regularly. I was 170 pounds and couldn't put on weight at all. Metabolism of a hummingbird. I'd feel fine after too. I can still eat 2, but I don't feel fine anymore.

I also like spicy, but it has to be tasty too. I'm not into spicy for spicy, but can take a lot of heat.

Yeah, the spicy/taste thing is my conundrum as well. On one side, I push things to the extreme. On the other side, you pass a certain point, and spice is just plain bitter and E36 M3ty tasting. Take BWW blazin', for example. AWESOME on the spice content, tastes like an IPA with a hop cone in it.

The key on the gallon of milk is to do it with the blinding spice. I can do most natural spice, some places now add retsin to their spicy sauces so it stays on your palette long after you've swallowed. Berkeley that

mndsm wrote: I always find it more amusing to think of how much beer I've had in fluid ounce quantity as opposed to # of beers. I mean, I've only had 4 beers. But they're tallboys,or pounders to you east coast weirdos. 16x4 is 64oz, or a half a gallon of beer. That suddenly sounds like a lot more beers.

I thought a tallboy was 24oz? 16oz is a pint or a pounder.

Just reading the previous posts reminds me why I don't drink no more. Y'all have one for me.

No sleep and back to the day job I go. Off at lunch to meet a hot rod shop customer, and then onward to another twelve hour day.

I don't drink very much or very often but lately I've been getting the urge to put on a E36 M3 face.

In reply to Dusterbd13:

Be safe. No sleep is no fun. There's a 1.5 year stretch beginning when my son was born that I have no memory of whatsoever. I didn't sleep. Kind of surprised I survived it.

5.5 days left of the old job. WOOHOO!

I must have missed the thread, if there was one. Are you calling it quits or are they?

Kenny_McCormic wrote:

mndsm wrote: I always find it more amusing to think of how much beer I've had in fluid ounce quantity as opposed to # of beers. I mean, I've only had 4 beers. But they're tallboys,or pounders to you east coast weirdos. 16x4 is 64oz, or a half a gallon of beer. That suddenly sounds like a lot more beers.

I thought a tallboy was 24oz? 16oz is a pint or a pounder.

found this pic (printed on can …16oz… so maybe changed over the yrs … my first beer was a Schlitz Tall Boy 16oz[to the best of my memory] .. 1967)

My uncle calls a 16oz "The sensible size". FWIW.

I am in remarkable shape after.fighting the beer fridge last night. 6er+2 and I'm not dead to the world, good enough!

I just ate three brownies and am listening to Buckethead while figuring out ways to not work today. After today I'm off until 1-5-15.