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The Horseradish Challenge - Dec 19th, 2008 2:34pm |
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I should probably stop here and mention that he has never had horseradish before... not on a sandwich, not on a steak, not even as a dip. This is what I believe contributed in large part to the first 30 seconds of the challenge where he horked down huge spoonful after huge spoonful and made it look briefly like he was going to get our hard earned $$ for himself.
Our awe quickly turned to laughter as the frightful stuff worked its way up into the back of his throat and light fire to his brain. Tears started to stream down his face and he turned a delightful shade of red. That was about his limit though. He spit some out, then tried to force it back down with another spoonful, but it just wasn't going to happen. Eyes gushing, he chucked the 1/2 empty bottle in the trash with disgust.
We were all proud of his effort so even though he didn't empty the bottle most of us paid up. You just can't watch someone put themselves through that sort of thing without some reparation... or at least I couldn't. I began to be a little torn at this point though. Unlike the wings, the horseradish was continuing to punish Cupp for his insolence. Its funny for a little while but at some point I really started to feel guilty for egging him on.
Things got so bad that after booting twice in his cube the rest of the guys on the team told him just to go home. He looked okay when he left and I chatted with him a bit as he exited the building but I don't think next week's office challenge will involve anything quite so volatile. Maybe a half jar of peanut butter in 60 seconds or something? I just hope he feels better tomorrow and doesn't grow a third eye or anything.
