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comment by scarp
scarp  ·  4768 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Bill O'Reilly: Pepper spray is "essentially a food product"
On the other hand, pepper spray made of actual culinary peppers would be pretty handy!




kleinbl00  ·  4768 days ago  ·  link  ·  
You laugh.

I had friends in high school that were heavily into "heat." It escalated to the point where one of my buddies walked around with a little cellophane mexi-pak full of dried habaneros to sprinkle on his food. he, of course, kept them in his baja jacket, which meant he'd stick his hands in there, then rub his eyes, then cry out in pain.

The next logical step was the "convenience" of pepper spray, at which point I advised him to step back from the brink. We never went through with it.

This being the Internet, however, you can always find the probabilistic outcome of any adolescent male stupidity:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEOrfjQHiSs

thenewgreen  ·  4768 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Thankfully, none of us had a video camera in college. "Daring" someone to perform idiotic tasks for a small monetary reward was all too common.

My grandfather is from Mexico and the guy eats Habanero's without so much as wincing. He finds people that complain about the mild jalapeƱo particularly offensive. He's 80 and is still very active; running, jumping etc. -Maybe it's the Habanero's?