Today I entered the Toughest Tongue Contest at Salvador Molly's. There were 10 contestants. The person to eat the most Habanero Fritters was to become the Toughest Tongue in town. Here is the play by play:
As we got ready to start eating, we all received 5 balls on our plates. I have previously only eaten 5 at a time, so I knew this would be no problem. We had 3 minutes to eat all 5 GBOF. I didn't know we were going to be timed, so this was a bit of a shock for me. I was able to get those 5 balls down with a minute or two left. All of the others were able to finish their first 5 as well. After the first round, we received a 2 minute break. These two minutes were verrrrrry long. While you eat the fritters, your mouth is hot, but if you keep eating, the heat stays the same. Once you quit eating them and you start breathing through your mouth, the heat intensifies with every breath.
In round 2, we were given 5 more balls, but had 4 minutes to get them all down. We lost one person before the round started. When they counted down to start, I had no problem getting these 5 down, but we got a 4 minute break after. The breaks were killing me.
During the contest, they provided water or pineapple juice to help with the burn. Knowing that whenever I eat spicy foods cold water makes it worse, I opted for the pineapple juice. During the 4 minute break, I refilled my glass 2 times, and by the time the next round started, I only had half of a glass of juice.
The 3rd round was the killer. We started of with 5 more balls, but there was not to be any break after that, you just kept refilling your plate with 5 more balls. By this time I was still not crying or sweating, but the blood circulation in my arms and legs was diminishing. My hands and feet were freezing. I ate 5 more balls, filled my plate one more time and put down two more. There were 5 people still in the contest including myself. My goal was to eat at least 15, so I beat my goal. I ran out of juice and my mouth was getting hot! My stomach was getting quite full of spicy balls and pineapple juice. I was done. The dude in the gorilla suit on my left was done too. I put away one more than he did, so I felt pretty good about quitting.
When all was said and done, the 3 guys that were left were able to stop at 25 GBOF. I didn't end up too far behind them and I earned $234 towards helping families heat their homes.
The circulation in my arms and legs did not return until about 45 minutes after I ate my last GBOF. I have had round one in the bathroom so far, and I won that round. We'll see what happens later, but I doubt if I will share. My wife is bringing me some Macaroni and Cheese from a restaurant. I think I can eat as long as it is bland. We'll See!
Don
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Friday, November 28, 2008
San Clemente Wrap Up
Well, I would have to say this vacation was a success. Not that I didn't think it would be good. Carrie, the boys and I came down last Saturday, Nov. 22. Carrie flew first class while I hung in coach with the boys. Lucky!!!
Sunday, we hung out with family and had a great time catching up. We then went out with Brent (Carrie's brother) and Sarah (Carrie's cousin) for drinks at The Fisherman's restaurant. I of course started with 2 oyster shooters- FRESH! and Delicious!! And also had a couple of Jack and Cokes. Carrie had a few Margaritas and we had a good night. It was a lot of fun hanging out. Carrie had a hard time walking home, but between the three of us, we were able to help.
Monday we went to Disneyland. You know you are a grown up when you take your kids on more little kid rides and you go on less cool, fun, adult rides. Eric actually went on Space Mountain and Splash Mountain though, so I can't complain too much. The kids were just beat!!!
Tuesday was a chill day. We just hung out around the house. We were pretty tired from D-Land. We did go down to the park down the street and played for a while, then went for a walk along the pier.
Wednesday, both of Carrie's parents worked, so we hung out for a while, and went to the park again. Carrie and I went back to The Fisherman's for dinner and had the crab feast. Holy #$@!, we ate sooooooo much food. And Thanks to Bob, the General Manager of The Fisherman's for taking care of the $145.00 bill. We had to go get cash for the tip, as we were not expecting our friend Bob to take such good care of us. We came back to the house and were both in a food coma.
Thursday of course was Thanksgiving. We had more relatives visiting (Scott's brother Kent and his wife Sho) and Brent came for dinner. Carrie made her awesome Turkey and Lois made the rest of the traditional food. It was awesome and I was in another food coma for the second day in a row.
Friday we went to the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Animal Park. Pretty cool place! It really was like an African safari. There were lots of elephants, zebras, giraffes, rhinos, etc. Fun and tired us all out. We went to Ramano's Macaroni Grill for dinner, which put me into food coma #3 for the week. My stomach hates me. It was Lois's b-day so I kept pretending the singers were going to come sing to her. They never did, because they went on break when the server brought over the cake. Lucky Lois. We leave tomorrow morning. I'll let you know how the plane ride goes. I'll be sitting in 1st class on the way back home.
Sunday, we hung out with family and had a great time catching up. We then went out with Brent (Carrie's brother) and Sarah (Carrie's cousin) for drinks at The Fisherman's restaurant. I of course started with 2 oyster shooters- FRESH! and Delicious!! And also had a couple of Jack and Cokes. Carrie had a few Margaritas and we had a good night. It was a lot of fun hanging out. Carrie had a hard time walking home, but between the three of us, we were able to help.
Monday we went to Disneyland. You know you are a grown up when you take your kids on more little kid rides and you go on less cool, fun, adult rides. Eric actually went on Space Mountain and Splash Mountain though, so I can't complain too much. The kids were just beat!!!
Tuesday was a chill day. We just hung out around the house. We were pretty tired from D-Land. We did go down to the park down the street and played for a while, then went for a walk along the pier.
Wednesday, both of Carrie's parents worked, so we hung out for a while, and went to the park again. Carrie and I went back to The Fisherman's for dinner and had the crab feast. Holy #$@!, we ate sooooooo much food. And Thanks to Bob, the General Manager of The Fisherman's for taking care of the $145.00 bill. We had to go get cash for the tip, as we were not expecting our friend Bob to take such good care of us. We came back to the house and were both in a food coma.
Thursday of course was Thanksgiving. We had more relatives visiting (Scott's brother Kent and his wife Sho) and Brent came for dinner. Carrie made her awesome Turkey and Lois made the rest of the traditional food. It was awesome and I was in another food coma for the second day in a row.
Friday we went to the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Animal Park. Pretty cool place! It really was like an African safari. There were lots of elephants, zebras, giraffes, rhinos, etc. Fun and tired us all out. We went to Ramano's Macaroni Grill for dinner, which put me into food coma #3 for the week. My stomach hates me. It was Lois's b-day so I kept pretending the singers were going to come sing to her. They never did, because they went on break when the server brought over the cake. Lucky Lois. We leave tomorrow morning. I'll let you know how the plane ride goes. I'll be sitting in 1st class on the way back home.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Will Real Donald Hopkins Please Stand Up?
So,
I get a MSN Chat message from my Uncle in Fairbanks, Alaska asking if I was in Anchorage on 10/08/08. The Anchorage Police Department is looking for me, he says. I used to live with him approximately 15 years ago. He received a notice of two vehicle citations totalling $110. Since I was nowhere near Anchorage for a couple of years, I was perplexed. "Could it be that the person that bought my car over 10 years ago never changed the title from my name?" Man this sucks!!! So I called the number my Uncle gave me and talked to a lady. I explained who I was and what I was inquiring about, and she told me the citations were for a 1989 Green GMC pickup. As I told her I had never owned a GMC of any sort, she put me on hold and looked up the DMV records. She came back on the phone and informed me that the title had been transferred out of my name the day after the citations were issued. Super!!!! She then told me I could get a sworn affidavit from the buyer indicating I had sold the truck to him prior to the citations being issued, get it notarized and send it in. "Well, I have not lived in Alaska for over 11 years" I told her. "How do I go about doing that, when I have never actually owned this vehicle?" She told me she had never come across this before and that I would have to contact the DMV and see if they could straighten this out. Then get back with them. Frustrated and getting ready to call the DMV, I asked he one last favor, "Can you tell me if the truck is registered under Donald J. Hopkins? I have a few relatives living up there that have the same name as me, we just have different middle names." She looked it up and told me it was registered under Donald L. Hopkins. I told her thank you for her time, as I hung up and feel much better. This could be my cousin or my other uncle. The uncle I was chatting with told me he talked to my cousin and he or his dad never owned a Green GMC pickup. Weird, I guess it will remain a mystery along with why my uncle that does not share my name received this notice at his house. There are apparently too many Donald Hopkins in this world. This is not the first time I have been approached and asked if I was a different Donald Hopkins.
DH
I get a MSN Chat message from my Uncle in Fairbanks, Alaska asking if I was in Anchorage on 10/08/08. The Anchorage Police Department is looking for me, he says. I used to live with him approximately 15 years ago. He received a notice of two vehicle citations totalling $110. Since I was nowhere near Anchorage for a couple of years, I was perplexed. "Could it be that the person that bought my car over 10 years ago never changed the title from my name?" Man this sucks!!! So I called the number my Uncle gave me and talked to a lady. I explained who I was and what I was inquiring about, and she told me the citations were for a 1989 Green GMC pickup. As I told her I had never owned a GMC of any sort, she put me on hold and looked up the DMV records. She came back on the phone and informed me that the title had been transferred out of my name the day after the citations were issued. Super!!!! She then told me I could get a sworn affidavit from the buyer indicating I had sold the truck to him prior to the citations being issued, get it notarized and send it in. "Well, I have not lived in Alaska for over 11 years" I told her. "How do I go about doing that, when I have never actually owned this vehicle?" She told me she had never come across this before and that I would have to contact the DMV and see if they could straighten this out. Then get back with them. Frustrated and getting ready to call the DMV, I asked he one last favor, "Can you tell me if the truck is registered under Donald J. Hopkins? I have a few relatives living up there that have the same name as me, we just have different middle names." She looked it up and told me it was registered under Donald L. Hopkins. I told her thank you for her time, as I hung up and feel much better. This could be my cousin or my other uncle. The uncle I was chatting with told me he talked to my cousin and he or his dad never owned a Green GMC pickup. Weird, I guess it will remain a mystery along with why my uncle that does not share my name received this notice at his house. There are apparently too many Donald Hopkins in this world. This is not the first time I have been approached and asked if I was a different Donald Hopkins.
DH
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Catch Up Time
Sorry, It's been a while since I put anything here. Let's see.....The 15th of August was Eric's B-day. Carrie's parents were here for an extended weekend. We had a lot of fun. Saturday night we went to the Cornelius Pass Roadhouse for dinner before I had to go to work. It is somewhat of a tradition when they come to town. Sunday we threw a Pirate Party for E's B-day. We had over 20 kids or so running around. I made burgers and hotdogs. It turned out really well!
Sunday they all went to the Zoo for the afternoon.
Monday afternoon, I took Eric and Scott (Carrie's Dad) to see Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Eric realy liked it, I really like Star Wars, but I think I dozed off about 3 times. I was incredibly tired from Saturday. I only had 4 hrs sleep since I work nights. Then later that night Carrie's folks took the kids to Chuck E. Cheese and Carrie and I went out to dinner at PF Chang's.
The rest of the week was catch up on rest and sleep and trying to get back into the grind.
Yesterday I hung out with the boys at home. Today we did the same, but we went outside for a bit and picked some apples and plums. After naps, we went to the park. A funny thing happened there; I was taking pictures with our digital camera as the kids went down the slides. Each time Eric would come down the slide, I would reach out and give him a shock because the slides were made of plastic (or polyeurothane if you want to be specific). After I took several pictures, my camera stopped working. I think it had to do with the static electricity. I was hoping I wasn't going to have to buy a new camera, and when I got home, it was working again (thank god) I'll put some pictures on later tonight, but as for right now, the kids are in bed, Carrie is at bowling, and I am going to chill and watch the Comedy Roast of William SHatner on Netflix.
Don
Sunday they all went to the Zoo for the afternoon.
Monday afternoon, I took Eric and Scott (Carrie's Dad) to see Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Eric realy liked it, I really like Star Wars, but I think I dozed off about 3 times. I was incredibly tired from Saturday. I only had 4 hrs sleep since I work nights. Then later that night Carrie's folks took the kids to Chuck E. Cheese and Carrie and I went out to dinner at PF Chang's.
The rest of the week was catch up on rest and sleep and trying to get back into the grind.
Yesterday I hung out with the boys at home. Today we did the same, but we went outside for a bit and picked some apples and plums. After naps, we went to the park. A funny thing happened there; I was taking pictures with our digital camera as the kids went down the slides. Each time Eric would come down the slide, I would reach out and give him a shock because the slides were made of plastic (or polyeurothane if you want to be specific). After I took several pictures, my camera stopped working. I think it had to do with the static electricity. I was hoping I wasn't going to have to buy a new camera, and when I got home, it was working again (thank god) I'll put some pictures on later tonight, but as for right now, the kids are in bed, Carrie is at bowling, and I am going to chill and watch the Comedy Roast of William SHatner on Netflix.
Don
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