The challenge...

What happens when you take 10 of the nation's smartest Field Grade military Officers, 70 cans of beer, halloween, and a competitive guy?  We like to call it "the challenge."

The challenge?  Eat 50 packets of candy in 50 minutes (without throwing up for another 50 minutes after the challenge was complete) for $50. 

It all started innocuously enough...Apparently, children were afraid to trick-or-treat in our neighborhood...I suppose this isn't surprising given that our neighborhood is filled with a bunch of 35-40 year old "Geo-Bachelors" (guys whose wives are living back home while we're in school thousands of miles away).  The result was someone asking "what are we going to do with all this candy."  And then it happened...Someone said, "Vinnie will eat it" and Vinnie actually said he could...

The candy was a mix of Snickers, Twix, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Swedish Fish, and Sour Patch candy.  Somewhere between 3,000 and 4,000 calories (heck, some people can eat that at a Burger King for lunch).

Vinnie started out on fire by powering through a few chocolates and a bunch of fish, but it was ultimately the Sour Patch which proved the greatest challenge.  At 20 minutes, he'd consumed 20 items.  At 30 minutes, he'd consumed 30, but wasn't looking good.  At 36 minutes, he threw in the towel, exited the house, and fertilized the grass.

I wonder what we can do with Turkey for Thanksgiving or Egg Nog at Christmas...