Now guess the degree of difficulty in cinnamon-guzzling
OK, so do you remember last Sunday when I said the winner of the First-100-Degree-Day Contest was from Fountain Hills, though I didn’t run his name?
Well … err … umm … the winner actually is from Scottsdale.
I don’t know how I got these two confused. I don’t even really know anybody who lives in Fountain Hills, although I did speak to some snowbirds at a church there once. I forget which kind of church. I think they were Presbyterians.
I also spoke once to a very large group at a library out there — people who must have had a lot of time on their hands, so they showed up in the same way some drivers slow down to gawk at a car wreck. Be that as it may. The official time and day of the Valley’s first 100 was 1:15 p.m. April 28. Jack Hudson of the aforementioned Scottsdale guessed 1:33 p.m., closer than anybody else.
So, as the winner, he’ll get four free tickets to visit Fountain Hills.
Not really. He’ll get four tickets to a Diamondbacks game.
Is it true that no one can swallow a spoonful of cinnamon?
This seems to have been a popular challenge among teens a year or so ago – to gulp down a teaspoon of cinnamon without water.
As far as I can tell, it can’t be done and can lead to vomiting and stomach and lung problems. Kids have ended up on ventilators from trying this lame-brained stunt.
Cinnamon dries out your mouth, leaving no saliva to wash it down.
If you want to see a bunch of not-so-bright members of the next generation spewing cinnamon powder, Google “cinnamon challenge video.”