As we've been over on the blog many times: It is my dream to land in the Guinness Book of World Records. Every single book-order day in elementary school, I forced my parents to buy me the latest Guinness World Records book, complete with bedazzled, glittery cover. Every year I was FASCINATED by the different random records.
Now, as with all things in life, most of the records seem easy in theory, but are brutal in practice. So in traditional Jon Henseler fashion, I've been searching for the path of least resistance to get myself in the record books. What's the 'easiest' challenge I could conquer to complete this life quest.
Welp, I feel like this might be on the short list. Don't get me wrong, I don't think this will be easy. This is going to take some practice and some trial and error. Pure lemon juice has to taste AWFUL in small amounts, so in larger amounts, it's got to be unbearable.
But I do think I have one thing working in my favor for this particular challenge: Tart/sour does not get to me as much as a hot/spicy flavor. Not to brag, but I could suck down these bad boys with no problem in 3rd grade:
Before the moment that I was able to consume one of these without blinking, I had never had looks of respect bestowed upon me by my peers. And in many ways, I haven't seen that look since. But my ability to not flinch while putting down an Extreme Warhead put me on the map in 1993. That same year I was one of the first kids in class with a mechanical pencil:
To say I peaked too early in life would be an understatement.
So I think the fact that I'm not affected too badly by tart/sour flavor will help me.
Two things that give me some doubt:
#1: I had no idea a liter was that much liquid. When I read this story on the air, for some reason I thought a liter was like, 16 ounces. Nope. Turns out a liter is just short of 34 ounces. No wonder
Farva wanted a liter o' cola at Dimpus Burger
.
#2: I won't lie, I didn't watch this whole video from beginning to end, so I don't know if he addressed it, but my guess is that there's a rule about how long you have to go after drinking the lemon juice without puking for the record to stand.
All of that said, this is a mental game. If you can just tell your brain that it's 33 ounces of liquid, and you won't die if you drink it all (?) in 16.5 seconds, I think I can will myself to this record. Long story long, I'm coming for your ass, David Rush! And I'm bringing a puckered face with me!
PS: 'can you die drinking 33 ounces of pure lemon juice in 16 seconds' is 1,000% in my Google search history.
Double PS: Clip relevancy rating: 9.1:
