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I lived about ten minutes from the farm where the Carolina Reaper guy (Ed Currie) grew his peppers. He had a little shop, PuckerButt Peppers, and would let you sample his sauces. Ridiculous. Just as we were moving away he developed a pepper even hotter than the Carolina Reaper called Pepper X. I didn't get a chance to try that one.

He sponsored a hot pepper festival and had professional pepper eaters come in and have a pepper eating contest. It was pretty wild.
Earlier this year, some of the warehouse workers (young guys) decided to have a pepper eating contest. Not sure how the whole thing started, but they thought they could handle a ghost pepper. I wasn't there, but heard one wanted to go to the Immediate Care and the other was in a lot of pain with eyes watering and sweating.
 

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Earlier this year, some of the warehouse workers (young guys) decided to have a pepper eating contest. Not sure how the whole thing started, but they thought they could handle a ghost pepper. I wasn't there, but heard one wanted to go to the Immediate Care and the other was in a lot of pain with eyes watering and sweating.
I’ve done it and it hurts good. I did just eat the pepper by itself though. It was a ghost pepper, Carolina reaper, and scorpion pepper rub on a fried chicken sandwich. It was amazing and hurt.
 

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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
 

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Earlier this year, some of the warehouse workers (young guys) decided to have a pepper eating contest. Not sure how the whole thing started, but they thought they could handle a ghost pepper. I wasn't there, but heard one wanted to go to the Immediate Care and the other was in a lot of pain with eyes watering and sweating.

I ate a carolina reaper. A few minutes later I got nauseous. I had to drink a bunch of water to dilute it.
 

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I'll admit it was funny to watch and I laughed, but that would probably necessitate some violence in retaliation!
Let me share a story of a practical joke that almost resulted in some violence. One of my dad's coworkers was in the Army National Guard in the '60s and absolutely terrified about his unit getting mobilized and sent to Nam. His enlistment was almost up and he'd been telling everyone how thankful he was that in a couple more weeks he'd be out and safe. My dad got a relative to call this guy at work and pretend to be a sergeant in Montgomery with the ANG and notifying him that he and part of his unit were being activated as of the following week and being sent to Nam, and he was to report to Montgomery the following Monday morning at 6am for shots, a physical, and etc. with a flight to Nam scheduled for the following day. Dude about had a stroke. My dad said he sat in his office shaking and crying, and my dad felt bad about it, not realizing the guy would take it that badly.

The guy called his unit commander then the state headquarters in Montgomery before finally understanding he'd been pranked. He was NOT amused. He made it clear that if he ever found out who'd done it, he'd beat them with a bat and didn't care if he went to jail for it. He was seriously rattled and furious. My dad NEVER told him it was him until decades later. LOL
 

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I think that was a pretty cruel practical joke…anyway, I assume your dad wasn’t beaten with a bat. Do you know how the guy reacted when your dad finally told him?
 
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