Mar
31
2005
Saltine Challeng
1Saltine Challeng
This is known as "The Saltine Challenge". The Saltine Challenge is basically attempting to consume a total of six saltines in sixty seconds without water or anything that can help you swallow them. Sounds like an easy task right? Wrong.
If you've tried this before or are going to try it, time yourself and post the results in a comment. Make sure to include how many times you attempted this before you were able to do it (if you were able to do it). Supposedly, less than 1 in 10 people can do this successfully so good luck!
Dumb Ass
On 3 February 1990, David Zaback attempted to hold up H&J Leather & Firearms Ltd., a gun shop located in Renton Highlands near Seattle, Washington. About 4:40 p.m. that day, he entered the crowded shop and announced his intention to rob it by telling everyone to put their hands on the counter and saying if anybody moved, he'd kill them. He then spotted a uniformed policeman having coffee with Wendall Woodall, the shop's owner. What happened next is less than clear in terms of who shot first, but there was an exchange of gunfire between David Zaback, the would-be robber; Timothy Lally, an 18-year veteran of the King County police force; and Danny Morris, one of the shop's clerks.
Zaback, who had fired three times, was shot three times in the chest and once in the arm. He died in the hospital about four hours after the shooting. No one else was injured during the incident, and no charges were subsequently laid against Lally or Morris.
Renton police Capt. Don Persson said, "The surprising thing is that the man had to walk right past a marked police car to get in the front door."
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What They Said:
BBS says 1:38 on 4/10/2005
I had all 6 in my mouth and chewed in like 15 seconds... However I was unable to swallow them in the alotted time.
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