The Cracker Challenge 2009 Series 2

As you may have read in previous blogs of mine, the cracker challenge has always been a resounding success whenever there are bored students and crackers in the same room. Naturally, i took this opportunity to introduce to you other readers my housemates here in bath.

The Original rules applied just like before. 4 crackers in one minute equals the world record. Crackers must be swallowed to count, and you can eat them however fast or slow you like.

First to step up to the plate (another cheap pun) was none other than Northern Irish Phil.

Phil's Score: 2

Phil took to the challenge like a duck to water and dived straight into the first cracker (as pictured), only to realise that it soon got very dry. This did not help. Nevertheless, Phil soldiered on to the next cracker and just managed to get it down within the minute.

Next up was myself. I hear you thinking, 'your a seasoned cracker challenge veteran, you should be good at this!' Wrong. No matter how good you are, a cracker is always very dry...

My Score: 2

This was half a cracker better than last time i tried this, but it draws level with phil. It was very tough as always, but also highly amusing. As you can see by the photo, a fair few crumbs manged to escape.

Following mine and Phil's attempts, Joe took the next turn.

Joe's Score: 2

Joe's valiant effort rewarded him with level pegging against me and Phil, experiencing the full effects of cracker-related dryness after the first cracker. I think we can all agree that the challenge was tough, but i did not expect everyone to perform so well.

After Joe was Tom.

Tom's score: 2

Tom's effort was largely based on 'Hamster Style'. Bite and stuff, Bite and stuff. Nonetheless, Tom managed to gulp the two in his mouth down in time to not end up as the worst challenger. A good effort from Tom here.

Next up was Harry. Earlier on, harry spilt oil on the hot hob, creating a lot of smoke. Fortunately, the fire alarm was not set off (again) - no thanks to harry's precautionary methods of 'Stand and Waft'. Joe stepped in to save the day- by switching the extractor fan on.

Harry's Score: 2

Not a bad performance at all from Harry. I don't know whether i was expecting him to stand around and waft the crackers, but he did actually eat them to at least the degree of skill show by the others. As you can see by the Photo, harry could help but see the funny side...

It is fair to say we were all 'cracking up'.

Next was Ollie 'OJ' Jefferies.

OJ's Score: 2

Ollie went for a similar kind of 'phil murphy' approach, which involved stuffing in the next one before the first was finished. this worked out... well. I suppose. Nice try Ollie, also a cracking photo. As you can see, the overwhelming dryness of the cracker really hits.

Finally, was late entry to the competition Sam Wong.

Sam's Score: ... well he spat out 2 and a half's worth of crackers

Sam joined the challenge and impressed with his cracker eating technique. Cracking them in half and not overfilling the mouth. But as with all human beings, one does require a certain minimum amount of saliva to eat- which was soon absorbed! Well done anyway.

So as you can see, this series was a big success. Would you say it brought us all closer together? Maybe. Would you say it was a bonding activity? perhaps. Would you say there was a lot of crumbs? I'll leave that for you to decide...

PS: the answer is yes.