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sand-eating contest

sand-eating contest

Glenn Brooke | May 4, 2018 | Leave a Comment

Second in the Sand-Eating Contest

I almost beat Dave Starcher in the impromptu sand-eating contest during recess in second grade. I choked down handfuls of dirty sand but he finished his pile first, just ahead of me. It was small satisfaction that I did swallow more than another boy. I kept thinking, “If only I had gotten that first mouthful down faster I could have won!”

That sand wasn’t good going down; it was memorably uncomfortable coming out over the next four days. Think “extruding sandpaper.”

How did I get into this ridiculous situation? What possessed us to hold a sand-eating contest? What could we possibly gain?  [Read more…] about Second in the Sand-Eating Contest

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