# I guess I can't drink a jar of salsa in under 5 minutes. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 5, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-cant-drink-a-jar-of-salsa-in-under-5-minutes/440213 "2008-03-05T18:13:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-cant-drink-a-jar-of-salsa-in-under-5-minutes/440213/41 "2008-03-07T00:12:45Z")
[QUOTE=LOUNE] Don’t try to swallow it completely. Try and keep everything at the front. If it hits the back, it hits your gag reflex and you’re completely screwed. Even if you have no gag reflex, it’ll still dry your entire mouth out and your brain tells your mouth to hit the eject button. It’s a marathon, not a sprint. [/QUOTE] You da man! I always knew that it was your brains that would win the day. (I can’t decide if I’m joking here or not.) But wasn’t there a time limit to this contest? Like the salsa contest, anyone could do it if they had all day, right? ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-cant-drink-a-jar-of-salsa-in-under-5-minutes/440213/42 "2008-03-07T00:15:44Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] I’m picturing it and giggling. _nom nom nom_ (with cheeks stuffed) More. _nom nom nom_ [/QUOTE] It really was like that. Once we got underway and people saw what we were doing, the tying of liquorice was faster than the nom-nom-noming, so we had a line of the stuff leading out of the front door at one point, being fed through in a production-line fashion. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-cant-drink-a-jar-of-salsa-in-under-5-minutes/440213/43 "2008-03-07T00:22:02Z")
I am very pleased that the abilities mentioned in this thread are not ones I have needed to find out if I have. I intend to keep it that way. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-cant-drink-a-jar-of-salsa-in-under-5-minutes/440213/44 "2008-03-07T00:22:09Z")
[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo] You da man! I always knew that it was your brains that would win the day. (I can’t decide if I’m joking here or not.) But wasn’t there a time limit to this contest? Like the salsa contest, anyone could do it if they had all day, right? [/QUOTE] I don’t think so. It didn’t take all day long. I’d say it took maybe 5 or 10 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-cant-drink-a-jar-of-salsa-in-under-5-minutes/440213/45 "2008-03-07T00:27:29Z")
[QUOTE=GorillaMan] It really was like that. Once we got underway and people saw what we were doing, the tying of liquorice was faster than the nom-nom-noming, so we had a line of the stuff leading out of the front door at one point, being fed through in a production-line fashion. [/QUOTE] Heh. That’s great. I’m almost jealous. ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-cant-drink-a-jar-of-salsa-in-under-5-minutes/440213/46 "2008-03-07T17:26:15Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Sounds like a really fun kind of guy. No, really. I bet he was a barrel of laughs. [/QUOTE] Well, sometimes… Hey - when you are spiking grape slurpees with whiskey almost anything seems like a good idea. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-cant-drink-a-jar-of-salsa-in-under-5-minutes/440213.md?page=2)