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Adam was still going strong. Though he had really slowed down after passing two litres and appeared ill. There was only 10 minutes to go. Slowly he sipped millilitre by millilitre, but, by two minutes to, it was obvious he wasn't going to make it. He still had about 2/3rds of a litre left. But Adam was determined and so he began to take paper towels and line the sink with them. He was now prepared. With one minute to go Adam took the jug and downed the remaining milk. It was amazing. Of course, there was no way he was going to keep it down. The only question now was when it was going to come back up…and how.
What followed was about 15 seconds of suspense thicker than chocolate milk. After downing the remainder Adam quickly leaned over the kitchen sink and waited. He looked like he was going to die and this had gone beyond the point of being funny as we all worried if he was going to live. Actually, it wasn't that - though he did look like he was going to die - it was the suspense. Finally, he opened his mouth and the most tremendous flood of chocolate milk fell out of his mouth. Like he was a bucket full of chocolate milk and suddenly the bottom of the bucket just disappeared. The milk fell like that - with a very thick diameter. With tremendous force it splashed up the side of the sink to fall back inwards in a perfect cascade.
In the hallway afterwards, for about 15 minutes, we wondered if Adam was going to survive. He looked very ill and didn't have the typical quick recovery. But soon he was fine…and everyone marvelled over the fact that he was the first to actually FINISH three litres of chocolate milk! He was a new hero and no doubt this story of 'the guy who almost made it' inspired another challenge the next year.
Clint, the Resident Assistant whose job it is to take care of his residents and look after their well being, claimed the event to his bosses at the Residence House as a 'floor event' meaning that the university paid for the chocolate milk and the event counted towards 4 of the 'cohesive, resident education programs that an RA must organize throughout the year to build and educate his floor.'
The bathroom stank for the entire year, and still did a couple of years after. Kelsey, the woman who turned her nose up at us halfway through the event, was not amused. It was the bathroom nearest her.
Next! Chocolate Milk Epilogue!
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