I've been lucky enough to have a few good FIRST experiences worth remembering:
- The
Chicken Dance Bet in St. Louis
- The Beverly Incident (see below)
- My kids almost throwing me in the pool in St. Louis in 2003 (I survived only by my screaming, clawing the walls, and the hotel threatening to kick us out)
- How I met Brandon Martus (I was too afraid to talk to him. Too tall!)
- How I met JVN
- Making Andy Baker become my chauffeur at Kickoff
...and a few others worth remembering but not fit for ChiefDelphi.
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Originally Posted by JosephM
-Daring kids on 1086 to take down 10 cups of Beverly at the Coke Museum. He didn't finnish. tehehehehe......
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As a senior, I had a bad, bad experience with Beverly. A few of us did.
The team from '01 thought it would be funny to tell all the '02 rookie members how 'great' the Italian soda Beverly is. They talked about it the entire build season, raising our interests. By the time we got to Florida, we had to have some.
Luckily, I had an insider that tipped me off - Beverly is a bitter, almost retching drink that is almost unbearable. I've had cough syrup taste better. From
Roadside America: "Mouth-befouled veterans encourage newcomers to sample Beverly — a quinine aperitif from Italy — then laugh hysterically as the victims bulge their eyes and spit it out."
While I did try some, I knew better and expected the taste. However, some not-so-lucky kids on our team weren't aware and downed the drinks willingly. There are still bitter feelings (not quite as bitter as Beverly, though) about that incident. Later, we managed to get our hands on a two-liter of the stuff, and dared one person to drink it all. I think three people ended up sharing and finishing it, but each were nauseous afterward.
