A Sure Bet

Dave And Sol's Chain Breakfast Restaurant Sausage Bet

The Bet:

After yet another heavy and cheap sausage breakfast at Denny's, Dave has sworn off chain restaurant breakfast sausage for a time period of ten years. After some discussion about what to order, Dave again opted for the omelet filled with a variety of low quality cheese and mystery meat. I urged him many times to recall previous breakfast outings when he had consumed greasy chunks of sausage and then hours later, in mid-sausage burp, expressed he had some regret about his decision to devour the disgusting diner delicacy. He gave my suggestion a bit of thought, but ultimately decided that his craving for for the chewy chunks had to be satisfied. Apparently, he was banking on this time being different than all the rest. Perhaps, this particular Denny's served grade 'A' all natural ground sausage. About 30 minuets after leaving the restaurant, sparked by Dave's first round of sausage indigestion since the morning's breakfast binge, this bet was created.

The Stakes:

If, by some sort of miraculous display of self-control that has yet to ever be witnessed, Dave manages to make it 10 years without consuming the sickening sausage, I (Solomon) have to eat at a cheap chain restaurant and feed on at least two sausage links and/or patties for seven consecutive days. Conversely, when Dave does return to his heart burning hog habit (I generously give him six months max), he is required to do the same. He must eat sausage for seven straight days. Ten years from the bet's inception will be March 10, 2020.

Specifications:

1. If a restaurant makes its sausage from scratch (grinds it, spices it, slaughters the pig, etc...) Dave is allowed to eat it without forfeiting the bet.

2. Even if the sausage is free, (continental breakfast, Denny's dumpster, etc...) if it is not made on the spot, it can not be eaten without forfeiting the bet.

3. Sausage gravy is allowed, but the sausage bits must be picked out and not consumed.

4. Other types of sausage like bratwurst, Italian sausages, etc..., no matter how low quality, are OK to eat. The bet is specific to breakfast sausage only. However, rules apply no matter what time of day breakfast type sausage is eaten.

5. I offered to allow Jimmy Dean tube sausage if cooked at home to be allowed. Dave declined, therefore, pre-packaged Jimmy Dean sausage cooked at home is also not allowed without forfeiting the bet.

This is the binding contract making the bet officially official.

I can't wait to watch Dave suffer through a week of greasy, gristly, gastronomically sabotaging sausage.

In other news:

I spent a whole day at the zoo. Although, I was easily the oldest person there without a kid or a cane, I had a great time.