Mr. Loophole

photo from blog.sigsiv.com

It seems as though Dave, or Mr. Loophole as it now seems more appropriate to refer to him, has found a way to consume the gnarled nibbles of breakfast sausage that he has undoubtedly been craving since the inception of our bet (see earlier post Dave and Sol's sausage bet). Somehow Mr. Loophole managed to find an establishment that doubled as both an American breakfast buffet and an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet! I know what you are thinking, and I can tell you I had the same reaction. Alas, Dave did not die and go to heaven, he is alive and well. He actually found this delicious dining establishment here on Earth. Close to heaven, some may say, in Utah. Who knew that such a place existed, aside from God that is, who obviously must have created this culinary cruise.

Back to the bet. Mr. Loophole and I were recently discussing our bet when he told me that he had something to tell me. I prepared myself for some sort of sausage consumption confession.

What Dave told me was that as he was enjoying a plate of eclectic buffet food, he came across an unexpected ingredient in a bite of fried rice. Mr. Loophole told me that as he was chewing a bit of fried rice from the Chinese portion of the buffet line, he realized that one of the ingredients in his dish was leftover breakfast sausage most likely from the other side of the buffet. He said that as he was chewing he realized that there was breakfast hog in his rice, he swallowed the bite and then refrained from eating any more. This is a problem.

Had Mr. Loophole spit out the bite before swallowing it, I would not think twice about letting it slide. Even if he hadn't realized that it was sausage until after he swallowed and then ceased consumption, that would have been fine. However, because he continued to eat even after identifying the chewy bits of sausage, I think he may have lost the bet. He says otherwise.

He claims that he didn't know what he was eating before it was too late, and he stopped eating it after he discovered what was. He claims there has been no loss of the bet.

I still think that because he knew what he was eating in mid-chew, before swallowing, that he should have spit it out instead of sending it down to his belly to be digested. Most likely creating a bit of heartburn on it's way through. He claims that it was too late by the time he realized it was sausage to spit it out. We cannot agree on the ramifications of this event. Obviously, this wasn't covered in the terms of the bet, because the thought of a hybrid American breakfast buffet/Chinese buffet was only something that we could have dreamed of until Dave discovered it.

It has been suggested that much like the gulf coast, we enforce a moratorium on multiple ingredient dishes until this matter is resolved. That may be the safest option. One thing is for sure, I don't think we'll be reaching an agreement anytime soon.

Mr. Loophole is pictured here claiming that he has not violated any terms of the bet and that there was nothing he could have done to avoid eating the sausage.

In other news:

I'm currently working with the Student Conservation Association http://www.thesca.org/ as a "National Crew Leader". It has been great so far. My job is basically to camp out with small groups of high school students and perform conservation work in Natl. Parks and Forests. I recently finished my first crew in N. Dakota. It was a blast! We were hammered by apocalyptic thunder and lightning storms for the majority of our time there, but we made the most of it, and had a great time!

A scene from Theodore Roosevelt Natl. Park in North Dakota.

Next, I'm heading to Pennsylvania for a month to brush up on my US history and test my ability to survive extreme humidity.