When you’re on a boat with no cell phone service or internet, you have to be creative in how you have fun or else you’ll go crazy. So we create things like food challenges which normally involve something gross to eat and a money bet.
The first food challenge of the season was a $3 bet between Anthony and Walter to see who could hold a tablespoon of horseradish, hot sauce and chili pepper in their mouth the longest.
Walt, on the left, won but ended up not feeling so well and eventually threw it back up.
Someone else bet Walt $5 that he couldn’t drink a gallon of Tampico juice in 30 minutes.
He gave in after 15 minutes, but he did finish half the jug! He then proceeded to throw that up too. We’re looking into whether he has bulimia or not…
Another bet for a burger in town was to draw with a Sharpie on Walt and he had to keep in on the whole day.
Later on some nice evil eyebrows, muttonchops and neck tattoos were added to really complete the look.
When all the bets are exhausted we do a little modeling:
My older brother Byron in his new, oh so subtle raingear.
And then we set up a beauty parlor and do hair:
My little brother Matti with his stunning French braid that I gave him.
I’m pretty sure that was my natural hair color and probably what I looked like as a little girl.
Walter and Anthony made appointments at the salon and also went for new ‘do’s:
Walter went with a classic buzz and Anthony chose the Mohawk; I guess neither wanted me to do extensions and French braid their hair. weird.
And that my friends, is what we do for fun Alaska-style. It explains a lot….
Can you think of any good food challenges or bets??
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Maybe it’s time for feats of strength now. Highest vertical jump, arm wrestling, handstands.
You guys are definitely creative. LOVE the french braid!
I’ve work on a wildland fire crew before and we too did stupid antics like this. We had a guy eat condiment packets for $5. We had snot rocket contests. It got pretty disturbing, which is always a good time!
You could always do a food challenge “Cool Hand Luke” style and see who can eat the most hard boiled eggs.
hahaha i love this!!! totally made my day.
My brother paid my husband’s brother $50 to eat a live cricket at our wedding rehearsal dinner. Boys are weird.
I wouldn’t eat a live cricket for $50 THOUSAND. shudder.
Me either!
I’ve been vegetarian for about 6 years but I’m pretty sure I’d do this… the things I do for money. I would not eat “regular” meat though. I can’t explain my weirdness.
What is it with boys and bets? My husband is always trying to bet me on things I could not care less about. He does it with the guys he works with all the time. Boys are nerds.
You could always do the most food in the mouth games: marshmallows, vienna sausages (gross), bread, etc. We used to have 10 seconds to eat crackers and then try to whistle.
You guys are hilarious! I love the sharpie mustache!!!
Ha! Those are great bets.
Have you ever heard of the 6 Saltine crackers in 60 seconds bet? You can’t have any liquids and the crackers need to be the salted variety. I haven’t tried it, but apparently it’s really hard to have them eaten and completely swallowed in 60 secs.
My husband is always trying to get people to do this. I’ve yet to see anyone do it. It dries out your mouth making it hard to chew and swallow.
Paula – of course, I just posted the same thing. LOL. We need to just start joint posting on blogs. I HAVE tried it, thanks to Danielle (and I failed).
don’t show pics of your unintended catch – i hate that part. that makes the vegetarian in me sad.
but then the meat eater in me beats up the veggie in me.
so i watched a documentary about the sinking of the Alaska Ranger – made me cry all sorts of tears and made me sick to my stomach thinking about you and the fam out there.
i would imagine that’s a story none of you try to hear about much. and yet it’s still miraculous how many ppl survived. i can watch “perfect storm” and not relate that to you because that’s in the atlantic – which is just sooo different than the pacific. right.
You should try to get $ out of this. Don’t shave until they can’t stand it and pay you.
This post could also be known as, “why I’d never make it as a fisher-woman.” I’d ralph just watching them try the food challenges and die of embarrassment to be seen near the guy with the ‘stache. The french braiding I could get in on though.
French braid and handle bar stache. Sweet look Matti!
I agree with the saltine challenge. Freaking.hard. and funny! Do you happen to have cinnamon on board? If you do try the one teaspoon of cinnamon of challenge!
hahaha Really cute.
OMG, the French braid is cracking me up.
Have you done the Saltine challenge? I think it’s eating 6 saltines in a minute? Or maybe it’s 5? You can also bet someone to drink a galloon of milk. They won’t be able to do it (your body can’t process that much lactose), but it would process puking!
Haha the marker mustache is so funny!
I imagine dancing contests are saved for later on in the summer. I will patiently wait for pictures of those, because I can only imagine what it will look like.
I’m hoping Walter’s Mom isn’t an SR follower – at least during fishing season.
What is it with boys making bets that involve gross food?! Haha Man I seriously wish my hair was as pretty as your brothers!!
Oh, I could get a TON of these for you. My husband’s squadron did this sh*t all the time on deployment.
See who can shove the most large marshmallows in his mouth. Not that you have a supply of those onboard, but when you pull back in if you can head out to pick up some, that would be hilarious.
When I was young, I gave my brother $5 to drink a jar of pickle juice. He felt like hell all night. Classic.
Have you heard of the cinnamon challenge?! Try eating a whole spoonful of cinnamon without any water haha. I think it was cinnamon? Or the gallon challenge with milk! You guys already did something really similar to that though.
At my work, we are in cubicles which can sometimes feel like we’re on a boat in Alaska especially since our boss sits out here with us.
So: we like to play pranks on each other. We’ve put one of our co-workers cell phone in the ceiling so it kept ringing but he couldn’t find it, we stapled all of one person’s papers together on her desk. I’m a recruiter, so we have lots of resumes and we stapled all of her resumes together. One guy really liked Radiohead, so we cut out pics of Thom York and Clay Aiken, just because we think they look alike, and taped them all over his desk.
We also like to play a game where we think of the worst things someone can do and ask how much money it would take to get them to do it. I can’t use examples because they’re usually kind of bad.
Poor Walter cant handle al the bets! haha
I agree with the “6 saltines in 60 seconds challenge” I have hear it is hard- I havnt tried it – but it sounds so easy! I bet one of you fishermen can do it!
Someone has to eat a whole jar of peanut butter for $5. Has to be done in one sitting!
Umm, how about eating upside down? Number of Red Vines you can stuff in your mouth at once without swallowing? =/
hahahhaha so funny!
I’m loving reading about your alaska trip!
u should have a scanvenger hunt on tge boat fo sure!!!!
You should try minute to win it games like trying to roll a quarter into the tine of a fork etc
Love your blog. You should try the saltines challenge. Here’s more info -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltine_cracker_challenge
Chubby bunny is old school but funny.
http://charisawernick.blogspot.com/2011/05/hot-dog-eating-contest.html
We like eating competitions too. 5 hot dogs washed down with 1 beer was the official competition, but any mention of the beer was stricken from the record. Strictly G rated.
love it! thats some entertainment for sure. I bet they love having you around too! Lots of easily amused moments. You need to film this.
that’s some fun stuff. Food bets always make for an interesting time!
In college we bet one of my friends that she wouldn’t drink the water that was in the bottom of a cup which people put their cigarette butts in. I don’t remember how much money we said we’d give her but she did it and proceeded to throw up the rest of the night. It was nasty just watching her gulp down that brown water!
How fun!
I was going to suggest the cinnamon and saltiness challenges. Be sure to video the saltiness challenge and post the video results on your blog!!
Aw you make it sound like a giant family vacay, good times!
I’m in Santa Fe on vacay with my parents for the week, love trips with the fam.
So funny! How about eating 10 saltine crackers within a minute, ‘no water.’ Real classic.
Looks like your work is turning into fun too! Love that Matti doesn’t mind you doing the hair. Maybe you should set up shop when you are on the docks for other fishing boats too. LOL
I saw on the Deadliest Catch the other day they made a green horn wear a hat with horns on it and eat a fish head…… maybe you all can do another 3.00 bet on who can eat the head off a fish.
Once a doctor I was working with and I had a Tobasco eating contest. He was Indian and kept boasting that he was genetically able to consume more spicy foods, but I beat him by two teaspoons! And then for rounds the rest of the day I had to act like my stomach and esophagus weren’t on fire.
Ugh, I am beginning to think guys love torture or something!! That seems like a nasty bet to take… both of ‘em.
Glad you are staying entertained
HAHA…that’s so funny. i love watching people attempt food challenges, but then i can’t even look when they proceed to barf. vomit really skeezes me out. hmm, as for another challenge to attempt, i’m actually pretty proud that i did the 1/2 gallon ice cream challenge and came out the winner. i didn’t refund afterwards either.
i love ice cream!!
Oh boy……I’d probably be sick too. Actually, that isnt a probably, that is a very certainly.
Hope you are doing well out there! Love the updates!
Woah! I could not hang with that game!
I totally would have won the horseradish one! I love that stuff and used to lick the lid as a child! No Joke!
Muscles and tattoos! Where do I sign up?! 
Can I get me a side of Anthony please?
Looks like you guys have a lot of fun! The sharpie facial hair is great. I’d love to see what kind of reactions that got once you were on land! We did that to a friend once; he was completely sober, but allowed us to do this. Hours later he drove home, and was pulled over for a sobriety check, completely forgetting this was on his face – not understanding why the police was so adamant in asking him if he had been drinking that night.
Never heard of Tampico juice!
Other food bets/contests?
See who can fit more grapes/jelly beans/whatever in their mouth without spitting them out. I got a dollar once for eating all the black jelly beans that no one liked out of a bowl.
Hahahah I’d hate to be the one cleaning up after Walt…
hahaha sounds like a good time to me, as long as I wouldn’t be the one throwing up from the challenges! lol
When I was a kid, a family friend challenged me to drink a spoonful of vinegar – I love it, so it wasn’t hard, but if someone didn’t like it, that (or a bigger amount) would be a good bet.
Also, ITA with Cortney @ Nerd on the Run about Anthony. I love Puck on Glee, so muscles + Mohawk = YUM.
Oh, I love a good laugh – the bulimic comment did that for me! Thanks! PS – love the ways you stay entertained, definitely some good ones!
My brother ate a Gainesburger we grilled and put on a bun. Cannot remember how much he made, probably only like $20. It escalated from a spoonful of dogfood to the burger.
Kinda makes all others look like wussies…
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Too funny. Wish I had some good ideas for ya.
Just came across your blog and I LOVE it! The sharpie stash is hilarious
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