Dog Food

Twenty years (or so) ago, me and my cousin John were playing basketball in his front yard. The deal was whoever made a shot from the middle of his yard (which was basically impossible), the other person had to eat dog food. I dont remember the shot, but I remember the feeling of winning, and immediately scooping up a whole bowl of Zack's dog food. We argued over how much he would have to eat, and after threatening to "not do it" we settled on one kibblet.

However John (being a genius) had his own plan. He was going to swallow it like a pill and never taste it. And so he got himself a big glass of water and tried... What happened next was all very fast. John started choking but it was really goofy and exaggerated so it was hard to tell how serious. John says I danced around him saying "oh my gosh, oh my gosh" but I dont remember that. I do remember John barfing up dog kibblet and green stuff all over the driveway. And then he refused to try again.

And then I was over his house last month and I brought up how he never actually ate the dog food so we tried again. One kibblet. Salmon flavored. 20 years in the making.