I don’t think I could do any of these challenges. And the prize for eating ten sushi rolls is pretty unimpressive. I have eaten 64 ounces of steak at a meal, with appetizers and plenty of sides, and might have eaten more. But it was unrushed, almost twenty years ago, and hands down the best steak I have ever had. Maybe 20 years ago I had a shot at the 96 ounces?
I could do the chicken one and the steak one.
The oysters, ice cream, and sushi ones would wreck me.
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I couldn’t anymore. My appetite and ability to throw down massive amounts of food tapered off at about 40.
Prior to that though, the day after any given squat or deadlift day I could put any of those challenges in danger.
No idea if this is real (probably not), but as a beard-haver who’s doing stand-up I’m going to blindly accept it as science.
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Is there anywhere we can see your act?
I’m just taking a class now. It ends in a showcase kinda thing, then we hit the open mic nights. Baby steps. I’ll need a lot more reps before I ask someone to film it!
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Down by the bay
Where the watermelons grow
Back to my home
I dare not go
For if I do
My mother would say
Have you ever seen a moose
With its front tooth loose
Down by the bay?
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So cute. Thanks for reviving that memory. 
Is this an analogy for the state of masculinity in the modern world?
It kind of seems like it.
Supposed etymology
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It is often stated that the phrase originated from the use of a brass tray, called a “monkey”, to hold cannonballs on warships in the 16th to 18th centuries. Supposedly, in very cold temperatures the “monkey” would contract, causing the balls to fall off.[15] However, nearly all historians and etymologists consider this story to be a myth. This story has been discredited by the U.S. Department of the Navy,[16] etymologist Michael Quinion, and the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).[17]
They give five main reasons:
- The OED does not record the term “monkey” or “brass monkey” being used in this way.
- The purported method of storage of cannonballs (“round shot”) is simply false. The shot was not stored on deck continuously on the off-chance that the ship might go into battle. Indeed, decks were kept as clear as possible.
- Furthermore, such a method of storage would result in shot rolling around on deck and causing a hazard in high seas. The shot was stored on the gun or spar decks, in shot racks—wooden planks with holes bored into them, known as shot garlands in the Royal Navy, into which round shot was inserted for ready use by the gun crew.
- Shot was not left exposed to the elements where it could rust. Such rust could lead to the ball not flying true or jamming in the barrel and exploding the gun. Indeed, gunners would attempt to remove as many imperfections as possible from the surfaces of balls.
- The physics does not stand up to scrutiny. The contraction of both balls and plate over the range of temperatures involved would not be particularly large. The effect claimed could be reproduced under laboratory conditions with objects engineered to a high precision for this purpose, but it is unlikely it would ever have occurred in real life aboard a warship.
The phrase is most likely just a humorous reference to emphasize how cold it is.[17]
You must be fun at parties. And I’m not sure if I’m being facetious, because people who look things up like this are sometimes very fun at parties.
Actually, I was looking up the song Brass Monkey, saw the Wiki and went down the rabbit hole.
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That funky monkey!
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Sounds like something a dude who makes covered wagons would say.
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