I do not approve of what’s being done in my name here.

This is the first I’ve heard of a “cinnamon challenge.” What the hell is going on at my middle school?

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  1. Is this playing on the fact that no kid really knows what cinnamon actually tastes like and some little jerk turns it into a prank?

    “Oh, I bet it tastes really sweet! I can eat a lot of sweet stuff, I had a whole pixy stick!”

    No, it gives you the runs.

  2. Slight non-sequitor: Today my boyfriend described the San Francisco sun as “more out than Dan Savage.” Thought you’d appreciate that.

  3. that was mildly amusing…reminded me of the time we gave this kid in school cornstarch with blue food dye and told him it was acid. He walked around school all day moaning and groaning about how “high” he was, while everyone else in school was laughing at his pseudo -trip.

  4. Cinnamon is used in dietary supplements to improve the taste of semen. Seriously, there is a patent for it. (US Pat. 6,485,773)

    http://www.google.com/patents?q=6485773

    “Further research and testing resulted in discovering that three specific spices (Ginger, Cinnamon, and Nutmeg) were successful in neutralizing the generally salty/bitter taste usually attributed to the male ejaculate.”

  5. don’t you know this trick? apparently no one is able to swallow a whole spoonful of cinnamon. i personally have seen a half dozen males try and fail. it looks easy. it looks like surely someone, somewhere would be able to do it, so kids keep trying. if you don’t believe it, try it yourself. just take a spoonful of ordinary cinnamon from the jar in your pantry. if anyone succeeds, please let us know. oh, and you might want to stand in front of the sink or toilet.

  6. 12,

    My 13 year old daughter and I just did it. You have to let it sit for a minute in you mouth and let it moisten up. Plus, you have to be able to handle spicy hot.

  7. Haha I remember when we used to do that at Starbucks, when you started working there you had to eat a spoonful of the green tea powder. As soon as it was in your mouth it soaked up all your spit and you kinda had to gum the powder to get it down. Rather unpleasant.

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