Joe Auricchio

Can we go a full week with zero caffeine?

The Rules:

• No caffeine after 12:01pm Sunday 2 April
• Seven-day clock starts at 12:01am Monday 3 April; ends at 12:01am Monday 10 April
• Zero caffeine. No caffeinated sodas, tea, coffee; no chocolate; no Advil or other medicines containing it (unless medically necessary of course); no Penguin Mints or Jolt gum or other caffeinated candy; no Shower Shock; nothing containing caffeine or kola nut (as determined by ingredients); if in doubt about any prepared food (dining hall, restaurant), avoid it.
• No missing class due to oversleeping/overnapping, and no falling asleep in class — instant disqualification

I’m mostly doing this to see if I actually can. I average two to three large cups of tea a day, and often supplement it with Penguin Mints. Without a cup in the morning I’m absolutely useless. (That’s why we’ve scheduled this during first week: nothing important is happening)

This is, of course, completely on the honor system. There’s $10 each on the table, to be split among those who can do it.

Participants: Hanna, Jess (possibly on an alternate Sat-Sat schedule), Mooneer, Nik, and myself.

update: Scott wants in but he said something about “as long as I don’t think it has caffeine, it’s fine by me”. Which ain’t exactly the rules we’re playing by. We’ll see.

update: Jess is back in, but only until Saturday.

update: Nik is out!

update: Jess is back out again. She was sick for the first half of the week, so that kind of messed things up for her.

update: Scott is out! But for a terrible reason. If he hasn’t had any since then, I think we might not make him pay up.

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