Did we already tell you about Chris?
He drank three smoothies in three different countries in one day. Here's the story of how he did it.
If you fancy you can do better, please let us know.
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Chris wants us to add "First, can you make mention that my roommate Bryan also did this? It was a team effort so I want to make sure he gets his 15 minutes of fame as well. Secondly, would it be possible to paste the text of my blog post onto your site rather than linking it to my blog? I'm actually deleting the blog so it'll be a dead link."
Here you go Chris...
January 18th 2008 : Innocent
My roommate and I left Dublin for Copenhagen this morning. We walked
around the streets of Copenhagen for a little while, then hopped on a
train and crossed the Øresund Bridge into Malmö,
Sweden. While walking around in Sweden, I made a remark about how being
in three countries in one day was a personal record of mine. Then my
roommate mentioned something about how much more impressive it would be
if we had done the same thing in each of the countries. Having a pint,
for instance. However, we had left Dublin at 4:30am, far too early to
start drinking, even by Irish standards.
We tried to think of
something that we had done in Dublin before leaving that we could do in
Malmö and in Copenhagen on our way back. We had each had an Innocent
smoothie with breakfast at the airport in Dublin, so we decided to get
Innocent smoothies in Sweden and Denmark as well before the day was
over. Smoothie #2 was easy enough to come by. We found them at a cafe
inside of an indie music store in Malmö while having a late lunch, so
all we needed to do was hop back on an evening train back to Copenhagen
and find Smoothie #3.
This was easier said than done. We got
back to Copenhagen and had a late dinner before starting our search. At
this point, it had started to rain and the wind was blowing fiercely.
Still, we stubbornly pushed on, convinced that we would be the first
two people in history to consume Innocent smoothies in three different
countries in a single day.
We walked several blocks with no
success, at one point peeking into a tiny convenience store, not
finding the desired smoothies, and being asked by the proprietor in
Danish if we were looking for beer. Not knowing the Danish word for
"blended fruit beverage," we quickly left, empty handed. Cold and wet
but undeterred, we continued walking until we finally found a large
convenience store. I don't think I've ever been so happy to see a
7-Eleven in my entire life, and there were actually two to choose from
on opposite sides of a main road.
We bought our smoothies and
brought them back to our hotel, where we opened them with great
ceremony, gave a toast, and took a sip. We had, in our minds, just
become the first people in history to drink three Innocent smoothies in
three different countries using three different currencies in 17 hours,
and it gave us great satisfaction. We could finally relax and savor our
victory one sip at a time.
Then it occurred to me that I could actually become the first person
in history to accomplish this, so I started chugging my smoothie,
leaning my head back and squeezing the plastic bottle for additional
speed. My roommate quickly realized what I was doing and responded by
doing the same. I finished first, triumphantly slammed my empty bottle
down on the desk, and pumped my fist in the air. My roommate was quite
upset with me for my little antics, but took solace in the fact that he
became the only person ever to drink the same flavor Innocent smoothie
in three different countries using three different currencies in 17
hours.
If anyone has proof that either of these feats has been
accomplished before, feel free to refute our claims. But if not, that's
our story and we're telling it to the smoothie company in hopes that
they'll give us free stuff or something.
