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Jesus Malverde

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Thu Aug 29, 2013, 08:41 PM Aug 2013

Mysterious American swallows Yukon bar’s last human toe, pays $500 fine

A pickled human toe, the centrepiece of a bizarre Yukon drinking ritual, was swallowed last Saturday night in an apparent act of bravado by a departing American worker.

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Just before midnight, the man entered Dawson City’s Downtown Hotel and ordered a “Sourtoe cocktail,” a 40-year-old rite-of-passage in which a drink of the patron’s choice is served along with a preserved human toe.

Normally, the ritual calls for the drinker to merely touch the toe with their lips while downing the drink.

But, Mr. Lee said the man instead swished the toe into his mouth, washed it down with a beer chaser and then slapped $500 onto the bar — the Downtown Hotel’s going fine for toe-swallowing.

“I said ‘Where’s the toe?’ and he says ‘I swallowed it,’ and then immediately headed over to the bar and started bragging,” said Mr. Lee.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/08/27/mysterious-american-worker-pays-500-to-swallow-toe-at-yukon-bar/

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d28_1377814804

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Mysterious American swallows Yukon bar’s last human toe, pays $500 fine (Original Post) Jesus Malverde Aug 2013 OP
Yup, that sounds about right Scootaloo Aug 2013 #1
Rules is rules, and he abided them. nt Xipe Totec Aug 2013 #2
I have so much respect for this idiot! TroglodyteScholar Aug 2013 #7
What a jerk. Incitatus Aug 2013 #3
He'd only be a jerk kentauros Aug 2013 #8
*rimshot* Glassunion Aug 2013 #9
Think of all the lost tourism now DontTreadOnMe Aug 2013 #4
Ew. I wish I could unread that. reformist2 Aug 2013 #5
Oh yeah. That was on my bucket list. Ilsa Aug 2013 #6
He probably made 5 times that in return from side bets/dares HolyMoley Aug 2013 #10
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