Peter replied:

>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20058096/
>>
>> The bhut jolokia beats the Red Savina
>> in Scoville units.
>>
>> I'd sure like to get some of these.
>>
>
> This "the hotter the better" notion has always struck me as pure idiocy,
> engaged in by the same people who own Hummers, buy penis-enlargement
> pills, and own lots of guns. Heat is essential in some foods, and I love
> it as much as anyone, but when you seek heat just for the sake of
> outdoing someone else then you end up with food where the heat blanks
> out all other flavors. What's the point? Why not try for the world's
> saltiest food?


Maybe he wanted to give it to someone else as a prank.

I used to keep a bottle of this stuff on hand:

http://www.sodapopstop.com/products/detail.cfm?link=197

....just to give to anyone fool enough to say, "Surprise me," when I offered
them a drink.


Bob