The Dare

[donutsweeper]

Title: The Dare
Pairing/Warning/Rating: None, rated G
Word Count: 100
Summary:  Sometimes doing something you were dared to does not go well, as Jack finds out.
Author's Note: Written for unfeathered 

Owen stared at Jack. “I dare you to eat it.”

“You dare him? What are you, twelve? Gwen, come here and talk some sense into these two!”

“Leave her out of this,” Owen hissed, watching Jack poke at what was in front of him. “This is between me and Jack. He’s the one who swore he’d eat anything.”

“But Owen, it came through the rift!”

“I scanned it! It’s clean.”

“But...” Tosh’s protests were drowned out by a wrapper crinkling.

After a moment’s chewing Jack smiled. “Prawn cocktail flavored rift Quavers. Yummmm”

“If they’re so good you should swallow.”

“No.”

Comments

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Hee! Very cute. I can just see Jack talking with his mouth full and a pained expression on his face.

(I don't know what Quavers are, but they sure have loud wrappers!)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

they are apparently similar to pringles, some sort of potato chip-like product that come in bizarre flavors. Quavers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quavers) I wanted to use something that would be available in the UK. Originally I thought of twinkies, but I'm not sure they are over there

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Interesting! Mmm, snacks. I didn't mean to imply that it was a weakness in the fic, though. It works fine whether or not you know what Quavers are. They could be some snack food from the 51st Century, it would be fine!

It's still making me smile. :)

~Rusty

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I just like the idea of something stupid and random falling through. Why is it always weird aliens and whatnot? Why not something simple?

glad you liked it

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

I LOVE prawn cocktail Quavers. They're so hard to find, though.

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

They're not like Pringles at all, really. Quavers are light, curly crisps. VERY nice, much yummier than Pringles! Piccie! (http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/food/quavers440.jpg)

Nope, never heard of twinkies *googles*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

are they good? They just sound so weird

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I was going with how wiki described them, but no those look nothing like pringles

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

lolol

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

Very good. The normal cheese ones are nice, but I'm generally very happy when I find the flavoured ones.
(My mum ate heaps of quavers when she was pregnant with me... I'm sort of hooked on them.)

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

Both are nice, though! And I just Googled twinkies, and now I want to try them. They look GOOD.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

twinkies are awesome, in a 'ooh so good and so preservative filled" sort of way. I love them, but try to stay clear, they are too tempting.

Rumors are that they have an infinite shelf life. That's why I was going to use them in the story

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it! :)

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

They do look a bit evil in a delicious sort of way. A bit like doughnuts?

Ooh, if they have an infinite shelf life maybe I can order some over...

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

doughnuts are better. But twinkies will do in a pinch.

[snufflesdbear.livejournal.com]

*GG* Yeah, that rift has to spit out odd little things, too. I would think. Maybe we could send some twinkies through the other direction... deep fried.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I've never actually had a deep fried twinkie. They sell them at the state fair here.

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

I just like the idea of something stupid and random falling through.

Heh, that's true. I suppose a lot of the alien objects in the archives are really ordinary, non-powerful, not harmful things. Like the equivalent of a toothbrush or a potato peeler. We only hear about the "sexy" ones that are dangerous. It's too bad!

Oh, and Quavers (while they have ingredients that are processed like Pringles ingredients) look like they're... extruded or puffed in a similar way to Fungyuns. Do you have those? (I hate them, they're very smelly, but some people love them.) I wonder if Fungyuns are sort of onion-flavored Quavers.

ETA: I now see that Funyuns, which I misspelled above, are made of a cornmeal paste instead of a potato paste. But I bet it's a similar process!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

I eat a package of Twinkies once a year. They're ohhh so delicious, but they make me feel yucky and chemical filled if I eat too much. *g*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I think I know those. Yeah, they seem like something that is an acquired taste

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

there is an episode of "Buffy" where Xander is explaining to someone the wonders of twinkies and because there's nothing actual food-wise in them you aren't left with that full feeling after you eat them

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

*g!* I just found a website I can order them from (here (http://www.cybercandy.co.uk/aaasmt/)), as well as something like creamola foam! I miss that stuff. I am so going to plunder the entire site when I get paid...

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

The Shelf Life of a Vintage Twinkie - science teacher kept a Twinkie for 30 years! Eww. (Snopes has a much more disappointing answer - but 25 days is still long enough to float around and come through the Rift!)

[smithy161.livejournal.com]

I suppose a lot of the alien objects in the archives are really ordinary, non-powerful, not harmful things. Like the equivalent of a toothbrush or a potato peeler. We only hear about the "sexy" ones that are dangerous. It's too bad!
I love that theory! Reminds me of the hair-drier in the bin full of alien guns in Dalek.

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Hee, I love that.

XANDER: And this is called a snack food. (holds up a Twinkie)
Ampata: Snack food?
XANDER: Yeah. It's a delicious, spongy, golden cake stuffed with a delightful creamy, white substance of goodness. And here's how you eat it. (stuffs it whole into his mouth) Mm-hm.
Ampata: Oh, but now I cannot try it.
XANDER: (with a full mouth) That's why you bring two.
Ampata: Oh! Here goes!
XANDER: (mouth still full) Good, huh? And the exciting part is that they have no ingredients that a human can pronounce. So it doesn't leave you with that heavy... food feeling in your stomach.
Ampata: (mouth full) You are strange.
XANDER: Girls always tell me that. Right before they run away.