Well Chuck, I think that if they want somebody bad enough, that they would pay to fly him over. They did say "all expenses paid". I would love to try this, but I just don't have the heat tolerance. At this point I can eat Thai's and chiltepins straight, but not habaneros. Yet. B-) This sounds like a job for Luke, except that he lives in Australia. As I recall, he won the Hot pepper eating contest in Australia, and they started qualifications off by eating 10 habaneros. Chuck Demas Needham, Mass. George J. Goslowsky Senior Software Analyst Intergraph, Corp. Run to light from shadow, Sun gives me no rest Promise offered in the east, broken in the west