Mississippi man’s Waffle House punishment for losing fantasy football goes viral
Lee Sanderlin spent 15 hours in a Mississippi Waffle House and ate 9 waffles
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Lee Sanderlin did not have a good fantasy football season -- and he certainly paid for it.
The journalist apparently came in last place in his fantasy football league and, as punishment, had to spend 24 hours in a Waffle House in Brandon, Mississippi, earlier this week.
The catch was that for every waffle he ate, Sanderlin could take one hour off his time at the restaurant.
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In total, Sanderlin spent 15 hours inside the Waffle House and ate 9 waffles during that time. Sanderlin also documented his experience live on Twitter, which quickly went viral.
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According to his tweets, Sanderlin arrived at the restaurant at 4:07 p.m. CT and within 20 minutes had eaten his first two waffles -- though the experience was already less-than pleasant.
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"2 down," he tweeted at 4:24 p.m. CT. "That means two hours down. 21.37 hours left roughly. Already my stomach is rumbling. Gonna be a long one."
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Within another hour or so, Sanderlin had eaten another two waffles.
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"Four waffles down," he wrote. "Been here for 1.5 hours, so that means I have 18.5 to go. I am already in immense discomfort. Please, somebody, launch me into the sun."
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Sanderlin continued to give play-by-play updates throughout his night, including what music was being played in the restaurant and his internal struggle to eat more waffles.
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At 7:19 p.m. CT, he tweeted, after struggling to finish his fifth waffle: "Found that extra something and polished off waffle 5. That’s 5 hours shaved off and an incredible amount of agony for my intestines. 16 hours to go."
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By 2:35 a.m. CT, Sanderlin wrote: "Waffle 7 was easily the worst tasting one but I finally put it down. Maybe it’ll come back up soon. Who can say, 7ish hours to go."
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At around 4 in the morning, Sanderlin announced his plan to get out of the restaurant by 7 a.m., saying that he was going to order two more waffles, after running out of podcast episodes.
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Once 6 a.m. rolled around, Sanderlin ordered the final two waffles and after some struggle to persevere, he ate them by 6:37 a.m. CT and was able to leave by 7 a.m.
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"The sun is rising, it’s a new day and I’m never eating waffles again," Sanderlin tweeted. "That’s 9 waffles and 15 hours in this restaurant. S/o to the staff for letting me hang out on a slow night (I tipped them well don’t worry). This was horrible and I recommend no one ever do this."