TOUR DE COURT

The Floss gathered this past weekend with Dr. Of, CINC, TAFKATB(The Artist Formerly Known As TruthBrush), and CED(Coach Ed) at a local establishment. The meeting wasn't meant to discuss the Floss' new eating challenge, but when I brought it up, the table got pretty excited. The challenge wasn't nicknamed at the time but "Tour De Court" is now the official name. Hopefully the Floss can work out a sponsor for this event, but as of now we aren't selling out to GEICO. The challenge is such: The Floss will attempt to eat a "meal or appropriate serving" of an item from all restaurants in the Monroeville Mall Food Court within a specified time limit(2 hours seems right). As Dr. Of told me, you never know if you are being scouted by Travel Channel or Food Network. Some other ideas thrown around were wearing a T-Shirt with all of the restaurants on it with empty open boxes on it. Compare this to a LOI day T-Shirt or sign made. Some things the Floss would need are financial backers, which everyone at the table Saturday already basically volunteered to cover one of the restaurants. The Floss would need runners to go get the food as to not get distracted or call up some dinosaurs. Obviously as the Loyal Followers of Floss, I can't wait to hear your opinions. The Monroeville Mall has 11 eateries from which to eat, so it will be a tough challenge. Scouting the competition(ranked on a scale of 1 to 10, and not in a sequential order):

DAIRY QUEEN- The Floss argues that this shouldn't be a part of the challenge, but everyone else agreed that it should. The item would be a small Blizzard. The Floss would probably get Reese cups with chocolate ice cream. This could be a big problem. I would probably attempt to eat this later in the process due to having a fear of what milk might do to the insides.
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: 7 OUT OF 10

MRS. FIELDS- The only thing to eat here would be a delicious Mrs. Fields cookie. The cookie is dense, but it is also the smallest of all the items. Basically Mrs. Fields is the stat builder of the bunch. The cherry picking layup if you will.
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: 1 OUT OF 10

THE POTATO SHACK- This place might not even be called the Potato Shack anymore. The name may have actually changed, but the item here would be a regular order of cheese fries. This could be considered a stat builder at all, but cheese fries can be very very filling. Also, fries are apart of 2 other places. One of the places, the Floss is least excited to tackle.
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: 8 OUT OF 10

THE CHINESE PLACE- It used to be called Manchu Wok, but the name has since changed. Nonetheless, it is a plate of General Tso's and some rice. One of the best eats on the menu in the Floss' eyes. Plus Far East food tends to take up no room in the stomach. Is this a reason that all non Asian basketball players are short? Maybe.
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: 4 OUT OF 10

UNCLE CHARLEY'S GRILLED SUBS- Never ate here. Basically a crapshoot here. We all guess that they will have some sort of a 6 inch Cheesesteak to go at. So that's what the Floss expects, but really it might taste like poo. A serious threat on the tour.
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: 11 OUT OF 10 (Uncle Charley's is as hard to read as Gil Brown)

THE CAJUN CAFE- A very underrated meal in the food court. They also have the most aggressive sample ladies around. The meal here is the one meat one side combo. It is the number 1 there I believe. They have a mean bourbon chicken that I plan to grub up. The side dish will probably be rice since rice is light and airy.
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: 3 OUT OF 10

SBARRO- Pizza is something tough in the grand scheme of things because of the carbs. The one large slice of pizza with pepperoni will be a tough out in the Tour. It isn't the largest meal out there, but the Floss thinks Sbarro is highly overrated. This might get put out of the way first.
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: 8 OUT OF 10

SAKKIO- The Floss' favorite place in the mall hands down. The last two times I've been there, the triple meat has been ordered. No veggies here for the Floss cause their veggies suck ass. Yes extra extra sauce on this one.
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: 1 OUT OF 10

CHICK-FIL-A- The Floss can eat a chicken sandwich and waffle fries at any point of the day really. Plus they have really solid barbecue sauce for the sandwich.
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: 2 OUT OF 10

SUBWAY- Subway just doesn't remind me of a food court style meal. I don't know why, maybe because it is fairly healthy. The meal here is a 6 inch hoagie. No clue which one to go with. Early favorites are probably roast beef and meat ball. Subway has really thick bread which could make this a very costly trip on the tour.
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: 7 OUT OF 10

FLAMERS- Another food court establishment the Floss has never tried. They seem to have nice specials all the time. The food looks good and it is the only burger on the menu for the day. The portion size will be a concern, but one cheeseburger never hurt nobody. The fries here better taste good or the third serving of fries could hurt.
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: 5 OUT OF 10

OVERALL DIFFICULTY: 9 OUT OF 10

As Big Ben and KG say..."ANYTHING IS POSSIBLLLLLEEEEEEEEEE"

-Floss