Wave 'em over my food, bah ! I wanna try 'em out and see if they're really as hot as they claim. Never found anything yet that was too hot for this ol Texan, though I've had tons of people bring me peppers, hot sauce and dip over the years that they said was so hot I couldn't or wouldn't eat it .... yeah right

This does remind me of a good pepper story though .....

One day 2 buddies and I were havin lunch at a nice Mescan place by the shop and I had asked our young waiter to bring me 4 fresh jalapenos with my meal, which he'd done.

I was chompin merrily away on a pepper while I ate and noticed our waiter headin over to check on us and saw a look of astonishment on his face as he approached. When he got to the table he asked "Are those peppers hot?" to which I replied "Nah, not really, but they're good, and thanks for rememberin 'em."

He just stood there for a cuppla seconds and then asked "Have you ever eaten anything that WAS hot?". After ponderin that for a good 1/2 second or so I looked him in the eye and said "Yeah, my wife, but then she IS a red head!".

I don't think I've ever seen a cat turn such an interesting shade of red as our young waiter padded away