Gale Risks His Life for Science
Strolling through Banks’ North Engineering, South Engineering, Manufacturing, and CNC shops, you’ll notice 16-ounce cans of energy drinks perched near workstations while team members innovate at lightning-fast speed. Fueling their hands and minds is a wild concoction of nearly unpronounceable ingredients. So, it was only a matter of time until Gale asked, what are these drinks all about? Connected to an EKG for safety, the legend of forced induction set about rating more than a dozen popular flavors. His reactions are priceless.
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00:00 Oh my god, my EKG came loose. Wait a minute, guys. I might be dead. Let me fix it. The guys in the shop are always sucking down Monster energy drinks, and I’ve always wondered, what’s the attraction? Do they taste good or is there more? So, here we go. The original. I’d say about 30% nitro in
00:21 this. I don’t know about the alcohol content or if this is nitro over gasoline, but you know what? I swallowed it. Oo, a little bit of a rush. On the Gale scale, I’m going to give the original a nine. Now, we’re moving into the sin zone here with Loca Mocha. Completely different nose. A little
00:45 toned down, great legs. I’d give that to a three-year-old. I don’t know how that’ll work out for the three-year-old, but eight. Swiss chocolate. Here it goes. Out and out sin. Swiss chocolate’s an eight for sure. Pacific Punch. Now we’re gonna go island here. If your urine sample
01:06 looks like that, there’s a problem. Seven. By the time this is done—just a little bit—I’m swallowing. I’m going to be wired by the time I get over there. Hints of toluene. I’m giving low carb six. Irish Blend must be the one. Smells like a potato. I like the Irish Blend. I’ve given
01:33 Irish Blend a 10. Now we’re moving to Assault. Anybody seen the movie 1917? Boy, I can’t quite place that. Mustard gas. I’m not really a fan. I’m going to give Assault a four. Dragon Tea—kind of neutral. Not real scary. Little bit of ethanol there. Green tea, I’m
01:53 going to go a seven. That was nice. So, we had Loca Mocha and now we have Mango Loco. That’s hard to describe. Formaldehyde. I’m giving Mango Loco an eight as well. It kind of looks like ammonia. I know you’re not supposed to drink ammonia, but this is sugar-free. So, uh, Zero. For I’m
02:16 going to give a six. So, who won here? The winner is Irish Blend. But any one of these is probably good enough to kick a rod out. Cheers. [Music] Uh-oh.
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