Well, honestly, RosaDawn, you are not skeptical, you are practical!!!
Who in their right mind would bother making a spectacle of themselves with pepper juice in their eyes?!
There is so much more to life. The poor man must be terribly bored if he's gone to such lengths to impress the media.
I went to a restaurant with a friend once where the shi-shi spicy soup had a slice of habanero floating on top. He picked it up and licked it - and had to literally run outside the restaurant to finish crying!
Personally, I love hot stuff. But I like a little less heat with that flavor - I love Bulgarian Carrot peppers because they still have that citrus-y flavor, but aren't quite so lethal for me.
~Thalia